Oracle sustainability score: 36/100
Better than 46% of SaaS / Digital Services
Making progress starts at 46. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Oracle sells cloud services, software, hardware and related services, and its cloud and software business brought in most of its revenue in its year to May 2026. Oracle Corporation was incorporated in 2005 as a Delaware corporation; its roots go back to 1977.
More about Oracle
It had about 141,000 full-time employees at the end of May 2026 and US$67.4B revenue for the year.
Founded 2005Head office Austin, United StatesStaff ~141,000 full-time (31 May 2026)Revenue ~US$67.4B (year to 31 May 2026)Website ↗
Oracle's market-based footprint was 14,265,951 t in FY26, up from 9,071,423 t in FY25, with capital goods at 10,888,391 t. It claims 100% renewable electricity on annual matching, through PPAs, onsite generation and renewable energy credits, with no published split or contracted volume; market-based Scope 2 fell 98% while location-based rose 68%. Its target of a 50% cut by 2030 is self-set, with no SBTi validation found. It withheld FY26 e-waste figures pending a method review. The Center for Biological Diversity and New Energy Economy challenge its Project Jupiter campus; the court hold and permits are unresolved, with no upheld finding.
Oracle scores 36/100 (Below expectations) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Scores are free. Nobody can pay to change a score, speed it up or hide it. Last verified November 2026.
That places Oracle joint 542nd of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 36th of 69 in SaaS / Digital Services.
What is Oracle doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (8/10, 7/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Energy Source (0/10, 2/10).
Where Oracle lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
What would raise this score
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow its emissions are falling.
- How clean its energy isMove to a renewable energy tariff or make a major efficiency investment.
- Its effect on natureAssess its effect on nature and publish a basic environmental policy.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations8/10No verified figures published with their method and a falling trend.
- Emissions from its supply chain7/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling0/10No evidence its emissions are falling.
- How clean its energy is2/10No renewable energy tariff or major efficiency investment shown.
- Its effect on nature2/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles waste5/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water4/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets4/10Its targets aren't science-based or committed to the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports6/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
- Its record on controversies6/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
A score changes when the evidence does. We use new published evidence at the next rescore. Anyone can send us new evidence, free. How to send it.
How is Oracle's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Oracle's score changed?
Oracle's score has moved from 47 to 36 across 2 recorded reviews, down 11 points.
- 47 → 36-117 November 2026
AI supply chain batch: re-scored from pre-v2.5 under v2.5 and owner rulings 2026-11-06/07 (unbundled certificates earn no Q4 credit; categories 1 and 2 material for chipmakers and data centres)
- Scored 474 April 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Oracle's score based on?
12 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
42% of them were published by Oracle itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scope 2, FY2026: market-based 4,299 t, location-based 2,690,440 t. The score uses market-based.
7 of 12 sources are independent of the company.
“Scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions [metric tons CO2e] 15,272 29,930 27,532 26,265”
“limited assurance is performed at a global level in accordance with ISO14064-3”
“100% of our key tier 1 and tier 2 suppliers have emission reduction targets in place as of FY25”
“increased from $21.2 billion in fiscal 2025 to $55.7 billion in fiscal 2026 primarily due to the expansion of our data centers”
“externally assured by a third party using the ISO14064-3”
“proposed 1,400‑acre, $165-billion campus”
“Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) — another nonprofit fighting Oracle”
“have a combined potential to emit more than 24 million tons of greenhouse gases each year”
“which has twice rejected the pipeline’s right-of-way application”
“directs over $1 billion of employees retirement savings into fossil fuel producers”
“Arabian Gulf oil producer unifies financials, human resources, and supply chain management using Oracle Cloud ERP, HCM, and SCM.”
“a microgrid fully powered by 2.45 gigawatts of Bloom Energy fuel cells, which also run on fossil gas”
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Where Oracle sits among saas / digital services peers.
Among the 69 major saas / digital services brands we've scored, Oracle is tied =36th of 69, with 2 others.
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