SKF sustainability score: 48/100
Better than 89% of Industrial Equipment / Machinery
Leading practice starts at 60. The highest score on SINK is 71.
SKF is a Swedish maker of bearings and related industrial components, headquartered in Gothenburg. It had about 37,300 employees and SEK 91.6 billion sales in 2025.
Head office Gothenburg, SwedenStaff ~37,271 (2025)Revenue ~SEK 91.6B (FY2025)Website ↗
SKF has cut its own emissions 79% since 2019 and 91% of its electricity is renewable, against SBTi-validated targets. But its supply-chain emissions are rising and are now above their 2019 level. It rates water and biodiversity as not material and publishes no group water figure.
SKF scores 48/100 (Making progress) 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 October 2026.
That places SKF joint 211th of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 2nd of 19 in Industrial Equipment / Machinery.
What is SKF doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Targets & Commitments (9/10, 9/10). Weakest on Nature & Biodiversity Impact and Emissions Trajectory (3/10, 4/10).
Where SKF 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
- Its effect on natureAssess its effect on nature and publish a basic environmental policy.
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- Its effect on waterMeasure its water footprint and set reduction targets.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations9/10No 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 falling4/10No evidence of a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- How clean its energy is7/10Less than 90% of its energy shown to be renewable.
- Its effect on nature3/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles waste6/10No verified figures for reuse and recycling across the business.
- Its effect on water4/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets9/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports8/10No mission-locked structure, such as B Corp certification.
- Its record on controversies7/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is SKF's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas SKF's score changed?
SKF's score has been reviewed 2 times and currently stands where it started, at 48.
- 48 → 487 November 2026
Correction, 7 November 2026: removed a related-company note naming a customer, supplier or partner without a source. Score unchanged.
- Scored 4827 October 2026
Initial public score 48 (publish-draft)
What evidence is SKF's score based on?
12 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
25% of them were published by SKF itself; the rest come from independent sources.
9 of 12 sources are independent of the company.
“In 2025, we reached a 79% reduction”
“In 2025, SKF reached a 79% reduction in scope 1 and 2 emissions from a 2019 baseline (an improvement from 59% in 2024).”
“a year-on-year emission reduction for scope 1 and 2 emissions of 32%”
“SKF received an A score in the Climate Change category from CDP for the third consecutive year”
“These nine decarbonized factories represent almost 20% of SKF”
“The nine total decarbonised facilities account for nearly 20% of SKF s baseline manufacturing emissions”
“This will enable SKF factories and facilities in the United States and Canada to achieve 100 percent renewable electricity.”
“we are committed to science-based target initiatives (SBTi) and RE100”
“the development of Recondoil, an exclusive method for the management and treatment of industrial oils”
“SKF has committed to reducing its absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 95% by 2030 from a 2019 base year, and to reduce its scope 3 emissions by at least 31%.”
“Primary Offense : hazardous waste violation”
“score in the category Climate Change from CDP”
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How does SKF compare with other industrial equipment / machinery companies?
Where SKF sits among industrial equipment / machinery peers.
Among the 19 major industrial equipment / machinery brands we've scored, SKF is tied =2nd of 19, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Industrial Equipment / Machinery?
The one company in the sector scoring above SKF.
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