Telefônica Brasil S.A. (Vivo) sustainability score: 58/100
Leading practice starts at 60. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Telefônica Brasil (Vivo) is a major Brazilian telecommunications operator providing mobile, fixed-line, and broadband services. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in São Paulo, it has around 35,000 employees and reported revenue of about R$59.6 billion in 2025.
More about Telefônica Brasil S.A. (Vivo)
The company operates network infrastructure across Brazil's telecommunications sector.
Head office BrazilStaff ~35,000Revenue ~R$59.6B (2025, company ESG Highlights)Website ↗
Telefônica Brasil has delivered measurable emissions reductions and 100% renewable electricity, backed by verified GHG accounting and SBTi targets. Critical gaps: nature footprint unquantified, water metrics absent, Scope 3 verification missing, and heavy reliance on REDD+ avoidance credits rather than removal-based offsets.
Telefônica Brasil S.A. (Vivo) scores 58/100 (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 Telefônica Brasil S.A. (Vivo) joint 25th of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 3rd of 19 in Telecommunications.
What is Telefônica Brasil S.A. (Vivo) doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Transparency & Accountability (8/10, 8/10). Weakest on Water Impact and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (3/10, 4/10).
Where Telefônica Brasil S.A. (Vivo) 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 waterMonitor its water use and take measures to reduce it.
- Its effect on natureMeasure its effect on nature and have it independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles wasteReport measurable waste or recycling targets publicly.
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 falling7/10No consistent fall over several years across its operations and supply chain.
- How clean its energy is7/10Less than 90% of its energy shown to be renewable.
- Its effect on nature4/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste5/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water3/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets7/10No 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 Telefônica Brasil S.A. (Vivo)'s SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Telefônica Brasil S.A. (Vivo)'s score based on?
12 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
17% of them were published by Telefônica Brasil S.A. (Vivo) itself; the rest come from independent sources.
10 of 12 sources are independent of the company.
“Em 2022, a Telefônica Brasil emitiu um total de 32.190 tCO2e, considerando as operações próprias (escopo 1)”
“a operadora fechou o ano de 2024 com 87% de fornecedores que estão comprometidos com o clima.”
“líder também em engajamento com fornecedores no 'Supplier Engagement Leaderboard' do CDP”
“para 25,5 mil toneladas, em 2023”
“reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions (vs. 2015 baseline)”
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How does Telefônica Brasil S.A. (Vivo) compare with other telecommunications companies?
Where Telefônica Brasil S.A. (Vivo) sits among telecommunications peers.
Among the 19 major telecommunications brands we've scored, Telefônica Brasil S.A. (Vivo) is tied =3rd of 19, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Telecommunications?
The 2 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Telefônica Brasil S.A. (Vivo).
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