BMW scores 4 points higher than Volkswagen on SINK.
BMW is more sustainable according to SINK's scores, scoring 32/100 vs Volkswagen's 28/100, a difference of 4 points.
Volkswagen scores 28/100 on SINK (Significant gaps). Volkswagen's footprint was 887.4 Mt CO2e in 2025, up from 828.5 Mt in 2024. The rise is mostly its engines unit Everllence, whose use-phase emissions went from 48.92 to 177.83 Mt; car and van use-phase emissions fell from 297.97 to 279.15 Mt. Purchased electricity for plants outside China was 95% renewable, but 5.2 of the 6.1 million MWh it generated itself was non-renewable. Its Scope 1 and 2 target is SBTi-validated at 1.5°C and already met; its use-phase target is per vehicle-km, so absolute emissions can still rise. InfluenceMap finds it advocated weakening the EU's car CO2 targets in 2025 and backed weaker US CAFE standards in 2026.
BMW scores 32/100 on SINK (Below expectations). BMW's reported footprint fell 5.5% to 128.4 MtCO2e in 2025, 70% of it the fuel and electricity its cars use on the road. It targets an absolute cut of 40 Mt by 2030 against 2019, but it lobbies to weaken EU car CO2 standards and the 2035 phase-out of new combustion cars, and InfluenceMap grades it D+. Only 49% of its energy is renewable, and it sets no biodiversity targets.
Both companies are rated on the same 10-question SINK rubric: Scope 1/2/3 carbon footprint, energy source, nature and biodiversity, resource use, water, emissions trajectory, science-based targets, transparency, and controversies. Scores are 0–100, based on public data, and fully reproducible.
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