Huawei Technologies is a Chinese multinational telecommunications, electronics, and ICT conglomerate headquartered in Shenzhen.
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Huawei discloses Scope 1 & 2 emissions with third-party verification but refuses to report Scope 3, masking the vast majority of its footprint. Intensity-based targets with flat or rising absolute emissions signal greenwashing. Water and supply-chain accountability remain absent despite the company's scale and manufacturing footprint.
Huawei Technologies scores 39/100 (Below expectations) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Fees pay for the review, never the result. Last verified May 2026.
That places Huawei Technologies joint 385th of 847 companies scored, and joint 14th of 18 in Telecommunications.
Where Huawei Technologies sits among telecommunications peers.
Among the 18 major telecommunications brands we've scored, Huawei Technologies is tied =14th of 18, with 2 others.
Its three lowest-scoring questions, and what the evidence didn't show.
No consolidated Scope 3 emissions quantified at parent company level as of March 2026.
No standalone water reduction target or absolute consumption figure published.
No multi-year absolute emissions trend published for parent entity.
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The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Huawei Technologies.
Deutsche Telekom has achieved extraordinary operational emissions cuts (94% Scope 1+2 reduction since 2017) and holds SBTi net-zero validation, but Scope 3 reduction velocity is insufficient for its 2030 targets.
See the breakdown →BT Group discloses operational emissions comprehensively with third-party assurance and has achieved 52% absolute Scope 1+2 reduction.
See the breakdown →Three UK lacks entity-level emissions disclosure, relying entirely on parent company CKHGT's group-level data.
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SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale12 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
6 of 12 sources are independent of the company.
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Huawei Technologies is a Chinese multinational telecommunications, electronics, and ICT conglomerate headquartered in Shenzhen. Founded in 1987, it operates globally with ~197,000 employees, generating revenue of 721 billion CNY (FY2018). Core businesses span 5G infrastructure, smartphones, cloud services, and semiconductor design.
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