Shopify is a Canadian e-commerce platform enabling merchants to build and operate online stores.
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Shopify operates carbon-neutral through renewable energy and permanent carbon removal, but its climate strategy is fundamentally incomplete. Scope 3 emissions—the vast majority of its footprint through merchant operations and facilitated commerce—remain largely unmeasured. No SBTi targets, no net-zero commitment year, no biodiversity policy, and minimal disclosure on water and waste undermine credibility despite genuine carbon removal investments.
Shopify scores 47/100 (Making progress) 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 Shopify joint 217th of 847 companies scored, and joint 5th of 19 in E-commerce / Online Retail.
Where Shopify sits among e-commerce / online retail peers.
Among the 19 major e-commerce / online retail brands we've scored, Shopify is tied =5th of 19, with 1 other.
Its three lowest-scoring questions, and what the evidence didn't show.
Only 2 of 15 Scope 3 categories disclosed; business travel accounts for 90% of reported total (~24,700t).
No biodiversity policy, TNFD disclosure, or nature risk assessment.
Shopify publishes no data on waste generation, materials use, or circular economy initiatives.
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SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale5 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
This company's public sustainability disclosure is limited. This score is based on the 5 verified sources cited below, rather than padded to a standard count.
Limited data coverage. This assessment is based on 5 sources, 40% of which are self-reported by the company. Scores may change as independent evidence becomes available.
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Shopify is a Canadian e-commerce platform enabling merchants to build and operate online stores. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Ottawa, it processes over $292 billion in gross merchandise volume across millions of global merchants. As a digital infrastructure company, it operates with a distributed workforce and cloud-hosted infrastructure.
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