Boeing is a US aerospace and defence company headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, that designs and builds commercial airplanes, defence and space systems, and provides aftermarket services.
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Boeing's footprint is dominated by the emissions from flying the airplanes it sells: 646 million tonnes CO2e for commercial airplanes delivered in 2025, up from 352 million in 2024. Its Scope 1 and 2 emissions fell 21.9% from 2023, but it has no value-chain target, and no SBTi target was found. It agreed to pay a $595,026 penalty for Santa Susana stormwater violations, is part of a Lower Duwamish cleanup settlement valued at about $668 million, and LobbyMap grades it D.
The Boeing Company scores 25/100 (Significant gaps) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Fees pay for the review, never the result. Last verified October 2026.
That places The Boeing Company joint 728th of 847 companies scored, and 8th of 9 in Aerospace.
Where The Boeing Company sits among aerospace peers.
Among the 9 major aerospace brands we've scored, The Boeing Company sits 8th of 9.
Its three lowest-scoring questions, and what the evidence didn't show.
Scope 1+2 fell 21.9% (2023–2025) but use-phase emissions of aircraft rose from 427 Mt (2023) to 646 Mt (2025).
No TNFD disclosure or nature-dependency study found.
2030 targets: 30% Scope 1+2 reduction (2023 base, self-set, not SBTi-validated) and 100% renewable electricity.
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See the breakdown →The Boeing Company's score has moved from 33 to 25 across 3 recorded reviews, down 8 points.
Text correction before publish (summary wording on SBTi); score unchanged
Fortune 50 re-score on methodology v2.5.18 (agent research); Aerospace by the majority-revenue rule (59.8% commercial); 0.60x from Boeing's own stated 646 Mt Category 11 figure (v2.5.16). History gap: the last recorded row is 33 (2026-04-11, initial_score), but the live score before this change was 24 (previousScore 33). The intermediate change(s) were not recorded at the time and are not reconstructed here.
Initial score at platform launch
The formula and all 16 sources.
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale16 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
Boeing does not state a total for its value-chain (Scope 3) emissions. Its size penalty therefore rests on Boeing's own figure for the emissions from the use of its commercial airplanes delivered in 2025, 646 million tonnes CO2e (Scope 3 Category 11, 2026 Global Sustainability Report, page 29). That one figure is a floor on the full total and already places Boeing in the heaviest size band.
13 of 16 sources are independent of the company.
“Scope 2 GHG – Market Based 253,000 464,000 420,000”
“Scope 1 525,000 metric tons”
“The data from these entities is not included in our FY2025 GHG inventory.”
“In 2025, we continued to make progress toward our 2030 targets.”
“Scope 3: Category 11 - Use of Sold Products (BCA)5 352,000,000 metric tons”
“The cleanup work will address about 177 acres in the waterway through dredging and capping”
“workers began removing contaminated sediment in the uppermost segment of the project area”
“they say it leaves most toxins in place and abandons the decades-long promise of full restoration”
“We may be adversely affected by global climate change or by legal, regulatory or market responses to such change.”
“The Boeing Company submitted a signed Waiver Form to waive its right to a hearing and agreed to pay the proposed penalty”
“Shareholders request that Boeing adopt a value chain emission reduction target covering all non-de minimis emission categories”
“Boeing's disclosure of its positions and engagement activities on climate policies is limited to top-line climate statements without reference to specific climate-related policies.”
“proposed a nearly $600,000 penalty against The Boeing Company for 39 stormwater discharge violations at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory”
“Boeing exhibits both supportive and oppositional engagement with science-aligned climate policy”
“Boeing, the city of Seattle, King County and more than 30 other companies are staring down a sweeping new civil lawsuit”
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Boeing is a US aerospace and defence company headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, that designs and builds commercial airplanes, defence and space systems, and provides aftermarket services. Founded in 1916, it had about 182,000 employees and $89.5 billion in FY2025 revenue.
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