Anthropic·SaaS / Digital Services·San Francisco, US·Founded 2021·Last verified 31 May 2026
31
out of 100
Below expectationsPending Review

Anthropic is a $380B-valued AI company with virtually no environmental accountability. It reports zero emissions data despite being one of the world's largest compute consumers, projects 5GW data center needs by 2028, and advocates for weaker environmental permitting rules. No targets, no renewable energy strategy, no transparency.

The calculation

Every score shows its working.

Same formula for every company. No curve. No private weighting.

SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale
Industry base impact
SaaS / Digital Services sector ceiling.
70 / 100
Performance score
Sum of the 10 rubric questions, scored 0–10 each.
16 / 100
Raw score
Weighted average before scale penalty.
(0.3 × 70) + (0.7 × 16) = 32.2
Scale penalty
Multiplier based on absolute emissions volume — physics-first.
× 0.95
Final score
Rounded. Below expectations.
31 / 100
The ten questions

Where Anthropic is strong, and where it isn't.

Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Resource Use & Waste (7/10, 2/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Transparency & Accountability (0/10, 1/10).

Where the evidence comes from

Every document used, listed.

8 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which rubric questions it informed.

[1]Third-party verified
DitchCarbon Organization Profile: Anthropic
Ongoing
Q1Q2Q4Q8
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[2]Third-party verified
Stanford FMTI December 2025 Report: Anthropic
2025
Q1Q7Q9
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[3]Self-reported
Build AI in America
2025
Q1Q3Q4Q5Q8
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[4]Third-party verified
The Hidden Environmental Costs of Tech Giants' AI Investments
2024
Q2
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[5]Public record
Anthropic Statistics
Unknown
Q3
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[6]Self-reported
Anthropic Transparency Voluntary Commitments
Ongoing
Q6Q9
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[7]Self-reported
Covering Electricity Price Increases
2026
Q7Q8
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[8]Self-reported
Investing in Energy to Secure America's AI Future
Unknown
Q10
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Anthropic in context

Where Anthropic sits among saas / digital services peers.

Among the 35 major saas / digital services brands we've scored, Anthropic sits 34th of 35.

34/35
Anthropic's rank
46
Industry average
25
Industry low
74
Industry high
How this score has moved

Anthropic's score over time.

today

Score history begins 6 April 2026.

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What's being contested

This score is not currently being contested.

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About Anthropic

Anthropic is a San Francisco-based AI safety company founded in 2021, developing large language models including Claude. With ~3,000 employees and rapidly growing revenue, it is one of the largest consumers of cloud compute infrastructure globally, relying primarily on AWS and Google Cloud for its computational needs.

Founded
2021
Headquarters
San Francisco, US
Employees
~3,000
Annual revenue
~$9B (2025 ARR)
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