Snowflake·SaaS / Digital Services·San Mateo, United States·Founded 2012·Last verified 31 May 2026
37
out of 100
Below expectationsPending Review

Snowflake has published no emissions data, no reduction targets, and no formal sustainability programme despite operating at scale ($3.6B revenue, ~7,000 employees). The company markets its platform as cutting customer emissions while disclosing nothing about its own footprint. This is non-disclosure masquerading as leadership.

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.
23 / 100
Raw score
Weighted average before scale penalty.
(0.3 × 70) + (0.7 × 23) = 37.1
Scale penalty
Multiplier based on absolute emissions volume — physics-first.
× 1
Final score
Rounded. Below expectations.
37 / 100
The ten questions

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

Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (7/10, 3/10). Weakest on Targets & Commitments and Emissions Trajectory (1/10, 1/10).

Where the evidence comes from

Every document used, listed.

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

Limited data coverage. This assessment is based on 4 sources, 75% of which are self-reported by the company. Scores may change as independent evidence becomes available.

[1]Third-party verified
DitchCarbon — Snowflake Inc. Carbon Profile
2025
Q1Q2Q3Q4Q8
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[2]Self-reported
Sustainability at Snowflake — ESG Page
Ongoing
Q1Q2Q4Q5Q6Q7Q9
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[3]Self-reported
Reducing Your Enterprise Data Center CO2 Emissions
Unknown
Q10
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[4]Self-reported
Snowflake Sustainability — Ensuring a Better Tomorrow Blog Post
2021
Q8
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Snowflake in context

Where Snowflake sits among saas / digital services peers.

Among the 35 major saas / digital services brands we've scored, Snowflake is tied =26th of 35, with 1 other.

=26/35
Snowflake's rank
46
Industry average
25
Industry low
74
Industry high
How this score has moved

Snowflake's score over time.

today

Score history begins 11 April 2026.

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What's being contested

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About Snowflake

Snowflake is a cloud data platform and SaaS provider founded in 2012, headquartered in San Mateo, California. It offers cloud-native data warehousing, lake, and AI services running on AWS, Azure, and GCP infrastructure. The company serves enterprises globally with rapid growth in AI and analytics workloads.

Founded
2012
Headquarters
San Mateo, United States
Employees
~7,000
Annual revenue
~$3.6B
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