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Salesforce | Sustainability Performance

https://www.salesforce.com

Provides cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) software and enterprise applications.

1999

United States

10,001+ employees

Computer Software

$10B+ in revenue

$1B - 10B in profitability

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Sustainability Ranking & Industry Benchmark

#661
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#165
in United Statesⓘ
#17
in Computer Softwareⓘ

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Industry Rank

21 out of 346

Overview
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CO2 scope 1 + 2 ⓘDirect emissions from owned or controlled sources, combined with indirect emissions from purchased electricity calculated using grid-average emission factors based on where the energy is consumed.
299.0KCO2e tonnes, 2025
Laggard
Renewable energy ⓘProportion of the company's total energy consumption sourced from renewable sources, expressed as a percentage.
77%2025
Aligned
Female employees ⓘProportion of women in the company's total workforce, expressed as a percentage.
36%2025
Critical
Externalities ⓘThe monetized estimate of environmental and social impacts caused by an organization that are not reflected in its financial accounts.
15.5M$, 2024
Aligned
Market cap ⓘTotal market value of the company's outstanding shares, calculated by multiplying the share price by the number of shares outstanding.
188.5B$, 2026▲32.7% YoY
Revenue ⓘTotal revenue reported in the company's financial statements for the specified reporting year, reflecting income generated from primary business activities. Expressed in millions of USD.
41.5B$, 2026▼8.7% YoY
R&D intensity ⓘResearch and development expenditure expressed as a percentage of revenue, reflecting the company's relative investment in innovation.
14.43%2026

Intensity


Greenhouse gas intensity Scope 1, 2 (tCO₂e /$M)
Energy consumption (direct) intensity (MWh /$M)
Industry Benchmark

7.9

B/M 22.4

24.6

B/M 53.6


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  • Salesforce Inc, US largest CRM SaaS major (Marc Benioff founded), has faced multiple US class actions over alleged inadequate disclosure of postCOVID enterprise SaaS customer demand normalization including the contested 2023 USD 27.7 billion Slack Technologies acquisition integration challenges, plus periodic SEC enforcement scrutiny on inadequate disclosure of Salesforce's enterprise customer concentration affecting US institutional shareholders.
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11+

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