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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

#679
Overall
#168
in United States
#17
in Computer Software

Sustainability Maturity

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Industry Rank

21 out of 353

Overview
Environmental
Carbon emissionsCarbon certificatesEnergy consumptionWater ManagementNature and biodiversity
Social
Diversity and InclusionPay GapsExternalities
Governance
TargetsSDG ImpactESG scores and Exclusions
Financial Data
Business performanceCapital & innovationAnalyst projections

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CO2 scope 1 + 2

299.0K CO2e tonnes, 2025
Laggard

Renewable energy

77% 2025
Aligned

Female employees

36% 2025
Laggard

Externalities

15.5M $, 2024
Aligned

Market cap

188.5B $, 2026▲32.7% YoY

Revenue

41.5B $, 2026▼8.7% YoY

R&D intensity

14.43% 2026

Carbon emissions

Reveal data for 1 credit

Industry rank: 39 out of 353


Total CO2 emissions
(CO2e tonnes)

Industry rank: 39 out of 353

Scope 1
Scope 2 location based
Scope 3 downstream
Scope 3 upstream
Industry benchmark
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Renewable energy

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77%2025

Industry rank: 13 out of 353


Total energy consumption
and % renewables
(MWh, % of consumption)

Industry rank: 13 out of 353

Total energy

Share of renewable energy

Industry benchmark

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Renewable electricity

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%2025

Industry rank: Beyond Top 100


Total electricity consumption
and % renewables
(MWh, % of consumption)

Industry rank: Beyond Top 100

Total electricity

Share of renewable electricity

Industry benchmark

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Intensity


Greenhouse gas intensity Scope 1, 2 (tCO₂e /$M)
Greenhouse gas intensity (Scope 1, 2, 3)(tCO₂e /$M)
Energy consumption (direct) intensity (MWh /$M)
Industry Benchmark

7.9

B/M 4.4

33.5

B/M 41.0

24.6

B/M 5.3


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Female employees

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Share of female employees (%)

Share of female board members

25
50
75
100
Company
Benchmark
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Controversy level


Very Low
Low
Noticeable
High
Severe
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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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Carbon emissions breakdown

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Carbon certificate projects

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Biodiversity loss in km²

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Biodiversity loss in terms of the equivalent land affected (km²e)

Total biodiversity loss (km²e)
Industry benchmark
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Biodiversity loss in CO2e

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Total biodiversity loss as CO2e tonnes

Total biodiversity loss (CO2e tonnes)
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Potential species loss

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Estimated nature species lost due to corporate activity, expressed as Potentially Disappeared Fraction (PDF)

One row per year, with the latest at the top. Each driver uses its own scale.

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Biodiversity impact

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PDF: Potentially Disappeared Fraction (of species) due to corporate activities

Water management

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Land use

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Diversity & inclusion

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Pay gap breakdown

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Externalities

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Market cap

188.5B $, 2026▲32.7% YoY

Revenue

41.5B $, FY2026▼8.7% YoY

EBITDA

9.9B $, FY2026▼9.1% YoY

Operating margin

21% Industry: -18▼5.8% YoY

P/E ratio

25.3 Industry: 25▲64.5% YoY

Revenue & EBITDA

$41.5BFY2026 revenue

Total Annual
Revenue & EBITDA
($ B)

Annual revenue
EBITDA
3 year change
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Revenue by region


Revenue by region %

Americas
Asia Pacific
Europe

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Margin trends


Margin as % of revenue

Gross margin
Operating margin
Net margin

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Free cashflow

14.4B 2026▼13.7% YoY

Capex

594.0M 2026▲10.8% YoY

Debt/equity ratio

0.2 Industry: 1▼NaN% YoY

R&D intensity

14.4%FY2026

R&D as % of revenue

Return on invested capital (ROIC)
Industry benchmark

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Return on invested capital

10.0%FY2026

Return on invested capital (ROIC)
Industry benchmark

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Analyst revenue estimates & actuals


Analyst consensus vs actuals
($ B)

Actual revenue
Consensus estimates
Estimate only

34.9

▼ 0.8%

2024

37.9

▼ 1.1%

2025

41.5

▼ 0.9%

2026

76.1

2032

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Sustainability targets and commitments

TargetYearValueScopeBaseline

Progress against targets

Environmental policy coverage

Carbon reduction policy

Available

Human rights policy

Available

Recycling policy

Not available

Workplace health & safety policy

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47%
Independent Directors

9 out of 19 incl. management

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Overall score

84

Environment

94

Social

95

Governance

64

Exclusion screening

Adult content

Not available

Alcoholic

Not available

Animal testing

Not available

Firearms

Not available

Tobacco

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Gambling

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Nuclear

Not available

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SDG impact

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2024

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SDG impact (historical)

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Reporting

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Sustainability Report

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Sustainability employees


Total sustainability employees

11+



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