Key ratings and labels

ISS ESG

Thales has been awarded Prime status (C+), signifying that its overall ESG performance meets an ambitious set of requirements and exceeds a given sector-specific threshold.

EcoVadis

Thales’s Gold medal (score of 83/100) places the Group among the top 2% of firms assessed by EcoVadis.

S&P Global

In 2025, Thales completed this questionnaire for the third year running, following a three-year hiatus, with notable improvements in its scores for employee management, climate strategy and governance (51/100 in 2023, 62/100 in 2024 and 65/100 in 2025).

CDP

For the second consecutive year, the CDP Climate ranked Thales among the 2% of companies to obtain an A rating (out of the 22,700 companies assessed worldwide in 2024). Thales also received a B rating from the CDP Water Security – an improvement on the B- score awarded in the Group’s first assessment, in 2023.

MADDYNESS CAC 40 CSCR 2023

Corporate scientific responsibility (CScR) reflects companies’ performance in terms of scientific research. In 2023, Thales came joint top in this new ranking with a score of 79/100, well above the average score of 40/100 for all CAC 40-listed companies.

MSCI

The MSCI ESG ratings considers that Thales sets a benchmark for product quality and safety management (BBB rating).

TCFD and SBTi

Thales’s greenhouse gas emission reduction targets were determined using the methodology developed by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), and are in line with the 1.5°C commitments of COP26. The methodology is also recognised by the TCFD (Task Force on Climate related Financial Disclosures) set up by the G20, to which the Group committed in 2020 by becoming a signatory to its principles and recommendations.

ISO 37001

Thales is certified to ISO 37001 (anti-bribery management systems).

Supplier relations and Sustainable procurement Label

In 2025, the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industrial Sovereignty, along with the Conseil National des Achats (CNA), has renewed this label awarded to Thales for a period of three years. This distinction honours companies or public entities maintaining sustainable and balanced relationships with their suppliers.