BlackRock sustainability score: 40/100
Better than 67% of Financial Services / Banking
Making progress starts at 46. The highest score on SINK is 71.
BlackRock is a New York-based asset management firm founded in 1988, managing $11.6 trillion in assets. It operates globally across passive and active investing, risk analytics, and technology platforms.
More about BlackRock
As the world's largest asset manager, its portfolio holdings shape corporate climate and environmental outcomes more than its own operations.
Founded 1988Head office New York City, United StatesStaff ~21,000Revenue ~$20.4BWebsite ↗
BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, reports operational emissions comprehensively but excludes financed emissions—its material impact lever—from reduction targets. Operational emissions rose 39% since 2018. The firm exited net-zero commitments in 2025, faces greenwashing complaints, and dramatically cut climate stewardship voting. Scale without substance.
BlackRock scores 40/100 (Below expectations) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Scores are free. Nobody can pay to change a score, speed it up or hide it. Last verified May 2026.
That places BlackRock joint 421st of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 18th of 61 in Financial Services / Banking.
What is BlackRock doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Transparency & Accountability (7/10, 6/10). Weakest on Nature & Biodiversity Impact and Targets & Commitments (2/10, 2/10).
Where BlackRock lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
What would raise this score
- Its effect on natureAssess its effect on nature and publish a basic environmental policy.
- Its climate targetsSet specific targets with dates.
- Emissions from its supply chainAssess where its supply-chain emissions come from.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations7/10Its own emissions aren't independently verified or tracked over several years.
- Emissions from its supply chain3/10No assessment of where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are falling3/10No evidence its emissions are falling.
- How clean its energy is5/10Less than half its energy shown to be renewable, or no transition plan.
- Its effect on nature2/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles waste3/10No active waste reduction, reuse or repair shown.
- Its effect on water3/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets2/10No specific targets with dates.
- How openly it reports6/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
- Its record on controversies5/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is BlackRock's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is BlackRock's score based on?
12 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
50% of them were published by BlackRock itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scored on 4 April 2026 under an earlier version of our method. We're re-checking it under the current method.
6 of 12 sources are independent of the company.
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How does BlackRock compare with other financial services / banking companies?
Where BlackRock sits among financial services / banking peers.
Among the 61 major financial services / banking brands we've scored, BlackRock is tied =18th of 61, with 3 others.
Who scores higher in Financial Services / Banking?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above BlackRock.
Lloyds reports material financed emissions (18.6 MtCO2e) and owns a 36% reduction since 2018, but relies heavily on estimated data, supply-chain emissions are rising, and an ASA ban for misleading climate advertising exposes credibility gaps.
See the breakdown →Schroders has decarbonised operations rapidly—56% Scope 1 cuts since 2019, 100% renewable electricity achieved—but its core financed-emissions footprint remains unabated.
See the breakdown →ICG has delivered measurable operational decarbonisation—85% Scope 1+2 reduction, SBTi-validated targets, 100% renewable electricity—but material financed emissions lack absolute quantification.
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