Bouygues sustainability score: 29/100
Better than 13% of Construction / Real Estate
Below expectations starts at 31. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Bouygues is a French construction and conglomerate group with €56 billion annual revenue (2023), operating in 60+ countries across construction (Bouygues Construction, Colas), telecoms (Bouygues Telecom), real estate (Bouygues Immobilier), facilities services (Equans), and media (TF1). Founded 1952, headquartered in Paris.
Founded 1952Head office Paris, FranceStaff ~200,000Revenue €56.0B (FY2023)Website ↗
Bouygues reports detailed Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions with SBTi-validated targets across all six business segments, but undermines credibility through intensity-based Scope 3 targets on buildings instead of absolute reductions. Critical gaps: no group-wide renewable energy commitment, zero water management strategy despite global operations, and unverified supplier engagement. A large conglomerate disclosing selectively.
Bouygues scores 29/100 (Significant gaps) 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 Bouygues joint 753rd of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 32nd of 40 in Construction / Real Estate.
What is Bouygues doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Targets & Commitments and Carbon Footprint: Operations (7/10, 6/10). Weakest on Water Impact and Energy Source (1/10, 3/10).
Where Bouygues 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 waterPublish figures for its water use.
- How clean its energy isMove to a renewable energy tariff or make a major efficiency investment.
- Its effect on natureAssess its effect on nature and publish a basic environmental policy.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations6/10Its own emissions aren't independently verified or tracked over several years.
- Emissions from its supply chain6/10Its Scope 3 emissions aren't fully verified or falling year on year.
- Whether its emissions are falling4/10No evidence of a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- How clean its energy is3/10No renewable energy tariff or major efficiency investment shown.
- Its effect on nature3/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles waste4/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water1/10No figures for its water use.
- Its climate targets7/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports5/10No dedicated sustainability role, board oversight or public report.
- Its record on controversies6/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Bouygues's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Bouygues's score based on?
16 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
56% of them were published by Bouygues 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.
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How does Bouygues compare with other construction / real estate companies?
Where Bouygues sits among construction / real estate peers.
Among the 40 major construction / real estate brands we've scored, Bouygues is tied =32nd of 40, with 3 others.
Who scores higher in Construction / Real Estate?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Bouygues.
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