Burberry sustainability score: 55/100
Better than 98% of Apparel (Durable / Outdoor)
Leading practice starts at 60. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Burberry is a British luxury fashion house founded in 1856, headquartered in London. It designs, manufactures, and retails apparel, accessories, and footwear globally.
More about Burberry
The company employs approximately 9,892 people and competes in the premium apparel and accessories segment.
Founded 1856Head office London, United KingdomStaff ~9,892 (2020)Revenue ~£2.5BWebsite ↗
Burberry has cut operational emissions 94% and supply chain emissions 49%, exceeding targets early. But it weakened its headline net-zero commitment by a decade (2040 to 2050) in May 2026—a material rollback. Nature footprints and water metrics remain largely unmeasured.
Burberry scores 55/100 (Making progress) 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 October 2026.
That places Burberry joint 56th of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 1st of 58 in Apparel (Durable / Outdoor).
What is Burberry doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Emissions Trajectory (8/10, 8/10). Weakest on Water Impact and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (5/10, 6/10).
Where Burberry 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 waterMeasure its water footprint and set reduction targets.
- Its effect on natureVerify restoration beyond its own footprint and map its supply chain for nature risk.
- Its climate targetsHave a long-term net zero target validated.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations8/10No verified figures published with their method and a falling trend.
- Emissions from its supply chain7/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling8/10Not shown to be on a 1.5°C path across all its emissions.
- How clean its energy is8/10Its own operations aren't shown to run on 100% renewable energy.
- Its effect on nature6/10No verified restoration beyond its own footprint, or supply chain not mapped for nature risk.
- How it uses materials and handles waste7/10No verified figures for reuse and recycling across the business.
- Its effect on water5/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets6/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports8/10No mission-locked structure, such as B Corp certification.
- Its record on controversies7/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Burberry's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Burberry's score changed?
Burberry's score has moved from 58 to 55 across 2 recorded reviews, down 3 points.
- 58 → 55-33 October 2026
Aggregator-citation sweep: broker citations replaced with the primary disclosures they mirror, re-scored through the guarded pipeline under pinned code 9196601.
- Scored 584 April 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Burberry's score based on?
12 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
42% of them were published by Burberry itself; the rest come from independent sources.
7 of 12 sources are independent of the company.
“This metric was subject to external independent limited assurance by Ernst & Young LLP (EY).”
“94.3% reduction in absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions (from FY 2016/17 baseline) nearing our 95% by FY 2026/27 target”
“Burberry has been a gold member of RE100 since 2017, when we committed to source 100% renewable electricity for our own operations by 2022.”
“reported Scope 3 emissions reduction of 49% against the same base year as of 2024”
“Burberry Group plc – Annual report – 29 March 2025 Industry: retail SUSTAINABILITY INFORMATION (page 41 extract)”
“This metric was subject to external independent limited assurance by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC).”
“The company has also signed up for the LEAF Coalition (Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest Finance) as part of a $1 billion initiative”
“We are committed to contributing to the sustainable management of natural forests and supporting zero deforestation across our products and supply chain by FY 2025/26.”
“Burberry uses the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (using a location and market-based approach to reporting scope 2 emissions) to estimate emissions”
“Burberry Group Plc postponed its goal of cutting emissions to net zero by a decade to 2050”
“The decision to U-turn on climate initiatives makes FTSE 100 constituent Burberry the latest in a growing line of household name companies that have watered down their net zero goals”
“Luxury fashion house cites lagging 'speed and scale' of wider industry decarbonisation in climate target shake-up”
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How does Burberry compare with other apparel (durable / outdoor) companies?
Burberry shares top spot among apparel (durable / outdoor) peers.
Among the 58 major apparel (durable / outdoor) brands we've scored, Burberry is tied =1st of 58, with 1 other.
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Burberry leads its sector. These are the next 3 down.
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