Canary Wharf Group sustainability score: 49/100
Better than 79% of Construction / Real Estate
Leading practice starts at 60. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Canary Wharf Group is a London-based real estate and construction company operating a major mixed-use estate in East London's former docklands. It owns and manages office, retail, leisure and residential space on the Canary Wharf estate.
More about Canary Wharf Group
Revenue of £504.7M (FY2025); ~1,261 employees.
Founded 2004Head office London, United KingdomStaff ~1,261Revenue £504.7M (FY2025)Website ↗
Canary Wharf reports verified emissions data and has signed a renewable power purchase agreement that is not yet shown to be operating, but operational gas use rose 14% in 2025 and supply-chain decarbonisation excludes embodied carbon—the largest category. Net-zero slipped from 2030 to 2040. Transparency is solid; material weaknesses are real reductions.
Canary Wharf Group scores 49/100 (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 Canary Wharf Group joint 179th of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 8th of 40 in Construction / Real Estate.
What is Canary Wharf Group doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Transparency & Accountability (8/10, 7/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Energy Source (4/10, 5/10).
Where Canary Wharf Group 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
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- How clean its energy isShow at least half its energy is renewable, with a transition plan.
- Its effect on natureMeasure its effect on nature and have it independently verified.
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 chain6/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling4/10No evidence of a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- How clean its energy is5/10Less than half its energy shown to be renewable, or no transition plan.
- Its effect on nature5/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste6/10No verified figures for reuse and recycling across the business.
- Its effect on water5/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets6/10Its targets aren't validated by the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports7/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
- Its record on controversies7/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Canary Wharf Group's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Canary Wharf Group's score based on?
11 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
18% of them were published by Canary Wharf Group itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“Total Scope 1 GHG emissions (tCOe) 9,561”
“The baseline year for CWG’s emissions targets is 2017.”
“UK mandatory climate disclosures”
“Canary Wharf Group (CWG) have been procuring renewable electricity backed by industry accepted Renewable Energy Guarantee of Origin certificates (REGOs) since 2012.”
“the agreement will meet at least 70 per cent of CWG's electricity consumption needs”
“a 60 megawatt wind farm”
“over 100 members”
“CWG has already reduced its emissions by 26% across scopes 1 and 2, and in scope 3 downstream leased assets.”
“to achieve net zero carbon by 2030”
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How does Canary Wharf Group compare with other construction / real estate companies?
Where Canary Wharf Group sits among construction / real estate peers.
Among the 40 major construction / real estate brands we've scored, Canary Wharf Group is tied =8th of 40, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Construction / Real Estate?
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