College Board sustainability score: 36/100
Better than 43% of Media / Entertainment / Publishing
Making progress starts at 46. The highest score on SINK is 71.
College Board is a non-profit educational assessment and publishing organisation that creates and administers the SAT and Advanced Placement (AP) programmes, serving over 200,000 test-takers annually. It operates from leased offices with ~4,650 employees and $1.17B annual revenue.
More about College Board
In March 2024, it completed transition of the SAT to fully digital testing.
Founded 1900Head office New York, United StatesStaff ~4,650Revenue ~$1.17B (FY2024, IRS Form 990)Website ↗
College Board discloses zero environmental data across operations, supply chain, and governance. No emissions targets, no sustainability report, no energy strategy. The 2024 SAT digital transition reduced paper logistics, but this sole operational improvement remains unquantified and untracked.
College Board scores 36/100 (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 July 2026.
That places College Board joint 542nd of 1,023 companies scored, and 17th of 29 in Media / Entertainment / Publishing.
What is College Board doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Water Impact (8/10, 4/10). Weakest on Targets & Commitments and Transparency & Accountability (0/10, 0/10).
Where College Board 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 climate targetsSet emissions reduction targets.
- How openly it reportsPublish sustainability information.
- Emissions from its supply chainAssess where its supply-chain emissions come from.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations2/10No emissions figures for its own operations, not even an estimate from energy bills.
- Emissions from its supply chain1/10No assessment of where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are falling2/10No evidence its emissions are falling, not even from energy bills or mileage.
- How clean its energy is2/10No 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 waste3/10No active waste reduction, reuse or repair shown.
- Its effect on water4/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets0/10No emissions reduction targets.
- How openly it reports0/10No sustainability information published.
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How is College Board's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is College Board's score based on?
8 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
38% of them were published by College Board itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“Revenue $1.17B (2024), Expenses $963M (2024), Total Assets $2.44B (2024)”
“no more packing, shipping, or sorting test materials”
“College Board's tech stack includes Amazon Web Services”
“225 Liberty Street 28th Floor New York, NY 10281 United States”
“We are making a full transition to digital, so once we begin administering the SAT Suite digitally we will no longer offer a paper and pencil version”
“College Board's headcount grew 1.8% to 4,650 employees, up from 4,569 in 2024”
“The College Board is an American not-for-profit organization”
“College Entrance Examination Board (EIN 13-1623965) — 501(c)(3), New York; GuideStar/Candid nonprofit profile”
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How does College Board compare with other media / entertainment / publishing companies?
Where College Board sits among media / entertainment / publishing peers.
Among the 29 major media / entertainment / publishing brands we've scored, College Board sits 17th of 29.
Who scores higher in Media / Entertainment / Publishing?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above College Board.
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