Compagnie Financière Richemont sustainability score: 40/100
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Richemont is a Swiss luxury group with its registered seat in Bellevue, Geneva. It owns 24 Maisons across jewellery, watches and fashion, including Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, IWC and Panerai.
More about Compagnie Financière Richemont
It reported €22.4 billion in sales and 40,465 employees in its 2026 financial year.
Head office Bellevue (Geneva), SwitzerlandStaff 40,465 (FY2026)Revenue €22.4B (FY2026)Website ↗
Richemont has cut its own Scope 1 and 2 emissions sharply since 2019, but Scope 3, 98.7% of its footprint, is up 21.4% on the 2019 base year and its Scope 3 target is relative rather than absolute. It missed both 2025 targets (97% renewable electricity against 100%; 8.7% of suppliers with science-based targets against 20%), and part of its renewable electricity rests on unbundled certificates.
Compagnie Financière Richemont 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 October 2026.
That places Compagnie Financière Richemont joint 421st of 1,023 companies scored, and 4th of 8 in Jewellery & Watches.
What is Compagnie Financière Richemont doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (8/10, 6/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (3/10, 4/10).
Where Compagnie Financière Richemont 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 its emissions are falling.
- Its effect on natureMeasure its effect on nature and have it independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles wasteReport measurable waste or recycling targets publicly.
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 falling3/10No evidence its emissions are falling.
- How clean its energy is6/10Less than 90% of its energy shown to be renewable.
- Its effect on nature4/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste4/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water4/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets6/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports6/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
- Its record on controversies6/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Compagnie Financière Richemont's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Compagnie Financière Richemont's score based on?
8 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
50% of them were published by Compagnie Financière Richemont itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“In FY26, Richemont's Scope 1 emissions remained overall stable compared to the prior reporting period.”
“Emissions for purchased goods and services are modelled based on the average-data and spend-based method according to the GHG Protocol.”
“Compagnie Financière Richemont SA commits to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 46% by 2030 from a 2019 base year.”
“the Science Based targets we submitted in May have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative”
“its total scope 3 emissions could still be higher than in 2019, even if they have managed to reduce by 55 percent”
“As presented in the Non-Financial Report 2026, sustainability at Richemont is rooted in the Group”
“APPLICABLE STANDARD: CODE OF PRACTICES 2019”
“This company received a CDP Water Security score of B-.”
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How does Compagnie Financière Richemont compare with other jewellery & watches companies?
Where Compagnie Financière Richemont sits among jewellery & watches peers.
Among the 8 major jewellery & watches brands we've scored, Compagnie Financière Richemont sits 4th of 8.
Who scores higher in Jewellery & Watches?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Compagnie Financière Richemont.
Swarovski has cut absolute emissions 46% since 2019 and validated net-zero targets to 2050, but remains dependent on non-renewable heat at manufacturing and lacks biodiversity commitments.
See the breakdown →Rolex's reported footprint fell 72% from 2021 to 891 kt in 2025, but rose year on year in 2025 as Scope 3 grew while Scope 1 and 2 fell, and its report is not externally audited.
See the breakdown →Swatch Group reports declining absolute emissions across Scopes 1–2 (31% since 2021) and Scope 3 (27% since 2023), but has no group Scope 3 target yet, although Scope 3 is 96% of its footprint.
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