easyJet sustainability score: 25/100
Below expectations starts at 31. The highest score on SINK is 71.
easyJet is a low-cost European airline operator founded in 1995, headquartered at London Luton Airport, with ~13,000 employees and a fleet serving ~100 million passengers annually across 30+ countries. It operates alongside subsidiary airlines Aer Lingus and now Wizz Air Hungary.
Founded 1995Head office London Luton Airport, United KingdomStaff ~13,000 (2021)Revenue ~£9.3BWebsite ↗
easyJet publishes verified emissions data and holds an SBTi-validated intensity target, but absolute emissions rose 43% year-on-year while the airline remains 99%+ dependent on fossil jet fuel. Supply chain emissions are largely unmeasured, and recent regulatory findings and NGO warnings expose greenwashing in net-zero claims and offset reliance.
easyJet scores 25/100 (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 October 2026.
That places easyJet joint 871st of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 8th of 23 in Airlines / Aviation.
What is easyJet doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Transparency & Accountability (8/10, 6/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Energy Source (2/10, 2/10).
Where easyJet 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.
- 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 operations8/10No verified figures published with their method and a falling trend.
- Emissions from its supply chain3/10No assessment of where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are falling2/10No evidence its emissions are falling.
- How clean its energy is2/10No renewable energy tariff or major efficiency investment shown.
- Its effect on nature2/10No 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 water3/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets4/10Its targets aren't science-based or committed to the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports6/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
- Its record on controversies4/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is easyJet's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas easyJet's score changed?
easyJet's score has moved from 24 to 25 across 3 recorded reviews, up 1 point.
- 25 → 253 October 2026
Aggregator-citation sweep: broker citations replaced with the primary disclosures they mirror, re-scored through the guarded pipeline under pinned code 9196601.
- 24 → 25+118 August 2026
Re-classified Aerospace[38] -> Airlines / Aviation[28]; score 28->25
- Scored 248 February 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is easyJet's score based on?
12 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
50% of them were published by easyJet itself; the rest come from independent sources.
6 of 12 sources are independent of the company.
“FY24 greenhouse gas emissions and calculation methodology”
“independent verification with reasonable assurance of the scope 1, 2 and 3 carbon inventory data”
“delivering a 0.9% reduction in our emissions intensity (measured as CO2 emissions per passenger kilometre) from last year”
“a 35% carbon emissions intensity improvement by FY2035 on a FY2019 baseline”
“Fleet renewal: we are introducing more modern NEO aircraft, which are at least 13% more fuel efficient”
“the initiative could cut single-use plastic waste by up to 71 tonnes each year”
“In our 2022 financial year we removed 11.5 million items of single-use plastic”
“Bale Mountains 1,147,766t 2023... Rimba Raya 738,750t 2023”
“first low-cost airline worldwide to announce an interim target validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)”
“21 major airlines – including easyJet – reached a landmark agreement with the EU Consumer Protection Cooperation Network to overhaul how they communicate their climate initiatives”
“Airlines receiving the warning included Easyjet among 71 airlines warned over potential greenwashing”
“easyJet and Ryanair did not support the extension in 2025”
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How does easyJet compare with other airlines / aviation companies?
Where easyJet sits among airlines / aviation peers.
Among the 23 major airlines / aviation brands we've scored, easyJet is tied =8th of 23, with 3 others.
Who scores higher in Airlines / Aviation?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above easyJet.
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