Eesti Energia sustainability score: 31/100
Better than 20% of Energy Supply / Utilities
Making progress starts at 46. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Eesti Energia AS is Estonia's vertically integrated state-owned energy company, operating generation, distribution, and retail electricity and gas services. Founded in 1939, headquartered in Tallinn with 5,361 employees and €2.2 billion FY2022 revenue.
More about Eesti Energia
Core generation: oil shale-fired plants (1.2 GW), with growing renewable capacity through subsidiary Enefit Green. Exports shale oil and electricity across the region.
Head office EstoniaStaff ~5,361 (2022)Revenue 2,218,200,000 EUR (FY2022)Website ↗
Scored as the Eesti Energia GROUP — the oil-shale electricity generation and shale-oil business (Enefit Power) consolidated with the renewables subsidiary (Enefit Green), not Enefit Green alone (which would score far higher in isolation). Eesti Energia operates Estonia's dominant fossil fuel infrastructure: 85% of national generation capacity, heavily dependent on oil shale. Emissions have declined from 11.3 Mt CO2 in 2018 to 3.8 Mt in 2020, driven by market forces rather than decarbonisation strategy. Critical gaps: unaudited sustainability data, no Scope 3 quantification, systemic environmental permit violations, and ongoing investment in new shale oil capacity despite IEA warnings.
Eesti Energia scores 31/100 (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 Eesti Energia joint 698th of 1,023 companies scored, and 17th of 21 in Energy Supply / Utilities.
What is Eesti Energia doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Emissions Trajectory (5/10, 4/10). Weakest on Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (2/10, 2/10).
Where Eesti Energia 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
- Emissions from its supply chainAssess where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Its effect on natureAssess its effect on nature and publish a basic environmental policy.
- Its effect on waterMonitor its water use and take measures to reduce it.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations5/10No full Scope 1 and 2 figures worked out to the GHG Protocol.
- Emissions from its supply chain2/10No assessment of where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are falling4/10No evidence of a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- How clean its energy is3/10No 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 waste3/10No active waste reduction, reuse or repair shown.
- Its effect on water2/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets3/10No specific targets with dates.
- How openly it reports4/10No dedicated sustainability role, board oversight or public report.
- Its record on controversies3/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Eesti Energia's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Eesti Energia's score based on?
10 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
30% of them were published by Eesti Energia itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“decreasing the intensity of energy production from 0.88 to 0.61, equivalent to a 35% reduction in the period from 2022 to 2023”
“emissions are higher than many rated peers in Europe, at about 280 grams of CO2 per KWh for its total energy production”
“CO2 emissions have fallen threefold over the last few years: from 11.3 million tons in 2018 to 3.8 million tons in 2020”
“Eesti Energia has been asked to keep 1 000 MW of oil shale generation available until 2026 at a significant financial loss”
“In 2024, Enefit Green's electricity production increased by 40% to 1.9 TWh”
“violations regarding sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and dust emissions have been consistent and systemic”
“In June 2024, Enefit Power had to stop using tire shreds in oil production because the quality of the oil fluctuated”
“a substantial lowering of the groundwater level, air pollution, contamination of rivers, lakes and the Gulf of Finland”
“800,000 tonnes of waste rock could be used in the construction of Rail Baltica”
“Eesti Energia AS announces that it has published its Green Financing Report for FY2024”
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How does Eesti Energia compare with other energy supply / utilities companies?
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Among the 21 major energy supply / utilities brands we've scored, Eesti Energia sits 17th of 21.
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