Elevance Health sustainability score: 49/100
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Limited independent evidence: only two independent sources cover this company. The score may change as more evidence appears.
Elevance Health is a US health insurer headquartered in Indianapolis, operating health plans, pharmacy benefit management and dental services. It was incorporated in Indiana in 2001 and had about 97,100 employees and $199.1 billion in FY2025 revenue.
Founded 2001Head office Indianapolis, Indiana, United StatesStaff ~97,100 (FY2025)Revenue $199,125M total revenues (FY2025)Website ↗
Elevance Health's operational emissions are falling and it reports 100% renewable electricity through certificates rather than direct supply. It discloses 3.59 Mt of PCAF-basis investment emissions, but its Scope 3 fell partly because it restated earlier years to remove pharmacy cost-of-goods emissions. No nature-risk assessment was found, and it pays dues to the US Chamber of Commerce and Business Roundtable.
Elevance Health 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 Elevance Health joint 179th of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 2nd of 17 in Insurance.
What is Elevance Health doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (8/10, 7/10). Weakest on Nature & Biodiversity Impact and Resource Use & Waste (3/10, 4/10).
Where Elevance Health 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 effect on natureAssess its effect on nature and publish a basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles wasteReport measurable waste or recycling targets publicly.
- Its effect on waterRun a water stewardship programme or verify a fall in water use.
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 chain7/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling7/10No consistent fall over several years across its operations and supply chain.
- How clean its energy is7/10Less than 90% of its energy shown to be renewable.
- Its effect on nature3/10No 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 water6/10No water stewardship programme or verified fall in water use.
- Its climate targets7/10Its targets aren't validated by the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports7/10No mission-locked structure, such as B Corp certification.
- Its record on controversies6/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Elevance Health's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Elevance Health's score based on?
11 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
55% of them were published by Elevance Health itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“Elevance Health engaged a third party to conduct assurance for select performance metrics and our double materiality assessment.”
“using 100% green power since 2021 with equal parts retail RECs and solar financial power purchase agreements”
“the Governance Committee of our Board has primary responsibility for monitoring our corporate social responsibility and environmental sustainability initiatives and performance”
“Continued to source 100% renewable electricity for our operations.”
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How does Elevance Health compare with other insurance companies?
Where Elevance Health sits among insurance peers.
Among the 17 major insurance brands we've scored, Elevance Health is tied =2nd of 17, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Insurance?
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