Fannie Mae sustainability score: 21/100
Better than 5% of Financial Services / Banking
Below expectations starts at 31. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Fannie Mae is a government-sponsored enterprise that guarantees residential mortgages in the United States, headquartered in the Washington, D.C. region. It had about 7,000 employees and $29.0 billion in FY2025 net revenues, with a guaranty book of about $4.1 trillion.
Head office Washington, DC, United StatesStaff ~7,000 (FY2025)Revenue $28,964M net revenues (FY2025)Website ↗
Fannie Mae discloses no operational or financed emissions despite guaranteeing $4.1 trillion in mortgages. It published climate reports through 2024 but dismissed its ESG team of more than 30 people in April 2025 following policy reversals. No emissions targets, renewable energy data, or nature strategy exist.
Fannie Mae scores 21/100 (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 Fannie Mae joint 960th of 1,023 companies scored, and 58th of 61 in Financial Services / Banking.
What is Fannie Mae doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Transparency & Accountability (8/10, 3/10). Weakest on Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain and Carbon Footprint: Operations (0/10, 1/10).
Where Fannie Mae 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.
- Emissions from its own operationsPublish emissions figures for its own operations, even an estimate from energy bills.
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow its emissions are falling, even from energy bills or mileage.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations1/10No emissions figures for its own operations, not even an estimate from energy bills.
- Emissions from its supply chain0/10No assessment of where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are falling1/10No 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 nature2/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles waste2/10No active waste reduction, reuse or repair shown.
- Its effect on water2/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets1/10No emissions reduction targets.
- How openly it reports3/10No published sustainability data, or no one named as responsible for it.
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How is Fannie Mae's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Fannie Mae's score changed?
Fannie Mae's score has been reviewed 2 times and currently stands where it started, at 21.
- 21 → 217 November 2026
Correction, 7 November 2026: removed an unsourced emissions figure. Score unchanged.
- Scored 2119 October 2026
Initial public score 21 (publish-draft)
What evidence is Fannie Mae's score based on?
8 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
25% of them were published by Fannie Mae itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“b) Disclose Scope 1, Scope 2, and, if appropriate, Scope 3 greenhouse gas Not disclosed”
“b) Disclose Scope 1, Scope 2, and, if appropriate, Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) Not disclosed”
“approximately 7,000 employees as of December 2025”
“The environmental, social, and governance (ESG) team at Fannie Mae has reportedly been dismissed in its entirety”
“has also rolled back various climate initiatives that were launched during the Biden presidency”
“Fannie Mae has reportedly shut down its roughly 30-person environmental, social and governance team.”
“Recent ESG Report: 2023 (report has been taken down)”
“The other dismantled dozens of Biden-era initiatives dubbed his”
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How does Fannie Mae compare with other financial services / banking companies?
Where Fannie Mae sits among financial services / banking peers.
Among the 61 major financial services / banking brands we've scored, Fannie Mae sits 58th of 61.
Who scores higher in Financial Services / Banking?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Fannie Mae.
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