Harrods sustainability score: 41/100
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Harrods is a luxury department store retailer headquartered in London, UK, founded in 1834. Operating a single flagship store on Knightsbridge and a distribution centre, it employs 5,000 staff and generates approximately £1.08 billion in annual revenue.
More about Harrods
The store stocks over 3,000 brands across fashion, food, beauty, jewellery, and furniture.
Founded 1834Head office London, GBStaff ~5,000Revenue ~£1.08BWebsite ↗
Harrods disclosed emissions data for the first time in 2024 but reports only a 2.4% reduction against an ambitious 90% by-2030 target—trajectory is dangerously slow. Scope 3 supply chain emissions remain unmapped and unquantified despite managing 3,000+ brands. A major institutional failure: over 400 sexual abuse allegations against former chairman Al Fayed, with ongoing civil claims and a compensation scheme launched in 2025.
Harrods scores 41/100 (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 May 2026.
That places Harrods joint 390th of 1,023 companies scored, and 22nd of 54 in Retail (non-fashion).
What is Harrods doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Carbon Footprint: Operations (5/10, 4/10). Weakest on Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (3/10, 3/10).
Where Harrods 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 operations4/10No full Scope 1 and 2 figures worked out to the GHG Protocol.
- Emissions from its supply chain3/10No 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 is4/10Less than half its energy shown to be renewable, or no transition plan.
- 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 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 reports4/10No dedicated sustainability role, board oversight or public report.
- Its record on controversies5/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Harrods's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Harrods's score changed?
Harrods's score has been reviewed 2 times and currently stands where it started, at 41.
- 41 → 417 November 2026
Correction, 7 November 2026: removed an unsourced emissions figure. Score unchanged.
- Scored 4111 April 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Harrods'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 Harrods itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scored on 11 April 2026 under an earlier version of our method. We're re-checking it under the current method.
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How does Harrods compare with other retail (non-fashion) companies?
Where Harrods sits among retail (non-fashion) peers.
Among the 54 major retail (non-fashion) brands we've scored, Harrods sits 22nd of 54.
Who scores higher in Retail (non-fashion)?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Harrods.
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