Jaguar Land Rover sustainability score: 31/100
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JLR designs, develops, makes and sells premium all-terrain vehicles and luxury performance cars under the Range Rover, Defender, Discovery and Jaguar brands. Jaguar Land Rover Automotive plc, the group's UK holding company based in Coventry, was incorporated in 2008 and is a subsidiary of Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Limited of India.
More about Jaguar Land Rover
It had an average of 42,850 employees, including agency staff, and £22,911 million revenue in its year to 31 March 2026.
Founded 2008Head office Coventry, United KingdomStaff ~42,850 (average, year to 31 March 2026; 40,666 excluding agency staff)Revenue ~£22.91B (year to 31 March 2026)Website ↗
JLR's footprint was 21,795,035 tCO2e in its year to March 2026, almost all of it from the materials it buys and the fuel its vehicles use. Absolute emissions fell, but its report links this to the September 2025 cyber incident and lower volumes, and emissions per vehicle rose. Battery-electric cars were only 0.1% of retail sales. Its 2030 targets are SBTi-approved, but the Scope 3 targets are per vehicle, not absolute. In April 2025 the UK competition regulator fined it £4,626,404 over a cartel on advertising car recyclability, and InfluenceMap finds it lobbied against US vehicle emissions standards and the UK's phase-out date for new petrol and diesel cars.
Jaguar Land Rover 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 November 2026.
That places Jaguar Land Rover joint 698th of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 15th of 36 in Automotive.
What is Jaguar Land Rover doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Transparency & Accountability (8/10, 7/10). Weakest on Controversies & Red Flags and Emissions Trajectory (1/10, 4/10).
Where Jaguar Land Rover 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 record on controversiesDeal with the findings under question 10, in public.
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- How clean its energy isShow at least half its energy is renewable, with a transition plan.
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 chain6/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- 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 nature4/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste5/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water4/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets6/10Its targets aren't validated by the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports7/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
- Its record on controversies1/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Jaguar Land Rover's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Jaguar Land Rover's score changed?
Jaguar Land Rover's score has moved from 30 to 31 across 2 recorded reviews, up 1 point.
- 30 → 31+15 November 2026
Re-scored on v2.5 (brand batch: car makers, 2026-11-05); pre-v2.5 record
- Scored 306 April 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Jaguar Land Rover's score based on?
11 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
36% of them were published by Jaguar Land Rover itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“In FY25/26, our absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions reduced to 221.3 ktCO2e. This was an 11.3 per cent reduction compared to FY24/25”
“70100 - Activities of head offices”
“the CMA found that all manufacturers illegally agreed that they would not advertise if their vehicles went above the minimum recyclability requirement of 85%”
“JLR is also a member of the UK-based Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) , US-based Alliance for Automotive Innovation”
“its subsidiary, Jaguar Land Rover, has engaged negatively on a number of automotive policies globally, including the UK's ICE phase-out target”
“Most manufacturers took part in this ‘cartel’ between May 2002 and September 2017, with Jaguar Land Rover joining in September 2008.”
“had been under pressure to meet UK electric vehicle targets, but that eased after the government weakened the zero emission vehicle mandate.”
“continuing to purchase 100% renewable-backed electricity for all core UK operations”
“we target carbon net zero across our supply chain, products, and operations by 2039.”
“Then a cyber incident occurred which required us to pause production while we responded and subsequently carefully restarted our systems.”
“has delayed the planned launches of its new electric Range Rover and electric Jaguar models to give it time for more testing”
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How does Jaguar Land Rover compare with other automotive companies?
Where Jaguar Land Rover sits among automotive peers.
Among the 36 major automotive brands we've scored, Jaguar Land Rover is tied =15th of 36, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Automotive?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Jaguar Land Rover.
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