Land Securities sustainability score: 54/100
Better than 92% of Construction / Real Estate
Leading practice starts at 60. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Landsec is a UK-listed REIT operating commercial real estate, retail, and mixed-use developments across the United Kingdom. Founded in 1944 and headquartered in London, it manages over 24m sq ft of property and is one of the sector's largest landlord-operators.
More about Land Securities
The company integrates sustainability into asset management and new development design.
Head office United KingdomStaff ~800Revenue ~£832MWebsite ↗
Landsec has cut absolute emissions 24–33% since 2020 and holds SBTi-validated 2030 targets, but needs material acceleration to hit -47%. Water lacks binding targets entirely. Supply chain and nature outcomes remain unverified; renewable energy still relies on REGO certificates without additionality.
Land Securities scores 54/100 (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 Land Securities joint 71st of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 3rd of 40 in Construction / Real Estate.
What is Land Securities doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Transparency & Accountability (8/10, 8/10). Weakest on Water Impact and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (4/10, 6/10).
Where Land Securities 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 waterMeasure its water footprint and set reduction targets.
- Emissions from its supply chainMap its full value chain and run a supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow a consistent fall over several years across its operations and supply chain.
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 falling6/10No 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 nature6/10No verified restoration beyond its own footprint, or supply chain not mapped for nature risk.
- How it uses materials and handles waste6/10No verified figures for reuse and recycling across the business.
- Its effect on water4/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets7/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports8/10No mission-locked structure, such as B Corp certification.
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How is Land Securities's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Land Securities's score changed?
Land Securities's score has moved from 55 to 54 across 3 recorded reviews, down 1 point.
- 54 → 547 November 2026
Sources replaced with the company's own or independent reports. Score unchanged.
- 55 → 54-13 October 2026
Aggregator-citation sweep: broker citations replaced with the primary disclosures they mirror, re-scored through the guarded pipeline under pinned code 9196601.
- Scored 552 August 2026
Initial public score 55 (publish-draft)
What evidence is Land Securities's score based on?
13 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
62% of them were published by Land Securities itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“Scope 1: 5,809 tCO2e; Scope 2: 17,667 tCO2e (location-based); Total Emissions: 228,185 tCO2e”
“Download EY Sustainability Limited Assurance Statement 2025”
“Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) — Scope 1 and 2 emissions (Table 9)”
“Landsec has developed a guide for suppliers and partners that outlines core nature requirements”
“READ OUR TNFD DISCLOSURE IN OUR 2024 SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE AND DATA REPORT”
“33% absolute carbon reduction”
“We are currently exploring opportunities to move our procurement towards direct purchasing from renewable projects through Power Purchase Agreements (PPA).”
“Developments are also designed to be 100% electric and target maximum use of on-site renewables”
“Landsec commits to reduce GHG emissions 40% per square meter by 2030, from a 2014 base-year”
“In 2016 we became the first commercial property company in the world to have its carbon reduction target approved by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi)”
“Landsec is committed to becoming a net zero carbon business by 2040, reducing its absolute carbon emissions (scope 1, 2 and 3) by 90% by 2040”
“In 2024/25 we continued to divert 100% of waste from landfill, and recycled 65% of operational waste”
“InfluenceMap maintains the world's leading database of corporate and industry association lobbying of climate policy”
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How does Land Securities compare with other construction / real estate companies?
Where Land Securities sits among construction / real estate peers.
Among the 40 major construction / real estate brands we've scored, Land Securities is tied =3rd of 40, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Construction / Real Estate?
The 2 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Land Securities.
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