LOT Polish Airlines sustainability score: 20/100
Better than 5% of Airlines / Aviation
Below expectations starts at 31. The highest score on SINK is 71.
LOT Polish Airlines, legally Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT S.A., is Poland's flag carrier and largest airline, operating 92 aircraft across European, transatlantic, and Asian routes. It carried 11.7 million passengers in 2025.
More about LOT Polish Airlines
Founded in 1929 and based in Warsaw, LOT is majority-owned by the Polish state through Polska Grupa Lotnicza.
Founded 1929Head office Warsaw, PolandRevenue ~PLN 10.2B (~USD 2.5B)Website ↗
LOT Polish Airlines operates a large, rapidly expanding fleet with zero emissions disclosure and no absolute reduction targets. The airline actively lobbied against EU climate policy through its CEO and participates in trade association opposition to aviation climate regulation. Intensity targets mask rising absolute emissions.
LOT Polish Airlines scores 20/100 (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 July 2026.
That places LOT Polish Airlines joint 973rd of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 21st of 23 in Airlines / Aviation.
What is LOT Polish Airlines doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Targets & Commitments (5/10, 4/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Carbon Footprint: Operations (0/10, 1/10).
Where LOT Polish Airlines 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
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow its emissions are falling, even from energy bills or mileage.
- Emissions from its own operationsPublish emissions figures for its own operations, even an estimate from energy bills.
- Emissions from its supply chainAssess where its supply-chain emissions come from.
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 chain1/10No assessment of where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are falling0/10No 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 waste3/10No active waste reduction, reuse or repair shown.
- Its effect on water2/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets4/10Its targets aren't science-based or committed to the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports2/10No published sustainability data, or no one named as responsible for it.
- Its record on controversies5/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is LOT Polish Airlines's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas LOT Polish Airlines's score changed?
LOT Polish Airlines's score has been reviewed 2 times and currently stands where it started, at 20.
- 20 → 207 November 2026
Correction, 7 November 2026: removed an unsourced emissions figure. Score unchanged.
- Scored 2018 August 2026
Re-classified Aerospace[38] -> Airlines / Aviation[28]; score 22->20
What evidence is LOT Polish Airlines's score based on?
8 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
50% of them were published by LOT Polish Airlines itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“From 2026, we will publicly report on our progress, showing how we are achieving our goals.”
“Scope 3 – indirect emissions related to the entire value chain, including purchases and services”
“reducing Well-to-Wake (WTW) greenhouse gas emissions associated with aviation fuel use by 45% per ton-kilometer (RTK) by 2030”
“LOT Polish Airlines purchased Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) from SkyNRG, a global leader in SAF.”
“LOT Polish Airlines has become the first airline to report their data in the IATA CO2 Connect emissions calculator to account for carbon emissions reductions related to the usage of SAF.”
“LOT Polish Airlines carried a record 11.7 million passengers in 2025, reporting one of its strongest financial performances”
“Poland's biggest airline, LOT Polish Airlines, urged to cancel the EU ETS due to rising jet fuel prices.”
“IATA (E+) and Airlines for Europe (A4E) (E+)...have actively opposed key national and EU aviation climate policies”
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Among the 23 major airlines / aviation brands we've scored, LOT Polish Airlines is tied =21st of 23, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Airlines / Aviation?
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