PricewaterhouseCoopers sustainability score: 53/100
Better than 55% of Consulting / Professional Services
Leading practice starts at 60. The highest score on SINK is 71.
PwC is one of the Big Four professional services firms, providing audit, assurance, tax, and management consulting globally. Founded in 1995 through merger, headquartered in London, it operates a network of legally separate member firms with 295,371 employees and $45.1 billion FY2021 revenue.
Founded 1995Head office London, United KingdomStaff ~370,000Revenue ~$55.4B (FY2024)Website ↗
PwC reports comprehensive emissions reductions (71% Scope 1&2, 43% business travel) and 95% renewable electricity, but global Scope 3 coverage remains incomplete. Critical weakness: PwC audits and advises fossil fuel majors without published sector phase-out policy, structurally enabling oil and gas lobbying. Supplier engagement lags targets.
PricewaterhouseCoopers scores 53/100 (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 May 2026.
That places PricewaterhouseCoopers joint 86th of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 13th of 30 in Consulting / Professional Services.
What is PricewaterhouseCoopers doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Energy Source and Carbon Footprint: Operations (7/10, 6/10). Weakest on Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain and Resource Use & Waste (4/10, 4/10).
Where PricewaterhouseCoopers 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 chainMeasure most of its supply-chain (Scope 3) emissions.
- How it uses materials and handles wasteReport measurable waste or recycling targets publicly.
- Its effect on waterMeasure its water footprint and set reduction targets.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations6/10Its own emissions aren't independently verified or tracked over several years.
- Emissions from its supply chain4/10Most of its supply-chain (Scope 3) emissions aren't measured.
- 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 nature5/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste4/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water4/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets6/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports6/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
- Its record on controversies4/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is PricewaterhouseCoopers's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is PricewaterhouseCoopers's score based on?
12 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
75% of them were published by PricewaterhouseCoopers itself; the rest come from independent sources.
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How does PricewaterhouseCoopers compare with other consulting / professional services companies?
Where PricewaterhouseCoopers sits among consulting / professional services peers.
Among the 30 major consulting / professional services brands we've scored, PricewaterhouseCoopers is tied =13th of 30, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Consulting / Professional Services?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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