Rightmove sustainability score: 60/100
Better than 93% of Media / Entertainment / Publishing
Exceptional starts at 75. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Rightmove runs the UK's main online property portal, where estate agents and developers pay to list and advertise homes. Rightmove plc was incorporated in 2007; Rightmove's roots go back to 2000, when the portal launched.
More about Rightmove
Its registered office is in Milton Keynes. It had about 900 employees and £425.1m revenue in 2025, and over 80% of time spent on UK property portals is on Rightmove.
Founded 2007Head office Milton Keynes, United KingdomStaff ~900 (2025)Revenue £425.1m revenue (FY2025)Website ↗
Rightmove reports operational emissions cut 43% since 2020 through renewable electricity, but total footprint rose 12% due to rising Scope 3 spend-based supply-chain emissions, unverified and growing. SBTi targets are in place; offsetting is avoidance-only. No external assurance. Climate absent from executive pay.
Rightmove scores 60/100 (Leading practice) 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 Rightmove joint 13th of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 2nd of 29 in Media / Entertainment / Publishing.
What is Rightmove doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Targets & Commitments and Controversies & Red Flags (8/10, 8/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (4/10, 5/10).
Where Rightmove 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 a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- Its effect on natureMeasure its effect on nature and have it independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles wasteReport measurable waste or recycling targets publicly.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations7/10Its own emissions aren't independently verified or tracked over several years.
- 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 is6/10Less 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 waste5/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water5/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets8/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports6/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
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How is Rightmove's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Rightmove's score changed?
Rightmove's score has moved from 62 to 60 across 2 recorded reviews, down 2 points.
- 62 → 60-228 October 2026
sector corrected: online listings are classed as media, the same as Auto Trader. Sector corrected "SaaS / Digital Services" (base 70) → "Media / Entertainment / Publishing" (base 60), sourced from ANNUAL-REPORT Media / Entertainment / Publishing 100.0% of revenue (p.127)
- Scored 6211 April 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Rightmove's score based on?
11 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
20% of them were published by Rightmove itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“We have used the main requirements of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Standard to calculate our emissions”
“Rightmove plc has approved near and long-term science-based emissions reduction targets with the Science Based Targets initiative.”
“Rightmove is pledging £50,000 to support our Environmental Fund”
“picking litter, removing graffiti, painting locks, and clearing vegetation”
“Company Overview for RIGHTMOVE PLC (06426485)”
“none of the top estate agent and property aggregator websites, such as Rightmove and Zoopla, include options to filter by energy efficiency”
“However, Rightmove is calling on the government to consider the following to help make homes greener:”
“Rightmove proposed introducing stamp duty rebates where upgrades are made within the first few years of purchase”
“More help as well as significant incentives are needed for both landlords and homeowners to improve energy efficiency and bring down running costs”
“Property portal Rightmove has analysed 17 million EPC certificates and almost 30 million property listings from over the last decade.”
“Rightmove plc commits to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 47.6% by 2030 from a 2020 base year.”
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Among the 29 major media / entertainment / publishing brands we've scored, Rightmove is tied =2nd of 29, with 1 other.
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