Schroders sustainability score: 42/100
Better than 75% of Financial Services / Banking
Making progress starts at 46. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Schroders is a London-based asset manager founded in 1804, managing investments across equities, bonds, alternatives, and real estate. With 3,500 employees, it operates globally as an active investment firm holding broad-market portfolios including significant fossil-fuel sector exposure.
Founded 1804Head office London, United KingdomStaff ~3,500Revenue ~£2.3BWebsite ↗
Schroders has decarbonised operations rapidly—56% Scope 1 cuts since 2019, 100% renewable electricity achieved—but its core financed-emissions footprint remains unabated. Portfolio temperature alignment is intensity-based, not absolute. Strongest weakness: absence of hard Scope 3 financed-emissions reduction targets.
Schroders scores 42/100 (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 August 2026.
That places Schroders joint 362nd of 1,023 companies scored, and 16th of 61 in Financial Services / Banking.
What is Schroders doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Energy Source and Carbon Footprint: Operations (9/10, 8/10). Weakest on Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain and Resource Use & Waste (4/10, 5/10).
Where Schroders 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 operations8/10No verified figures published with their method and a falling trend.
- Emissions from its supply chain4/10Most of its supply-chain (Scope 3) emissions aren't measured.
- Whether its emissions are falling7/10No consistent fall over several years across its operations and supply chain.
- How clean its energy is9/10Its own operations aren't shown to run on 100% renewable energy.
- 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 waste5/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water5/10No 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.
- Its record on controversies6/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Schroders's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Schroders's score based on?
15 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
47% of them were published by Schroders itself; the rest come from independent sources.
8 of 15 sources are independent of the company.
“Scope 1: 483 tCO₂e; Scope 2 market-based: 30 tCO₂e (FY2024)”
“The 2024 Annual Report and Accounts can also be downloaded from the Company's website at www.schroders.com/ir”
“Align our in-scope AUM from 2.92°C in 2019 to a 2.19°C by 2030, across financed scope 1 and 2 emissions”
“reducing absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 46% and business travel emissions by 50% by 2030, on a 2019 basis”
“main impacts include carbon emissions, water use and terrestrial ecosystem use”
“Schroders plans to commence disclosure in line with the TNFD recommendations in corporate reporting from financial year end 2024”
“The final 2% came in 2024 through expanded access to verified Energy Attribute Certificates in previously unavailable markets”
“food composting used on-site and beehives that contribute to local biodiversity by producing honey”
“reached the milestone of sourcing 100% renewable electricity for its global operations during 2024, verified by RE100”
“one of the top 1.6% of companies to achieve an 'A', out of over 21,000 companies scored”
“Schroders' Scope 1 and 2 targets are in line with a 1.5°C trajectory”
“we don't include carbon offsetting in our science-based target goals”
“Schroders has used its shareholder authority to engage companies on climate, voting against management for Say on Climate Proposals”
“TCFD and SDR disclosures outline a company's financial risks, opportunities and strategies related to climate change”
“Schroders Group PRI assessment received five stars with a module score of 91/100 (above the module median)”
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How does Schroders compare with other financial services / banking companies?
Where Schroders sits among financial services / banking peers.
Among the 61 major financial services / banking brands we've scored, Schroders sits 16th of 61.
Who scores higher in Financial Services / Banking?
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