St. James's Place sustainability score: 33/100
Better than 43% of Financial Services / Banking
Making progress starts at 46. The highest score on SINK is 71.
St. James's Place is a UK wealth management and financial advisory firm founded in 1991, headquartered in Cirencester. Operating primarily through a network of self-employed advisers, SJP manages client portfolios and provides investment management services across equities, fixed income, and alternatives.
More about St. James's Place
It is a mid-cap FTSE 250 company.
Founded 1991Head office Cirencester, United KingdomStaff ~4,700Revenue ~£3.8BWebsite ↗
SJP's emissions are rising sharply across Scope 3 (up 603% since 2016), its 2025 net zero operations target has failed, and multi-year trajectory data is corrupted by perimeter re-baselining. Financed emissions disclosure exists but lacks verified reduction pathways. Transparency is solid; environmental controversy is absent.
St. James's Place scores 33/100 (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 St. James's Place joint 629th of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 33rd of 61 in Financial Services / Banking.
What is St. James's Place doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Carbon Footprint: Operations (8/10, 6/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (2/10, 3/10).
Where St. James's Place 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.
- Its effect on natureAssess its effect on nature and publish a basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles wasteShow active waste reduction, reuse or repair.
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 chain5/10Most of its supply-chain (Scope 3) emissions aren't measured.
- Whether its emissions are falling2/10No evidence its emissions are falling.
- How clean its energy is4/10Less than half its energy shown to be renewable, or no transition plan.
- Its effect on nature3/10No 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 water4/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets4/10Its targets aren't science-based or committed to the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports6/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
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How is St. James's Place's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is St. James's Place's score based on?
11 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
64% of them were published by St. James's Place itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“Total emissions for 2024 have been restated from 3,035 to 10,771 (location-based) and from 2,126 to 9,861 (market-based)”
“The carbon footprint of SJP portfolios is collated by data provider MSCI and used to monitor all underlying holdings.”
“embedding environmental, social and governance factors through our investment process, and engagement”
“We follow an operational ... Energy consumption includes all energy related to Scope 1 and 2”
“St. James's Place also amplifies this pressure through membership of the Climate Action 100+ group of investors”
“We joined the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance in 2020, making a public commitment to achieve net zero across our investments by 2050”
“Climate report 2024, was approved by the Board of St. James's Place plc on 25 February 2025”
“ESG Risk Rating of 15.3 from Sustainalytics and was assessed to be at low risk”
“St. James Place 2025 CDP Corporate Questionnaire 2025”
“SJP reviewed its practices in early 2024, set aside £430 million for a redress scheme to compensate clients”
“St. James's Place said it had set aside £426 million for potential client refunds and compensation claims”
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How does St. James's Place compare with other financial services / banking companies?
Where St. James's Place sits among financial services / banking peers.
Among the 61 major financial services / banking brands we've scored, St. James's Place is tied =33rd of 61, with 2 others.
Who scores higher in Financial Services / Banking?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above St. James's Place.
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