The Ivy Collection sustainability score: 29/100
Better than 35% of Food Service / Restaurants
Below expectations starts at 31. The highest score on SINK is 71.
The Ivy Collection is a high-end restaurant group founded in 1917, headquartered in London. Operating approximately 50 full-service restaurants across the UK and Ireland, it generates circa £327M annual revenue.
More about The Ivy Collection
The company operates mid-to-premium dining establishments with significant food, beverage, and hospitality infrastructure.
Founded 1917Head office London, UKStaff ~5,600Revenue ~£327MWebsite ↗
The Ivy Collection operates 50 UK restaurants with £327M revenue but discloses no emissions data despite material operational and supply chain footprints estimated at tens of thousands of tonnes CO₂e annually. Policy commitments exist on paper; verified action and targets do not. Expansion continues with zero quantified carbon accountability.
The Ivy Collection scores 29/100 (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 May 2026.
That places The Ivy Collection joint 753rd of 1,023 companies scored, and 35th of 53 in Food Service / Restaurants.
Limited evidence. This score rests on 3 sources, 33% of them published by the company itself. Every source cited here passed the same quality checks as any other score: all live, none from data aggregators. There is simply less of it.
What is The Ivy Collection doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Transparency & Accountability (7/10, 4/10). Weakest on Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain and Emissions Trajectory (1/10, 1/10).
Where The Ivy Collection 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 chainAssess where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow its emissions are falling, even from energy bills or mileage.
- Its climate targetsSet emissions reduction targets.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations2/10No 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 falling1/10No 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 targets1/10No emissions reduction targets.
- How openly it reports4/10No dedicated sustainability role, board oversight or public report.
- Its record on controversies7/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
A score changes when the evidence does. We use new published evidence at the next rescore. Anyone can send us new evidence, free. How to send it.
How is The Ivy Collection's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas The Ivy Collection's score changed?
The Ivy Collection's score has moved from 30 to 29 across 3 recorded reviews, down 1 point.
- 30 → 29-17 November 2026
Correction, 7 November 2026: removed an unsourced emissions figure. Score unchanged.
- 30 → 3025 April 2026
Session 2a cleanup: recomputed performance from sum(questions[].score). performance 26→25, score 30→29.
- Scored 309 April 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is The Ivy Collection's score based on?
3 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
33% of them were published by The Ivy Collection itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scored on 9 April 2026 under an earlier version of our method. We're re-checking it under the current method.
This company's public sustainability disclosure is limited. This score is based on the 3 verified sources cited below, rather than padded to a standard count.
Limited data coverage. This assessment is based on 3 sources, 33% of which are self-reported by the company. Scores may change as independent evidence becomes available.
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How does The Ivy Collection compare with other food service / restaurants companies?
Where The Ivy Collection sits among food service / restaurants peers.
Among the 53 major food service / restaurants brands we've scored, The Ivy Collection sits 35th of 53.
Who scores higher in Food Service / Restaurants?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above The Ivy Collection.
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