Vattenfall AB sustainability score: 40/100
Better than 70% of Energy Supply / Utilities
Making progress starts at 46. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Vattenfall is a Swedish state-owned energy utility founded in 1976, headquartered in Stockholm. It operates one of Europe's largest hydropower, nuclear, and wind portfolios, generating ~110 TWh annually.
More about Vattenfall AB
The company supplies electricity and heat across Northern Europe and serves ~6 million customers. It competes with Orsted, EDF, and Enel in the renewable transition space.
Founded 1976Head office Stockholm, SwedenStaff ~20,000Revenue ~SEK 239B (~€21B)Website ↗
Vattenfall has cut Scope 1+2 emissions 53% since 2017 and operates 90% fossil-free generation, backed by SBTi validation. However, intensity-based near-term targets dodge absolute reductions, biomass sourcing faces serious NGO criticism for forest destruction, and misleading advertising claims drew regulatory sanction. Transition momentum is real but compromised by unresolved sustainability contradictions.
Vattenfall AB scores 40/100 (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 May 2026.
That places Vattenfall AB joint 421st of 1,023 companies scored, and 7th of 21 in Energy Supply / Utilities.
What is Vattenfall AB doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (7/10, 7/10). Weakest on Resource Use & Waste and Water Impact (4/10, 4/10).
Where Vattenfall AB 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
- How it uses materials and handles wasteReport measurable waste or recycling targets publicly.
- Its effect on waterMeasure its water footprint and set reduction targets.
- Its effect on natureMeasure its effect on nature and have it independently verified.
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 chain7/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- 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 targets7/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports7/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
- Its record on controversies5/10Points 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 Vattenfall AB's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Vattenfall AB's score changed?
Vattenfall AB's score has been reviewed 2 times and currently stands where it started, at 41.
- 41 → 4125 April 2026
Session 2a cleanup: recomputed performance from sum(questions[].score). performance 60→59, score 41→40.
- Scored 414 April 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Vattenfall AB's score based on?
14 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
64% of them were published by Vattenfall AB itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scored on 4 April 2026 under an earlier version of our method. We're re-checking it under the current method.
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How does Vattenfall AB compare with other energy supply / utilities companies?
Where Vattenfall AB sits among energy supply / utilities peers.
Among the 21 major energy supply / utilities brands we've scored, Vattenfall AB sits 7th of 21.
Who scores higher in Energy Supply / Utilities?
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