Villeroy & Boch sustainability score: 43/100
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Villeroy & Boch is a German ceramics, porcelain, and bathroom products manufacturer founded in 1748 and headquartered in Mettlach. With ~6,400 employees and €994.5M revenue (FY2022), it operates 15+ global production sites.
More about Villeroy & Boch
The company produces sanitaryware, tiles, tableware, and home accessories for residential and commercial markets.
Head office GermanyStaff ~6,400 (2022)Revenue 994,500,000 EUR (FY2022)Website ↗
Villeroy & Boch reports GHG data across all scopes and operates under zero-waste principles with EcoVadis Platinum validation. Critical gaps: emissions rose sharply in 2024 post-acquisition; renewable energy remains marginal; Scope 3 supplier engagement unverified; climate targets lack SBTi validation. Ceramics manufacturing is inherently carbon-intensive—the company's trajectory shows retreat, not progress.
Villeroy & Boch scores 43/100 (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 July 2026.
That places Villeroy & Boch joint 336th of 1,023 companies scored, and 2nd of 5 in Building Materials / Ceramics / Glass / Cement.
What is Villeroy & Boch doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Transparency & Accountability (8/10, 7/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Energy Source (4/10, 4/10).
Where Villeroy & Boch 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.
- How clean its energy isShow at least half its energy is renewable, with a transition plan.
- Its effect on natureMeasure its effect on nature and have it independently verified.
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 falling4/10No evidence of a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- How clean its energy is4/10Less than half its energy shown to be renewable, or no transition plan.
- Its effect on nature4/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste6/10No verified figures for reuse and recycling across the business.
- Its effect on water5/10No 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 reports7/10No mission-locked structure, such as B Corp certification.
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How is Villeroy & Boch's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Villeroy & Boch's score based on?
9 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
56% of them were published by Villeroy & Boch itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“Scope 1 emissions of about 121,211,500 kg CO2e, Scope 2 emissions (market-based) of approximately 49,971,900 kg CO2e”
“certified according to the environmental management system DIN EN ISO 14001 and the energy management system DIN EN ISO 50001”
“8% improvement in energy intensity through efficient equipment investments, energy efficiency projects, process enhancements”
“ESRS E4 Biodiversity and ecosystems... E4-1 Transition plan and consideration of biodiversity and ecosystems”
“reducing Scope 3 emissions by 25% by 2030 to achieving Zero Waste at all ceramic”
“15.9% reduction in fresh water consumption to 951,690 cubic meters in 2023”
“Alle Produktionsstandorte sind nach ISO 14001 zertifiziert, und arbeiten bereits erfolgreich mit dem Prinzip "Zero Waste to Landfill"”
“Villeroy & Boch is committed to the greatest possible transparency, even with regard to the environmental impacts of its products”
“reducing Scope 3 emissions by 25 per cent by 2030 to achieving zero waste at all ceramic sites”
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Where Villeroy & Boch sits among building materials / ceramics / glass / cement peers.
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