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Your medicine doesn't go straight from the factory to the chemist. A middleman moves it.

In the US, that's a handful of giant companies most people have never heard of.

We scored four of them on sustainability. The best got 37 out of 100.

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Banks' biggest climate impact is the emissions from what they lend to and invest in.

We scored six of the biggest US banks. Not one publishes a total for those emissions, and not one gets to 60.

Bank of America and Citi lead on 34.

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The AI boom has a carbon bill.

We scored six tech giants on sustainability. Not one of them gets to 60, our mark for leading practice.

Microsoft's emissions are up 25% in a year. Meta's quit RE100. NVIDIA's supply-chain emissions have tripled.

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Jewellery & watches is new on SINK.

8 brands scored. None reaches 60, our line for leading practice.

Closest: Swarovski, 56.

Omega scores 27. Its owner, Swatch Group, scores 49. A parent's record doesn't lift its brands.

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Finisterre is a B Corp, scoring 116 on B Lab's assessment. The median is 51.

SINK scores it 52/100, joint 5th of 40 outdoor brands.

Own emissions: down 28% since 2020. Total footprint: up.

B Corp and carbon measure different things.

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The EU wants to delay its methane rules for imported oil and gas by a year.

Methane traps over 80 times more heat than CO₂ over 20 years.

SINK sustainability scores:
Woodside 24
Repsol 21
BP 20
TotalEnergies 18
Shell 17
Exxon Mobil 15

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The EU put 32.4kg of new electrical goods per person on sale in 2024.

It collected 12.3kg of e-waste per person.

SINK sustainability scores:
Fairphone 64
Apple 42
Sony 40
Lenovo 39
Xiaomi 29
Samsung 28

Full table 👇

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It's October. It's cold. It's raining. And England is still in drought.

Reservoirs are 21% below normal and 10 water companies still have hosepipe bans.

We scored Britain's 11 big water companies on climate.

Find your water company below 👇

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If you have a workplace pension, you probably own a slice of every FTSE 100 company.

SINK sustainability scores:
Sage 64 (top)
Average 39
Ithaca Energy 16 (bottom)

Good at counting carbon. Not at cutting it.

FTSE 100 scored 👇

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We scored every FTSE 100 company on climate.

Average: 39/100. Good at counting carbon (7.0/10), poor at cutting it (4.6/10).

Scottish Mortgage scores 26. easyJet scores 25.

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Who supplies your energy? How the big UK suppliers score on SINK:

Good Energy 55
ScottishPower 51
Ecotricity 45
SSE 44
OVO 42
E.ON 41
Octopus 39
EDF 36
British Gas 30

Same bills, very different evidence. Full table in the reply.

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The Net-Zero Banking Alliance launched in 2021. Four of its five founders, scored by SINK:

Barclays 39
Deutsche Bank 39
Citi 32
Bank of America 27

Top bank on SINK: Triodos, 65. It has never lent to fossil fuels, and it left the alliance in 2025 saying the ambition had been watered down.

Joining a pledge isn't the same as cutting emissions.

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Boohoo (now Debenhams Group) told investors last week its marketplace pivot is working: less stock on its own books.

That doesn’t cut the carbon. 97% of its footprint is still in the supply chain (and air freight isn’t counted).

SINK sustainability score: 18/100

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Ben & Jerry’s sustainability score: 41/100.

The founders are at war with Magnum over the “social mission.” Ben wants the brand back.

Emissions rose 3% and the 2025 climate target slipped to 2035.

Still top of the 8 dairy brands we’ve scored so far.

Who should we score next?

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Most viewed on SINK today:

TK Maxx: 42/100

They sell what other brands couldn't shift. Bargains for us. A safety net for an industry that makes too much.

Their own shops: 7/10. Emissions down 37% since 2017.

Their supply chain: 2/10. 20,000 suppliers. No emissions figure for the clothes.

They count the shop. They don't count the clothes.

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People are checking airline apps for the wrong reason today.

We've scored 23 airlines on sustainability, using the same public method as every other company.

Airline average: 24/100
All companies: 38/100
Best: Finnair, 33
Lowest: Qatar Airways, 18

Not one reaches "making progress."

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Nike drops out of the S&P 100 for the first time in 18 years.

SINK Score: 39/100. Below expectations. 96% renewable in its own ops. Almost all Nike’s footprint is Scope 3.

More tech stocks are taking the empty seat.

The index got a lighter sector. Not a greener company.