Accenture sustainability score: 54/100
Accenture is a professional services company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. Half its revenue comes from consulting and half from managed services, running technology and operations for clients; its largest client industries are companies that make and sell products (30%), health and public service (20%) and financial services (19%).
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It had about 814,000 people and $74.2 billion revenue in its 2026 financial year, to August.
Head office Dublin, IrelandStaff ~814,000 (31 Aug 2026)Revenue ~$74.2B (FY2026, to 31 Aug)Website ↗
Accenture's own operations' emissions are 91% below 2019, and it buys renewable electricity contracts to match all its office use, but its total footprint rose 31% in two years to 711,431 tCO2e in its 2025 financial year, its latest report, led by purchased services and business travel. Its SBTi-validated target cuts supply-chain emissions only per unit of revenue, and it reported net zero for the year by retiring removal credits from a Uruguay afforestation project equal to its whole footprint. Energy clients, including oil and gas companies, bring in about 3% of its revenue, and InfluenceMap finds trade groups it belongs to push against climate policy.
Accenture scores 54/100 (Making progress) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Scores are free. Companies can never pay for anything about their own score. Last verified October 2026.
That places Accenture joint 69th of 934 companies scored, and 13th of 29 in Consulting / Professional Services.
What is Accenture doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (9/10, 7/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Controversies & Red Flags (0/10, 3/10).
Where Accenture lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
- Emissions from its own operations9/10No verified figures published with their method and a falling trend.
- Emissions from its supply chain7/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling0/10No evidence its emissions are falling, not even from energy bills or mileage.
- How clean its energy is6/10Less than 90% of its energy shown to be renewable.
- Its effect on nature4/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste5/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water5/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets7/10Its targets aren't validated by the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports7/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
- Its record on controversies3/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Accenture's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Accenture's score changed?
Accenture's score has moved from 59 to 54 across 2 recorded reviews, down 5 points.
- 59 → 54-530 October 2026
Re-scored under methodology v2.5 with Accenture's FY2025 emissions and FY2026 10-K; owner ruling 2026-10-30. 59 to 54: total emissions rising (Q3 0), energy-client revenue including oil and gas (Q10 -3) and misaligned trade groups (Q10 -2).
- Scored 5911 April 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Accenture's score based on?
10 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
40% of them were published by Accenture itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“In 2018, we established an SBTi 2025 near-term emissions reduction target, which we have surpassed.”
“Scope 1 & 2 Emissions 23,038 25,979 26,824”
“In fiscal 2025 we achieved our goal that 90% of our key suppliers* disclose their environmental targets and actions being taken to reduce emissions.”
“Accenture commits to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across the value chain by FY2040.”
“many multinational corporations still have no stated targets to reduce business travel emissions”
“Committee oversees the Company's overall ESG performance, disclosure, strategies, goals and objectives”
“Oil and gas companies, including upstream, midstream, downstream, oilfield services, clean energy and energy trading companies”
“InfluenceMap Score for Climate Policy Engagement C+”
“Accenture has used the Aqueduct tool to assess risks related to water scarcity near their operations”
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How does Accenture compare with other consulting / professional services companies?
Where Accenture sits among consulting / professional services peers.
Among the 29 major consulting / professional services brands we've scored, Accenture sits 13th of 29.
Who scores higher in Consulting / Professional Services?
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