Accor sustainability score: 43/100
Accor is a French hotel group headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux. Accor SA was incorporated in 1960; the company dates its founding to 1967.
More about Accor
It owns, leases, manages and franchises hotels under many brands worldwide. It reported €5.6 billion revenue in 2025 and an average of 20,430 employees.
Founded 1960Head office Issy-les-Moulineaux, FranceStaff ~20,430 (2025)Revenue €5,639M revenue (FY2025)Website ↗
Accor publishes assured Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions: 7.5 million tonnes in 2025, up on 2024. Its Scope 1 and 2 remain above its 2019 base despite SBTi-validated targets to cut them 46% by 2030, and it missed both 2025 targets tied to its €700 million sustainability-linked bond. Renewables were 2.7% of its hotels' energy use in 2025, and it has no net-zero target yet.
Accor scores 43/100 (Below expectations) 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 November 2026.
That places Accor joint 331st of 934 companies scored, and 7th of 16 in Hospitality / Hotels.
What is Accor doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Transparency & Accountability (8/10, 8/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Energy Source (2/10, 2/10).
Where Accor lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
- Emissions from its own operations8/10No 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 falling2/10No 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 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 targets6/10Its targets aren't validated by the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports8/10No mission-locked structure, such as B Corp certification.
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How is Accor's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Accor's score changed?
Accor's score has been reviewed 2 times and currently stands where it started, at 43.
- 43 → 434 November 2026
owner 2026-11-04: re-scored v2.5 (batch 3); 43→43. 2025 URD emissions (assured); both 2025 sustainability-linked bond targets missed
- Scored 4311 April 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Accor'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 Accor itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“TOTAL SBTi Scopes 1 + 2 3,306 3,484 3,457 1,776 -46.3%”
“Accor supports the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.”
“The water used for upstream activities (60% of global water footprint) is mainly coming from purchases for the Food & Beverage activities”
“it has met neither the Sustainability Performance Target #1 nor the Sustainability”
“Accor commits to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 46% by 2030 from a 2019 base year.”
“Air France-KLM and Accor will pay higher interest rates on some debt after missing climate targets tied to their sustainability-linked bonds.”
“a €700 million SLB maturing in 2028 issued by French hospitality company Accor”
“représentant près de 77% du volume total”
“Accor CDP Corporate Questionnaire 2025”
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How does Accor compare with other hospitality / hotels companies?
Where Accor sits among hospitality / hotels peers.
Among the 16 major hospitality / hotels brands we've scored, Accor sits 7th of 16.
Who scores higher in Hospitality / Hotels?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Accor.
Radisson reports intensity-based carbon reductions and SBTi-validated net zero targets, but discloses no absolute emissions tonnage across its rapidly expanding 40,000-key portfolio, masking whether growth is offsetting per-unit gains.
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See the breakdown →THE PIG's footprint was 11,822 tCO2e in 2024, mostly from the food it buys, up from 8,353 t in 2023, and its own operations' emissions rose again in 2025.
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