Alliance Witan sustainability score: 25/100
Alliance Witan is a UK-listed investment trust founded in 1888 and headquartered in Dundee. It manages approximately £5.1 billion in globally diversified equities benchmarked to MSCI ACWI, with investment management fully outsourced to Willis Towers Watson.
More about Alliance Witan
The trust operates as a holding entity with minimal direct employees and a negligible operational footprint.
Head office United KingdomStaff <10 (own staff; investment management fully delegated to WTW)Revenue ~£27M (net income/revenue equivalent for investment trust; AUM ~£5.1B as of Oct 2024)Website ↗
Alliance Witan discloses portfolio climate metrics but publishes no operational emissions data and has not quantified its financed emissions footprint across £5.1bn in assets. Its 2030 carbon intensity target is already off-track following a sharp 2024 deterioration. The trust lacks absolute emissions accountability and binding fossil fuel phase-out commitments.
Alliance Witan scores 25/100 (Significant gaps) 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 August 2026.
That places Alliance Witan joint 808th of 934 companies scored, and joint 52nd of 59 in Financial Services / Banking.
What is Alliance Witan doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Water Impact (6/10, 4/10). Weakest on Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain and Emissions Trajectory (1/10, 2/10).
Where Alliance Witan lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
- Emissions from its own operations3/10No emissions figures for its own operations, not even an estimate from energy bills.
- Emissions from its supply chain1/10No assessment of where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are falling2/10No evidence its emissions are falling, not even from energy bills or mileage.
- How clean its energy is3/10No renewable energy tariff or major efficiency investment shown.
- Its effect on nature2/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles waste3/10No active waste reduction, reuse or repair shown.
- Its effect on water4/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets2/10No specific targets with dates.
- How openly it reports4/10No dedicated sustainability role, board oversight or public report.
- Its record on controversies6/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Alliance Witan's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Alliance Witan's score based on?
8 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
25% of them were published by Alliance Witan itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“Alliance Witan corporate office is located in River Court 5 W Victoria Dock Rd, Dundee, Angus, DD1 3JT, United Kingdom”
“weighted average carbon intensity from 71.9tCO2e/$M sales to 117”
“Although the trust doesn't have a sustainable mandate, WTW ensure the underlying managers have a demonstrable framework in place”
“decrease in the portfolio's weighted average carbon intensity from 117.9tCO2e/$M sales to 95.6tCO2e/$M”
“In 2024, we saw an increase in the portfolio's weighted average carbon intensity from 71.9tCO2e/$M sales to 117”
“As stewards of approximately £5.1bn of assets (as at 10 October 2024), we take our responsibilities seriously.”
“Further information can be found in our 2025 Annual Report and our Responsible Investment Report both of which are available on the website.”
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How does Alliance Witan compare with other financial services / banking companies?
Where Alliance Witan sits among financial services / banking peers.
Among the 59 major financial services / banking brands we've scored, Alliance Witan is tied =52nd of 59, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Financial Services / Banking?
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