Anglo American sustainability score: 22/100
Anglo American is a diversified mining company headquartered in London, extracting diamonds, platinum, copper, iron ore, and metallurgical coal across Africa, South America, and Australia. Founded in 1917, it employs 87,000 people and ranks among the world's largest hard-rock mining operators by production volume.
Founded 1917Head office London, GBStaff ~87,000Revenue ~$27.3BWebsite ↗
Anglo American publishes granular operational emissions data but lacks third-party GHG assurance and rejected SBTi validation. Scope 3 reduction ambition is weak. Active litigation over lead poisoning in Zambia, documented ecosystem damage across operations, and membership in climate-obstructive trade associations undermine credibility.
Anglo American scores 22/100 (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 October 2026.
That places Anglo American joint 870th of 934 companies scored, and joint 10th of 13 in Mining & Extraction.
What is Anglo American doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Transparency & Accountability (7/10, 6/10). Weakest on Controversies & Red Flags and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (3/10, 4/10).
Where Anglo American lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
- Emissions from its own operations7/10Its own emissions aren't independently verified or tracked over several years.
- Emissions from its supply chain4/10Most of its supply-chain (Scope 3) emissions aren't measured.
- Whether its emissions are falling5/10No evidence of a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- How clean its energy is5/10Less 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 waste4/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water4/10No 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 reports6/10No 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 Anglo American's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Anglo American's score changed?
Anglo American's score has been reviewed 2 times and currently stands where it started, at 22.
- 22 → 223 October 2026
Aggregator-citation sweep: broker citations replaced with the primary disclosures they mirror, re-scored through the guarded pipeline under pinned code 9196601.
- Scored 224 April 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Anglo American's score based on?
19 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
37% of them were published by Anglo American itself; the rest come from independent sources.
12 of 19 sources are independent of the company.
“In 2024, our total Scope 1 and 2 emissions decreased by 8% year on year to 11.6 Mt CO2e”
“Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions of 11.6 Mt CO2e in 2024 being 8% lower than in 2023”
“GHG Protocol's Operational Control approach”
“setting a Scope 3 target of the type required by the SBTi is not realistic at this time”
“Anglo American reported 6.3 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalent (Scope 1 and Scope 2) emissions from continuing operations”
“Approximately 60% of the electricity supply of the current Anglo American portfolio will be sourced from renewables from 2025”
“20-year Energy Offtake Agreement with Envusa Energy... to develop a regional renewable energy ecosystem in Southern Africa”
“We measure our progress towards Net Positive Impact consistently across diverse geographies... by applying Quality Habitat Hectares (QHH)”
“the mining company Anglo American... facing OECD complaints”
“Los Bronces expansion continues to accelerate glacier melt, jeopardizing water security for Santiago's 6 million residents”
“six have received excellent IRMA 75 ratings”
“our goal for the Los Bronces mine in Chile is to stop withdrawals of freshwater for mining processes by 2030”
“class action suit filed by alleged victims of mining pollution in Zambia's central Kabwe District”
“retains memberships to industry associations... counter to the goals of the Paris Agreement, including the Minerals Council of Australia, and Eurometaux”
“Anglo American (4)... the most memberships to climate-obstructive associations”
“class action lawsuit in the South African High Court as over 100,000 children and women of childbearing age claim to have suffered lead poisoning”
“Fauna & Flora piloted the TNFD with Anglo American, one of 40 Taskforce Members”
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How does Anglo American compare with other mining & extraction companies?
Where Anglo American sits among mining & extraction peers.
Among the 13 major mining & extraction brands we've scored, Anglo American is tied =10th of 13, with 2 others.
Who scores higher in Mining & Extraction?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Anglo American.
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