Center Parcs sustainability score: 28/100
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Center Parcs runs short-break holiday villages in forests, with lodges, indoor pools, spas and outdoor activities, at Sherwood, Elveden, Longleat, Whinfell and Woburn in England and Longford in Ireland. Center Parcs (Group Holdings) Limited, which heads the UK and Ireland business, was incorporated in 2018.
More about Center Parcs
Its first UK village, Sherwood Forest, opened in 1987. Its ultimate parent is Brookfield Corporation of Canada, which bought the business in August 2015; it is separate from Center Parcs Europe. It had an average of 10,612 employees and £734.8 million revenue in the 53 weeks to 24 April 2025.
Founded 2018Head office Newark, United KingdomStaff ~10,612 average (53 weeks to 24 April 2025)Revenue ~£734.8M revenue (53 weeks to 24 April 2025)Website ↗
Center Parcs' Scope 1 and 2 emissions were 48,184 tCO2e in the 53 weeks to 24 April 2025, up from 45,123 t the year before, mostly from natural gas. Its only Scope 3 figure is business travel (11 t); it publishes no figure for the goods it buys or guests' travel, so the size deduction for an incomplete footprint (0.70x) applies. It counts 25% of its UK energy as renewable, but that includes grid electricity described as 100% zero carbon with no stated contract basis. Its targets are self-set: a 30% cut in Scope 1 and 2 by 2030 from 2020, excluding Ireland, and no Scope 3 target. Waste production is down 15% since 2020, but water use rose 1.4%.
Center Parcs scores 28/100 (Significant gaps) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Scores are free. Nobody can pay to change a score, speed it up or hide it. Last verified November 2026.
That places Center Parcs joint 861st of 1,118 companies scored, and 17th of 18 in Hospitality / Hotels.
What is Center Parcs doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Carbon Footprint: Operations (8/10, 6/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (0/10, 2/10).
Where Center Parcs lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
What would raise this score
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- Emissions from its supply chainAssess where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- How clean its energy isMove to a renewable energy tariff or make a major efficiency investment.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations6/10Its own emissions aren't independently verified or tracked over several years.
- Emissions from its supply chain2/10No assessment of where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are falling0/10No evidence its emissions are falling.
- How clean its energy is3/10No 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 waste4/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water3/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets3/10No specific targets with dates.
- How openly it reports5/10No dedicated sustainability role, board oversight or public report.
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How is Center Parcs's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Center Parcs's score based on?
13 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
23% of them were published by Center Parcs itself; the rest come from independent sources.
10 of 13 sources are independent of the company.
“Total Scope 1 and 2 market-based emissions 42,036 6,148 39,163 5,960”
“Accounts for a dormant company made up to 24 April 2025”
“The proposals would have been disastrous for wildlife, seeing the loss of irreplaceable habitat to inappropriate development.”
“Center Parcs could not have chosen a more environmentally-sensitive location for its plans”
“Concerns had been raised over the impact on the landscape, noise, loss of farmland, additional traffic, and restricted access.”
“This means all villages are now crowned with the wildlife award”
“Our conservation teams work hard to manage and enhance the wide range of habitats that can be found at our villages”
“we have concerns about the use of a byelaw to permanently remove access rights over a large area of land”
“ScotWays notified the Ministers on 4 December that it objected to the byelaws and of its grounds for so doing.”
“The Group is owned by investment funds managed by Brookfield, a Canadian global asset management company.”
“The Company is exempt from providing energy and carbon disclosures as it uses less than 40,000 KWh of energy”
“64209 - Activities of other holding companies not elsewhere classified”
“Center Parcs said that after running ecological and environmental surveys it had concluded it was “not a suitable location” for a holiday village.”
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How does Center Parcs compare with other hospitality / hotels companies?
Where Center Parcs sits among hospitality / hotels peers.
Among the 18 major hospitality / hotels brands we've scored, Center Parcs sits 17th of 18.
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