Computacenter sustainability score: 54/100
Limited independent evidence: only two independent sources cover this company. The score may change as more evidence appears.
Computacenter is a UK-based IT services and hardware resale company founded in 1981, headquartered in Hatfield. It provides IT infrastructure, workplace transformation, and circular economy services including device reuse, remarketing, and recycling.
More about Computacenter
The company operates logistics and integration centres across Europe and North America.
Head office GBStaff ~20,000Revenue ~£9.2BWebsite ↗
Computacenter has delivered genuine Scope 1 & 2 carbon neutrality since 2022 and holds SBTi-validated targets. Its circular device recovery programme is quantified and embedded in executive pay. The critical gap: Scope 3 represents 99.9% of emissions with no verified reduction trajectory, and biodiversity and water impact remain entirely unaddressed.
Computacenter 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 August 2026.
That places Computacenter joint 69th of 934 companies scored, and 3rd of 37 in Electronics / Hardware.
What is Computacenter doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Targets & Commitments (8/10, 8/10). Weakest on Nature & Biodiversity Impact and Water Impact (4/10, 4/10).
Where Computacenter 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 chain6/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling5/10No evidence of a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- How clean its energy is7/10Less 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 waste7/10No verified figures for reuse and recycling across the business.
- Its effect on water4/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets8/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports7/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
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How is Computacenter's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Computacenter's score based on?
9 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
67% of them were published by Computacenter itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“Scope 1: 365 tCO2e; Scope 2: 0 tCO2e”
“Computacenter has been carbon neutral for absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions since 2022.”
“Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions in 2021 were nearly 74% lower than in 2019”
“100 per cent of its power in the UK and Germany, at least in all its own facilities”
“over 60% of devices processed being reused in their original form; less than one percent ends up as non-recyclable incineration residue”
“Computacenter sold 4.7 million devices, and recovered 775,000 devices via its Computacenter Circular Services arm”
“In 2023, we became one of the first in our industry to have our near-term, long-term and 2040 Net Zero targets approved by SBTi.”
“Computacenter has been awarded an A- rating for climate change, based on data disclosed through CDP's questionnaire”
“Computacenter's UK business enablement director claimed it has 'avoided greenwashing like the plague'”
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How does Computacenter compare with other electronics / hardware companies?
Where Computacenter sits among electronics / hardware peers.
Among the 37 major electronics / hardware brands we've scored, Computacenter sits 3rd of 37.
Who scores higher in Electronics / Hardware?
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