Crest Nicholson sustainability score: 54/100
Better than 87% of Construction / Real Estate
Leading practice starts at 60. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Crest Nicholson builds and sells new homes in the UK. In its year to 31 October 2025 it completed 1,691 homes; open market housing brought in £459.3 million, affordable housing £70.1 million and land and commercial sales £81.4 million.
More about Crest Nicholson
Crest Nicholson Holdings plc was incorporated in 2009. It had an average of 685 employees and £610.8 million revenue in the year.
Founded 2009Head office Addlestone, United KingdomStaff ~685 average (year to 31 October 2025)Revenue ~£611M revenue (£610.8M, year to 31 October 2025)Website ↗
Crest Nicholson's footprint was 331,838 tCO2e in its year to October 2025, mostly energy used in the homes it sells over 60 years (190,961 t) and the materials and services it buys. It has fallen each year since FY22 (597,505 t), partly because it built fewer homes. 91% of its electricity was on renewable tariffs, short of its 100% target, with no split between supplier contracts and certificates. SBTi has validated a 60% absolute cut in Scope 1 and 2 by 2030 and net zero by 2045, but its Scope 3 targets are per square metre. 99% of its construction waste was kept out of landfill, but it sets no target for site water.
Crest Nicholson scores 54/100 (Making progress) 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 Crest Nicholson joint 74th of 1,055 companies scored, and joint 5th of 47 in Construction / Real Estate.
What is Crest Nicholson doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (8/10, 8/10). Weakest on Energy Source and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (3/10, 5/10).
Where Crest Nicholson 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
- How clean its energy isMove to a renewable energy tariff or make a major efficiency investment.
- Its effect on natureMeasure its effect on nature and have it independently verified.
- Its effect on waterMeasure its water footprint and set reduction targets.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations8/10No verified figures published with their method and a falling trend.
- Emissions from its supply chain8/10Its Scope 3 emissions aren't fully verified or falling year on year.
- Whether its emissions are falling7/10No consistent fall over several years across its operations and supply chain.
- How clean its energy is3/10No renewable energy tariff or major efficiency investment shown.
- Its effect on nature5/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste6/10No verified figures for reuse and recycling across the business.
- Its effect on water5/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets8/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports8/10No mission-locked structure, such as B Corp certification.
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How is Crest Nicholson's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Crest Nicholson's score based on?
12 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
17% of them were published by Crest Nicholson itself; the rest come from independent sources.
10 of 12 sources are independent of the company.
“Scope 1 Fuels and Fugitive sources 1,839”
“were 2,941 tCO₂e, representing a 5% reduction”
“Total scope 1 GHG emissions 2,030 2,848 3,070 3,638 6,721”
“It is the first UK housebuilder to have its science-based net-zero target approved by the SBTi”
“Taylor Wimpey, Berkeley and Crest Nicholson are among the housebuilders to have signed up to SBTi to date.”
“Crest Nicholson’s target to reach net-zero GHG emissions across the value chain by 2045”
“SANITARY products and litter were found near a storm discharge point on a housing estate in Henley on Monday.”
“As these increased regulatory burdens emerge”
“Settlement Type : Caution”
“Work has been halted at a site in Portslade after neighbours accused the developer Crest Nicholson of environmental vandalism.”
“The council has stopped construction work amid concern over protected wildlife at a greenfield site set to make way for homes.”
“an extraordinary 193 letters of objection against the plans had already been submitted to Waverley Borough Council”
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How does Crest Nicholson compare with other construction / real estate companies?
Where Crest Nicholson sits among construction / real estate peers.
Among the 47 major construction / real estate brands we've scored, Crest Nicholson is tied =5th of 47, with 2 others.
Who scores higher in Construction / Real Estate?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Crest Nicholson.
Shaftesbury Capital publishes independently verified emissions data and 2030 targets it reports as SBTi-validated, and its total emissions are 54.0% below its 2019 baseline, helped in part by property sales.
See the breakdown →Kier has cut operational emissions 81% since FY19 through HVO switching and electrification pledges, and holds SBTi-validated net-zero targets.
See the breakdown →Berkeley's footprint was 499,880 tCO2e in its year to April 2026, almost all from the materials it buys and the energy used in the homes it sells.
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