Deutsche Bank sustainability score: 31/100
Deutsche Bank is Germany's largest bank, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. Its investment bank, private bank and corporate bank make up 89% of net revenues, and its asset manager DWS about 10%.
More about Deutsche Bank
Its roots go back to 1870. It had 89,879 full-time employees and €32.1 billion net revenues in 2025.
Head office Frankfurt am Main, GermanyStaff ~89,879 FTE (end 2025)Revenue ~€32.1B net revenues (FY2025)Website ↗
Deutsche Bank's financed emissions are 634 MtCO2e in 2025, now including its clients' Scope 3 emissions and, for the first time, its asset manager DWS. Its own Scope 1 emissions are 66% below 2019, but 57% of its electricity and other purchased energy is covered by unbundled certificates, and its sector targets cover only 45% of the Scope 1 and 2 financed emissions of its corporate lending. DWS paid $19 million to the SEC in 2023 and €25 million in Germany in 2025 over misleading ESG claims.
Deutsche Bank scores 31/100 (Below expectations) 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 Deutsche Bank joint 658th of 934 companies scored, and joint 43rd of 59 in Financial Services / Banking.
What is Deutsche Bank doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Transparency & Accountability (8/10, 8/10). Weakest on Resource Use & Waste and Water Impact (3/10, 3/10).
Where Deutsche Bank 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 chain7/10No 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 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 waste3/10No active waste reduction, reuse or repair shown.
- Its effect on water3/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets5/10Its targets aren't science-based or committed to the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports8/10No mission-locked structure, such as B Corp certification.
- Its record on controversies5/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Deutsche Bank's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Deutsche Bank's score changed?
Deutsche Bank's score has moved from 39 to 31 across 2 recorded reviews, down 8 points.
- 39 → 31-829 October 2026
Re-scored under the current methodology (v2.5); owner ruling 2026-10-29
- Scored 3911 April 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Deutsche Bank's score based on?
17 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
41% of them were published by Deutsche Bank itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Deutsche Bank's financed emissions (about 634 MtCO2e in 2025) are its own stated PCAF figure, from pages 275 and 301 of its 2025 Annual Report. They include its clients' Scope 3 emissions and, for the first time, those of its asset manager DWS (197 Mt). They set the size deduction.
10 of 17 sources are independent of the company.
“an 82% or 77.2 ktCO 2 e reduction in Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions (market-based)”
“EY performed a limited assurance review of the Sustainability Statement of this Annual Report”
“Scope 1 down 66% and market-based scope 2 down 84% versus 2019”
“Extending Scope 3 category 15 emissions coverage to include facilitated emissions.”
“97% of all electricity from renewable sources”
“Coal Mining: 49% reduction in Scope 3 absolute financed emissions by 2030 and 97% reduction by 2050, in million tons of CO2”
“the bank is a member of the TNFD Forum (the consultative body of the Taskforce)”
“Between 2016 and 2023, it supported fossil fuel companies with an average of over $45 million per day.”
“fast 1,6 Mrd. US-Dollar für BP ist die Deutsche Bank der weltweit größte Geldgeber des Ölkonzerns”
“Deutsche Bank accounts for more than half of total investments”
“Deutsche Bank’s asset management arm DWS Group was charged 25 million euros ($27 million) for greenwashing”
“DWS has agreed to a $19 million fine to settle the charges, marking the largest-ever greenwashing penalty imposed on an asset manager by the SEC.”
“The size of the fine was calculated based on the total revenue generated by DWS’s parent company, Deutsche Bank”
“DWS, the asset management arm of Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay a €25 million fine”
“Die Deutsche Bank finanziert die fossile Industrie mit 45 Millionen US-Dollar pro Tag”
“Unter den deutschen Vermögensverwaltern führt die Deutsche Bank mit ihrer Tochter DWS mit 43,8 Milliarden US-Dollar.”
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How does Deutsche Bank compare with other financial services / banking companies?
Where Deutsche Bank sits among financial services / banking peers.
Among the 59 major financial services / banking brands we've scored, Deutsche Bank is tied =43rd of 59, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Financial Services / Banking?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Deutsche Bank.
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