Expedia Group sustainability score: 45/100
Better than 50% of E-commerce / Online Retail
Making progress starts at 46. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Limited independent evidence: only two independent sources cover this company. The score may change as more evidence appears.
Expedia Group runs online travel brands including Expedia, Hotels.com and Vrbo, selling hotel stays, holiday rentals, flights, car hire and cruises, and sells advertising to travel businesses. Lodging brought in $11,752 million, 80% of its 2025 revenue.
More about Expedia Group
Expedia Group, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware in April 2005 to hold IAC's travel businesses; its roots go back to 1996, when Expedia.com, which began as a division of Microsoft, was launched. It had about 16,000 employees at the end of 2025 and $14,733 million revenue in 2025.
Founded 2005Head office Seattle, United StatesStaff ~16,000 year-end (31 December 2025)Revenue ~US$14.7B revenue (US$14,733M, 2025)Website ↗
Expedia Group's footprint was 407,455 tCO2e in 2025, 11% lower than in 2024, mostly the goods and services it buys (347,541 t). It does not include the flights, hotel stays, cruises and car hire it sells, which it says it is still working to measure. The fall came mainly from lower spending and boundary changes, and Scope 1 (3,702 t) is above its 2022 level (3,178 t). Its claim of 100% renewable electricity rests on certificates bought separately from the power. SBTi approved its target to cut Scope 1 and 2 by 75% by 2030 from 2022; its 2040 net-zero goal is self-set and excludes booked travel. It publishes no water data or waste tonnage.
Expedia Group scores 45/100 (Below expectations) 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 Expedia Group joint 295th of 1,070 companies scored, and joint 10th of 27 in E-commerce / Online Retail.
What is Expedia Group doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Controversies & Red Flags (8/10, 8/10). Weakest on Energy Source and Resource Use & Waste (2/10, 2/10).
Where Expedia Group 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.
- How it uses materials and handles wasteShow active waste reduction, reuse or repair.
- Its effect on natureAssess its effect on nature and publish a basic environmental policy.
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 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 is2/10No renewable energy tariff or major efficiency investment shown.
- Its effect on nature3/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles waste2/10No active waste reduction, reuse or repair shown.
- Its effect on water3/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets7/10Its targets aren't validated by the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports6/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
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How is Expedia Group's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Expedia Group's score based on?
9 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
44% of them were published by Expedia Group itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“Scope 1 3,178 3,451 5,534 3,702”
“is working with industry partners to improve and align on measurement and disclosure of third-party travel bookings”
“Expedia Group committed to the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) in 2023 and followed their criteria to develop near-term reduction targets”
“protecting the awe-inspiring places that make travel meaningful”
“Tourism is a massive source of greenhouse gas emissions and accounts for around 9% of the global total”
“eco-friendliness ratings are explained almost entirely by overall guest satisfaction”
“Hotels auf Buchungsplattformen wie Expedia und Booking.com sind kaum aussagekräftig”
“Conducted by Ethical Consumer, the UK’s leading alternative consumer organisation”
“For the year ended December 31, 2025, we had total revenue of $14.7 billion”
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How does Expedia Group compare with other e-commerce / online retail companies?
Where Expedia Group sits among e-commerce / online retail peers.
Among the 27 major e-commerce / online retail brands we've scored, Expedia Group is tied =10th of 27, with 4 others.
Who scores higher in E-commerce / Online Retail?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Expedia Group.
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