Hollywood Bowl sustainability score: 53/100
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Hollywood Bowl Group is a London-listed operator of ten-pin bowling centres in the UK and Canada, with food, drink and amusements. It reported £250.7 million of revenue for the year to 30 September 2025, with about 2,882 employees.
Founded 2016Head office Hemel Hempstead, United KingdomStaff ~2,882 (2025)Revenue £250.7 million revenue (£250,662 thousand, FY ended 30 Sep 2025)Website ↗
Hollywood Bowl reports Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, and has rooftop solar at 34 UK centres, but its group Scope 1 and 2 emissions rose in FY2025 as it expanded in Canada, while UK emissions fell. Its targets are intensity-based and not SBTi-validated, and its renewable electricity relies on certificates bought separately from the power. Its UK waste recycling rate reached 83.5%.
Hollywood Bowl scores 53/100 (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 Hollywood Bowl joint 101st of 1,118 companies scored, and 2nd of 5 in Cinema / Exhibition / Live Venues.
What is Hollywood Bowl doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Controversies & Red Flags (8/10, 8/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (2/10, 3/10).
Where Hollywood Bowl 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
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow its emissions are falling.
- Its effect on natureAssess its effect on nature and publish a basic environmental policy.
- 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 chain6/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling2/10No evidence its emissions are falling.
- How clean its energy is6/10Less than 90% of its energy shown to be renewable.
- Its effect on nature3/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles waste6/10No verified figures for reuse and recycling across the business.
- Its effect on water4/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets4/10Its targets aren't science-based or committed to the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports7/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
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How is Hollywood Bowl's SINK score calculated?
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SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Hollywood Bowl's score based on?
8 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
25% of them were published by Hollywood Bowl itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“Scope 1 (tCO 2 e) 355.18 1,126.18 1,481.36”
“Solar installs in 34 UK centres producing 6,645 kWp in FY2025”
“Last accounts made up to 30 September 2025”
“four more of its venues now having solar panels, bringing the total number to 28”
“The group has made further progress towards the completion of its solar panel installation programme”
“In 2019 Rochester became the first site to go to the Solar Photovoltaic panels”
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How does Hollywood Bowl compare with other cinema / exhibition / live venues companies?
Where Hollywood Bowl sits among cinema / exhibition / live venues peers.
Among the 5 major cinema / exhibition / live venues brands we've scored, Hollywood Bowl sits 2nd of 5.
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