Morgan Stanley sustainability score: 29/100
Morgan Stanley is a global investment bank, wealth manager and asset manager headquartered in New York. Incorporated in Delaware in 1981 (its predecessor companies date back to 1924), it had about 83,000 employees and $70.6 billion in FY2025 net revenues.
Founded 1981Head office New York City, United StatesStaff ~83,000 (FY2025)Revenue $70,645M net revenues (FY2025)Website ↗
Morgan Stanley reports operational emissions with Deloitte review, but publishes financed emissions only for six lending sectors and gives no total. It left the Net-Zero Banking Alliance in January 2025, its business-travel emissions are rising, and it relies on unbundled renewable certificates and offsets for its operational carbon-neutral claim. NGO reports name it among the largest fossil-fuel financiers.
Morgan Stanley scores 29/100 (Significant gaps) 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 Morgan Stanley joint 706th of 934 companies scored, and joint 46th of 59 in Financial Services / Banking.
What is Morgan Stanley doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Transparency & Accountability (7/10, 6/10). Weakest on Resource Use & Waste and Water Impact (2/10, 2/10).
Where Morgan Stanley lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
- Emissions from its own operations7/10Its own emissions aren't independently verified or tracked over several years.
- Emissions from its supply chain3/10No assessment of where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are falling3/10No evidence its emissions are falling, not even from energy bills or mileage.
- How clean its energy is5/10Less than half its energy shown to be renewable, or no transition plan.
- 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 water2/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets3/10No specific targets with dates.
- How openly it reports6/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
- Its record on controversies4/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Morgan Stanley's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Morgan Stanley's score changed?
Morgan Stanley's score has moved from 27 to 29 across 2 recorded reviews, up 2 points.
- 27 → 29+219 October 2026
Fortune 50 re-score on methodology v2.5.17 (retail-bank Q10 exclusion only with a PCAF total); financed-emissions 0.70x floor shown
- Scored 274 April 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Morgan Stanley's score based on?
11 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
27% of them were published by Morgan Stanley itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“Scope 2 Market Based 31,804 8,730”
“Climate-related risks could result in increased costs and adversely affect our operations, businesses and clients”
“We aim to reach net-zero financed emissions by 2050, with 2030 interim targets”
“These include due diligence, escalation, and guidelines for certain sectors and activities.”
“Morgan Stanley in collaboration with Stanford University have jointly launched a unique tool to enhance sustainable business practices.”
“the top “Dirty Dozen” — which also includes Wells Fargo, Royal Bank of Canada, Barclays, SMBC Group, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Toronto-Dominion Bank”
“MS provided $11.4 billion in financing to 102 of the largest”
“Morgan Stanley on Thursday became the latest U.S. bank to withdraw from the Net-Zero Banking Alliance”
“The bank does not set absolute emissions targets.”
“The new tool calculates the impact of human-made structures on ecosystem services based on their physical footprint on the landscape.”
“Morgan Stanley has pulled out of the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA)”
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How does Morgan Stanley compare with other financial services / banking companies?
Where Morgan Stanley sits among financial services / banking peers.
Among the 59 major financial services / banking brands we've scored, Morgan Stanley is tied =46th of 59, with 2 others.
Who scores higher in Financial Services / Banking?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Morgan Stanley.
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