Plus500 sustainability score: 27/100
Better than 17% of Financial Services / Banking
Below expectations starts at 31. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Plus500 is an online trading company based in Haifa, Israel, offering contracts for difference and other derivatives on shares, commodities, currencies and crypto through its own platform. It reported US$792.4 million of revenue for FY2025, with about 674 employees.
Head office IsraelStaff ~674 (2025)Revenue US$792.4M revenue (FY2025; trading income $729.6M + interest income $62.8M)Website ↗
Plus500's reported Scope 1 and 2 emissions rose from 306.7 to 454.5 tCO2e in FY2025 as its offices expanded, and it does not yet quantify Scope 3. It reports no renewable electricity purchases or emissions assurance, and its 2030 net-zero target for its own operations has no interim milestones or SBTi validation.
Plus500 scores 27/100 (Significant gaps) 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 Plus500 joint 842nd of 1,055 companies scored, and joint 53rd of 66 in Financial Services / Banking.
What is Plus500 doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Transparency & Accountability (8/10, 6/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (0/10, 1/10).
Where Plus500 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.
- Emissions from its supply chainAssess where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- How clean its energy isMove to a renewable energy tariff or make a major efficiency investment.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations5/10No full Scope 1 and 2 figures worked out to the GHG Protocol.
- Emissions from its supply chain1/10No assessment of where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are falling0/10No evidence its emissions are falling.
- 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 targets3/10No specific targets with dates.
- How openly it reports6/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
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How is Plus500's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Plus500's score based on?
8 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
38% of them were published by Plus500 itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“Plus500 does not emit any Scope 1 emissions.”
“renewal and recycling of IT equipment, including laptops, keyboards and batteries”
“we have a relatively low environmental impact”
“Plus500 said it secured new regulatory licences in the United Arab Emirates and Canada”
“the broker rented 5,800 square meters of office space in the Gev-Yam project in Haifa”
“Plus500 discloses an ESG governance structure (including Board-level oversight and an ESG Committee), references TCFD reporting”
“investor protection violation”
“According to the FSMA, Plus500 offered CFDs on Belgian territory without a regulatory approval.”
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How does Plus500 compare with other financial services / banking companies?
Where Plus500 sits among financial services / banking peers.
Among the 66 major financial services / banking brands we've scored, Plus500 is tied =53rd of 66, with 2 others.
Who scores higher in Financial Services / Banking?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Plus500.
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