Swiss Re is a global reinsurance and insurance company headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, founded in 1863. With ~14,900 employees, it provides reinsurance, insurance, and asset management services.
More about Swiss Re
As a financial institution, its material sustainability impact lies in underwriting and investment decisions, not operational footprint.
Founded 1863Head office Zurich, SwitzerlandStaff ~14,943Revenue ~$44BWebsite ↗
Swiss Re discloses operational emissions fully with third-party assurance, but absolute financed and insurance-associated emissions—its material footprint—are rising despite intensity improvements. The company withdrew from SBTi validation in 2025 under political pressure, undermining accountability for climate targets. Portfolio temperature alignment remains stuck at 2.4°C, far from 1.5°C commitments.
Swiss Re scores 55/100 (Making progress) 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 May 2026.
That places Swiss Re joint 54th of 934 companies scored, and 1st of 17 in Insurance.
What is Swiss Re doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Energy Source and Transparency & Accountability (8/10, 7/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (4/10, 5/10).
Where Swiss Re lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
- Emissions from its own operations6/10Its own emissions aren't independently verified or tracked over several years.
- Emissions from its supply chain5/10Most of its supply-chain (Scope 3) emissions aren't measured.
- Whether its emissions are falling4/10No evidence of a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- How clean its energy is8/10Its own operations aren't shown to run on 100% renewable energy.
- Its effect on nature5/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste5/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water5/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets5/10Its 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.
- Its record on controversies5/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Swiss Re's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Swiss Re's score based on?
13 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
69% of them were published by Swiss Re itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scored on 11 April 2026 under an earlier version of our method. We're re-checking it under the current method.
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How does Swiss Re compare with other insurance companies?
Swiss Re is the highest-scoring insurance company we've rated.
Among the 17 major insurance brands we've scored, Swiss Re sits 1st of 17.
Who comes next in Insurance?
Swiss Re leads its sector. These are the next 3 down.
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