The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) sustainability score: 51/100
TRIG (The Renewables Infrastructure Group Limited) is a Guernsey-domiciled closed-ended investment company listed on the London Stock Exchange. It invests in operational renewable-energy assets—onshore and offshore wind, solar, and battery storage—primarily across the UK, Northern Europe, and Spain.
More about The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG)
TRIG has no employees; external managers (InfraRed Capital Partners and Renewable Energy Systems Ltd) operate the portfolio.
Founded 2013Head office GuernseyStaff No employeesRevenue £108.6M interest income from investments (FY2025)Website ↗
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TRIG is a renewable-energy infrastructure investor with near-zero operational emissions but rising portfolio emissions (38% year-on-year) driven by construction. Supplier net-zero coverage fell from 73% to 57%. It lacks absolute emissions reduction targets, SBTi alignment, and third-party assurance of its carbon inventory. It holds 17.5% of Beatrice Offshore Windfarm, which paid £33.14 million in redress in 2024 after Ofgem found it had breached a licence condition.
The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) scores 51/100 (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 November 2026.
That places The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) joint 134th of 986 companies scored, and joint 6th of 62 in Financial Services / Banking.
What is The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain and Energy Source (7/10, 7/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Targets & Commitments (2/10, 3/10).
Where The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) 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 chain7/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling2/10No evidence its emissions are falling, not even from energy bills or mileage.
- How clean its energy is7/10Less than 90% of its energy shown to be renewable.
- 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 water4/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- 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 controversies7/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG)'s SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG)'s score based on?
9 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
33% of them were published by The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) itself; the rest come from independent sources.
TRIG is an investment company whose income is investment income, so under our majority-revenue rule it is classed as Financial Services / Banking. TRIG's 42,291 tonnes of financed emissions, attributed under PCAF's Project Finance method, count as its financed figure (owner ruling 2026-11-06). Whether funds like this should be looked through to the generation they own is queued for our next method update, to be decided for all funds.
“Financed Scope 1 GHG emissions tCOe 2,482 99% 127 99%”
“In 2025, our 2.3GW portfolio generated 5.4TWh of clean electricity,”
“The Renewables Infrastructure Group (17.5 per cent)”
“BOWL accepted it breached one of its licence conditions by charging excessive prices to reduce its generation output”
“Four of TRIG’s solar projects located near Cádiz, Spain have been awarded the Spanish Solar Photovoltaic Association (UNEF) Seal of Excellence for Sustainability”
“Statkraft to sell 234MW of Spanish solar parks to TRIG”
“The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) is set to purchase development rights for 250MW of battery energy storage system (BESS) across three projects.”
“The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) has acquired UK-based battery storage developer Fig Power in a £20m (€23.5m) deal.”
“has exchanged contracts to acquire the right to develop three battery-storage sites in North England”
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How does The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) compare with other financial services / banking companies?
Where The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) sits among financial services / banking peers.
Among the 62 major financial services / banking brands we've scored, The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) is tied =6th of 62, with 1 other.
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