Travelodge sustainability score: 38/100
Travelodge is a UK-based budget hotel chain founded in 1976, operating approximately 380 hotels across the UK and Europe. The company competes in the mid-range hospitality segment, offering no-frills accommodation in urban and roadside locations.
More about Travelodge
Privately held, it pursues cost-focused operations typical of the budget hotel model.
Founded 1976Head office Thame, United KingdomStaff ~13,000Revenue ~£1,037MWebsite ↗
Travelodge has basic emissions tracking and water efficiency measures but no renewable energy procurement, unvalidated net-zero targets, and rising Scope 3 emissions. Energy strategy relies on efficiency retrofits, not source transition. Clean governance record but weak climate accountability.
Travelodge scores 38/100 (Below expectations) 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 Travelodge joint 460th of 934 companies scored, and 11th of 16 in Hospitality / Hotels.
Limited evidence. This score rests on 7 sources, 43% of them published by the company itself. Every source cited here passed the same quality checks as any other score: all live, none from data aggregators. There is simply less of it.
What is Travelodge doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Carbon Footprint: Operations (8/10, 5/10). Weakest on Energy Source and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (2/10, 2/10).
Where Travelodge lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
- Emissions from its own operations5/10No full Scope 1 and 2 figures worked out to the GHG Protocol.
- 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 is2/10No renewable energy tariff or major efficiency investment shown.
- Its effect on nature2/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- 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 targets2/10No specific targets with dates.
- How openly it reports4/10No dedicated sustainability role, board oversight or public report.
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How is Travelodge's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Travelodge's score based on?
7 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
43% of them were published by Travelodge itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scored on 5 April 2026 under an earlier version of our method. We're re-checking it under the current method.
This company's public sustainability disclosure is limited. This score is based on the 7 verified sources cited below, rather than padded to a standard count.
Limited data coverage. This assessment is based on 7 sources, 43% of which are self-reported by the company. Scores may change as independent evidence becomes available.
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How does Travelodge compare with other hospitality / hotels companies?
Where Travelodge sits among hospitality / hotels peers.
Among the 16 major hospitality / hotels brands we've scored, Travelodge sits 11th of 16.
Who scores higher in Hospitality / Hotels?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Travelodge.
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