Travis Perkins sustainability score: 45/100
Travis Perkins is a UK-based builders' merchant and distributor of building materials, plumbing, heating and electrical products. The company operates approximately 1,700 stores, branches and offices across the UK and is one of the country's largest timber distributors.
Founded 1988Head office Northampton, United KingdomStaff ~28,000Revenue ~£4.6BWebsite ↗
Travis Perkins has achieved real operational emissions cuts through renewable electricity and fleet transition, but Scope 3 absolute trajectory remains ambiguous—the company uses intensity language during sales decline. Water impact is completely unreported, and biodiversity strategy stops at timber certification without ecosystem outcomes.
Travis Perkins scores 45/100 (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 Travis Perkins joint 280th of 934 companies scored, and joint 10th of 50 in Retail (non-fashion).
What is Travis Perkins doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Energy Source (7/10, 7/10). Weakest on Water Impact and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (3/10, 5/10).
Where Travis Perkins 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 chain5/10Most of its supply-chain (Scope 3) emissions aren't measured.
- Whether its emissions are falling5/10No evidence of a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- 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 waste6/10No verified figures for reuse and recycling across the business.
- Its effect on water3/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets6/10Its targets aren't validated by the Science Based Targets initiative.
- 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 Travis Perkins's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Travis Perkins's score based on?
12 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
42% of them were published by Travis Perkins 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.
7 of 12 sources are independent of the company.
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How does Travis Perkins compare with other retail (non-fashion) companies?
Where Travis Perkins sits among retail (non-fashion) peers.
Among the 50 major retail (non-fashion) brands we've scored, Travis Perkins is tied =10th of 50, with 2 others.
Who scores higher in Retail (non-fashion)?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Travis Perkins.
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