Vestas Wind Systems sustainability score: 57/100
Vestas Wind Systems designs, manufactures, installs and services wind turbines globally. Founded 1945, headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark, it employs 29,000 and generated €14.5bn revenue in 2022.
More about Vestas Wind Systems
As the world's leading wind energy company, it supplies onshore and offshore turbines to utility-scale projects across six continents.
Founded 1945Head office Aarhus, DenmarkStaff ~35,100Revenue ~€17.3BWebsite ↗
Vestas leads on renewable energy sourcing and transparency but stumbles on absolute emissions reduction and biodiversity. Its intensity-based Scope 3 target masks rising absolute supply chain emissions. Will miss its 2025 interim target. Lacks formal biodiversity commitments despite offshore wind exposure.
Vestas Wind Systems scores 57/100 (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 Vestas Wind Systems joint 33rd of 934 companies scored, and 2nd of 2 in Renewable Energy / Clean Energy Generation.
What is Vestas Wind Systems doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Energy Source (8/10, 8/10). Weakest on Nature & Biodiversity Impact and Emissions Trajectory (4/10, 5/10).
Where Vestas Wind Systems lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
- Emissions from its own operations8/10No verified figures published with their method and a falling trend.
- Emissions from its supply chain7/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling5/10No 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 nature4/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste7/10No verified figures for reuse and recycling across the business.
- Its effect on water5/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets7/10Its targets aren't validated by the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports8/10No mission-locked structure, such as B Corp certification.
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How is Vestas Wind Systems's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Vestas Wind Systems's score based on?
17 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
53% of them were published by Vestas Wind Systems itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scored on 6 April 2026 under an earlier version of our method. We're re-checking it under the current method.
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How does Vestas Wind Systems compare with other renewable energy / clean energy generation companies?
Vestas Wind Systems sits at the bottom of the renewable energy / clean energy generation pack.
Among the 2 major renewable energy / clean energy generation brands we've scored, Vestas Wind Systems sits 2nd of 2.
Who scores higher in Renewable Energy / Clean Energy Generation?
The one company in the sector scoring above Vestas Wind Systems.
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