Vistry sustainability score: 42/100
Better than 50% of Construction / Real Estate
Making progress starts at 46. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Vistry builds new homes in the UK. Through its Partnerships model it pre-sells homes to registered providers, local authorities and private rented sector providers, and it sells homes to private buyers under the Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes brands.
More about Vistry
Partner Funded homes were 74% of its 15,658 completions in 2025. Vistry Group PLC was incorporated in 1935 as Bovis Homes Investments Limited and took its current name in 2020. It had an average of 4,525 employees and £3,613.7 million revenue in 2025.
Founded 1935Head office West Malling, United KingdomStaff ~4,525 average (2025)Revenue ~£3.61B revenue (£3,613.7M reported, 2025)Website ↗
Vistry's footprint was 1,634,979 tCO2e in 2025, mostly energy used in the homes it sells and the materials it buys. That is down from 2,214,600 t in 2024, in a year with fewer completions. It publishes no renewable electricity share. SBTi has validated a 42% absolute cut in Scope 1 and 2 by 2030 from 2022, a 51.6% intensity cut in Scope 3 per m2, and net zero by 2040. Its factories made 4,643 timber frame units in 2025, and 99.5% of its construction waste avoided landfill. In 2025 Teignbridge Council issued a temporary stop notice over drainage works beside Wolborough Fen SSSI in Devon.
Vistry scores 42/100 (Below expectations) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Scores are free. Nobody can pay to change a score, speed it up or hide it. Last verified November 2026.
That places Vistry joint 370th of 1,043 companies scored, and joint 21st of 45 in Construction / Real Estate.
What is Vistry doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Targets & Commitments (8/10, 8/10). Weakest on Energy Source and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (2/10, 3/10).
Where Vistry lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
What would raise this score
- How clean its energy isMove to a renewable energy tariff or make a major efficiency investment.
- Its effect on natureAssess its effect on nature and publish a basic environmental policy.
- Its effect on waterMeasure its water footprint and set reduction targets.
Every question that lost points
- 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 falling6/10No consistent fall over several years across its operations and supply chain.
- How clean its energy is2/10No renewable energy tariff or major efficiency investment shown.
- Its effect on nature3/10No 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 targets8/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports8/10No mission-locked structure, such as B Corp certification.
- Its record on controversies7/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Vistry's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Vistry's score based on?
9 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
44% of them were published by Vistry itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“Scope 1 GHG emissions tCO 2 e 12,529”
“reduces embodied carbon by c.30% over a 60-year timeframe”
“a 56% reduction in value chain emissions by 2030 against the same year”
“The council said work to create the drainage pond fell outside the approved areas and issued a temporary stop notice.”
“The Devon Wildlife Trust says the fen is at risk”
“three factories producing timber frame panels used in the construction of our new homes across the country”
“The Group delivered one in seven of the country’s affordable homes”
“He was speaking at the start of a seven-day inquiry into houses being built by Vistry Homes”
“Companies such as Barratt Developments, Vistry Group, Berkeley Group and Taylor Wimpey tried to stop the Government from introducing the rules.”
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How does Vistry compare with other construction / real estate companies?
Where Vistry sits among construction / real estate peers.
Among the 45 major construction / real estate brands we've scored, Vistry is tied =21st of 45, with 2 others.
Who scores higher in Construction / Real Estate?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Vistry.
Skanska demonstrates strong absolute emissions reductions—61% Scope 1+2, 37% Scope 3—with SBTi-validated targets and ahead-of-schedule progress.
See the breakdown →Morgan Sindall has cut direct emissions 55% since 2019 but total emissions rose in 2025 because supply-chain emissions climbed 0.7% and now dominate the footprint.
See the breakdown →Saint-Gobain has achieved credible Scope 1+2 reductions and SBTi net-zero validation, but material weaknesses undercut the narrative: documented PFAS contamination causing thousands of wells' poisoning and ongoing class actions, modest Scope 3 ambition at 16%, and biodiversity disclosure lacking quantified footprint data.
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