Centrica scores 38/100 (Below expectations) on SINK's independent climate assessment — scored from public data only, no company payment can change a number. Last verified October 2026.
That places Centrica joint 399th of 809 companies scored, and joint 10th of 21 in Energy Supply / Utilities.
Centrica discloses Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions with DNV verification limited to operational scopes. Scope 1 emissions rose 2.8% year-on-year in 2024 despite long-term reductions. Critical weakness: credible investigations found nearly half of carbon offsets sourced from fraudulent schemes; fossil gas advocacy misaligned with climate science; unvalidated SBTi targets.
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SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleStrongest on Carbon Footprint — Operations and Transparency & Accountability (7/10, 7/10). Weakest on Nature & Biodiversity Impact and Resource Use & Waste (3/10, 4/10).
12 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which rubric questions it informed.
7 of 12 sources are third-party verified or public record.
“Centrica commissioned DNV Business Assurance Services UK Limited to conduct a limited assurance engagement over Selected Information presented in the Annual Report and Accounts 2024”
“In 2024, we engaged DNV Business Assurance Services UK Limited (DNV) to conduct an independent limited assurance engagement using ISAE 3000”
“Total greenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) 2025: 1,580,933 / 2024: 1,732,328”
“Scope 3 GHG emissions 18,294,835tCO2e / 21,860,510tCO2e”
“The company's GHG emissions intensity is currently aligned or converging with a credible 1.5°C pathway for its sector”
“We additionally manage our business' impact on biodiversity, particularly in energy generation where the potential impact is greatest, running impact assessments and developing preservation action plans”
“Spirit Energy OSPAR Environmental Performance Review 2024 — covers GHG emissions, onshore performance, Oil-In-Water”
“The Board has ultimate responsibility for sustainability matters and reviews strategy alongside related performance as regularly as needed throughout the year”
“In line with best practice, achieving our targets will primarily be delivered through carbon abatement rather than offsetting”
“almost half of the carbon offsets held by Centrica were in actual fact bought from a chemical factory in China that was accused of cheating the system”
“the company appears to hold inconsistent positions on these policies and it also advocates in favor of a long-term role for fossil gas in the energy mix”
“Shell, BP and Centrica pushed narratives on hydrogen that were misaligned with the IPCC guidance”
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Where Centrica sits among energy supply / utilities peers.
Among the 21 major energy supply / utilities brands we've scored, Centrica is tied =10th of 21, with 2 others.
Centrica's score has moved from 34 to 38 across 2 recorded reviews — up 4 points.
Aggregator-citation sweep: broker citations replaced with the primary disclosures they mirror, re-scored through the guarded pipeline under pinned code 9196601.
Initial public score 34 (publish-draft)
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Centrica is a British energy supply and gas production company serving residential and business customers. Founded 1987, headquartered Windsor. Operates 40,000 employees across retail energy supply, energy services, and upstream gas production via Spirit Energy. Primary revenue from customer energy bills and gas extraction.
Integrated energy major; upstream oil and gas with energy retail operations and net-zero commitments.
View breakdown →Integrated energy company; upstream and downstream with energy transition and net-zero pledges.
View breakdown →UK residential energy supplier; subsidiary of Centrica; customer-facing retail energy business.
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