Renewi

Does the core business genuinely avoid or reduce emissions, or build climate resilience? Share of revenue that is actually 'green'. Fossil-dependent models score low.

The core waste-to-product model genuinely diverts materials from landfill/incineration and avoids upstream virgin-resource extraction emissions, with a reported 63.2% recycling rate and 2.5 million tonnes of CO2 prevented annually — credible in direction but the 'avoided emissions' methodology is self-reported and not independently verified at the claim level.

Credible, science-based targets (SBTi), a real net-zero plan with progress to date, and CDP disclosure — not just a dated press release.

As of FY2024 Renewi had only committed to submitting short-term targets to SBTi — the first step — with no validated near-term or net-zero SBTi targets on record; no public CDP score was found, and the 2024 Annual Report references carbon reduction goals without presenting SBTi-validated milestones or quantified interim trajectories.

Operational footprint, labour and social practices, and governance quality across the company's own operations and supply chain.

Renewi holds Level 4 (second-highest) certification on the SKAO CO2 Performance Ladder across its non-UK activities, maintains RecyClass and WEEELABEX certifications, and discloses alignment to UN SDGs and CSRD requirements, suggesting reasonable operational ESG governance, though labour and community disclosures are not prominently third-party verified.

Quality of disclosure, independent third-party verification, and how much hard data backs the company's claims.

Renewi publishes an annual report with non-financial sustainability data and references external frameworks (CSRD, SKAO, UN SDGs), but no independently verified CDP score, no SBTi-validated targets, and avoided-emissions figures are self-calculated — limiting investor-grade verifiability despite relatively good sector disclosure practice.

Controversies, litigation, pollution, fossil-fuel lobbying, conflict-zone involvement and governance scandals. Higher means cleaner.

No material greenwashing litigation, pollution scandals, fossil-fuel lobbying, or governance controversies were found in public sources for Renewi; the company operates in a regulated hazardous and industrial waste sector with inherent environmental risk, but no specific incidents of regulatory sanction or misconduct were identified in the research period.