Card Factory is a UK-based greeting card and gift retailer founded in 1997, headquartered in Wakefield.
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Card Factory operates 1,090 stores with minimal disclosed environmental performance. Scope 1+2 data from FY20 exists but current emissions figures remain unpublished despite completed assessments. No renewable energy strategy, no science-based targets, and no absolute emissions trajectory data. Health & safety prosecutions indicate broader compliance failures.
Card Factory scores 32/100 (Below expectations) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Fees pay for the review, never the result. Last verified May 2026.
That places Card Factory joint 557th of 847 companies scored, and joint 34th of 48 in Retail (non-fashion).
Where Card Factory sits among retail (non-fashion) peers.
Among the 48 major retail (non-fashion) brands we've scored, Card Factory is tied =34th of 48, with 2 others.
Its three lowest-scoring questions, and what the evidence didn't show.
No year-on-year emissions data for FY23, FY24, or FY25 disclosed.
No specific Scope 3 tonnage figures published.
No renewable energy procurement, green tariffs, PPAs, or RE100 membership.
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SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale6 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
This company's public sustainability disclosure is limited. This score is based on the 6 verified sources cited below, rather than padded to a standard count.
Limited data coverage. This assessment is based on 6 sources, 67% of which are self-reported by the company. Scores may change as independent evidence becomes available.
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Card Factory is a UK-based greeting card and gift retailer founded in 1997, headquartered in Wakefield. Operating 1,090 stores across the UK and internationally, the company also owns Printcraft (in-house printing) and recently acquired Garlanna and Garven. It is the largest greeting card retailer in the UK by store count.
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