Investec is an international specialist bank and asset manager with a dual-listed company structure between Investec plc (London) and Investec Limited (Johannesburg), listed on the LSE and JSE.
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Investec discloses operational emissions and has joined RE100, but financed emissions rose 65% year-over-year with no SBTi validation. Operational carbon neutrality relies on offsets. Core weakness: no absolute emissions reduction trajectory and rising financed emissions across a 4.3Mt CO₂e portfolio.
Investec scores 34/100 (Below expectations) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Fees pay for the review, never the result. Last verified August 2026.
That places Investec joint 505th of 847 companies scored, and joint 25th of 51 in Financial Services / Banking.
Where Investec sits among financial services / banking peers.
Among the 51 major financial services / banking brands we've scored, Investec is tied =25th of 51, with 5 others.
Its three lowest-scoring questions, and what the evidence didn't show.
No verified absolute reduction across all scopes.
Coverage partial — not all PCAF asset classes quantified.
No quantified nature footprint disclosed; assessment remains qualitative.
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Get in touch →Strongest on Carbon Footprint — Operations and Energy Source (7/10, 6/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Carbon Footprint — Supply Chain (3/10, 4/10).
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See the breakdown →M&G manages £375.9B in assets while holding £1.5B in coal exposure and material fossil-fuel investments.
See the breakdown →Investec's score has been reviewed 2 times and currently stands where it started, at 34.
Direction-blind emissions retrieval (agent-fed): basis not-retrieved->scope-incomplete, scale 0.7->0.7, score 34->34. Primary: Investec Group TCFD Report 2025 — operational GHG inventory (Deloitte-assured).
Initial public score 34 (publish-draft)
The formula and all 14 sources.
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale14 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
7 of 13 sources are independent of the company.
“In 2025, Investec reported total carbon emissions of approximately 28.9 million kg CO2e”
“Our group sustainability report highlights our sustainability performance over the period 1 April 2024 - 31 March 2025”
“In 2025, the total operational greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of Investec PLC amounted to 19,824 metric tons of CO2 equivalent”
“For the year ending 31 March 2024, the Group's Scope 3 financed emissions were 4.3 million tCO2e (2023: 2.6 million tCO2e)”
“Investec, a leading international bank and wealth manager, has joined RE100 and is committed to using 100% renewable electricity across its global operations by 2030”
“Investec Bank applies to NERSA for electricity trading licence, planning to buy solar power from Free State facility and supply Sandton offices”
“Members are committed to aligning their lending and investment portfolios with net-zero emissions by 2050 or sooner”
“The building is 15.2% more energy efficient than industry average, according to the GBCSA”
“Carbon footprint tables and environmental highlights ... Governance within our supply chain”
“BaNorte, Banco Sabadell, KB Financial Group, Investec Group (South Africa), Nomura Holdings, BMO Financial Group”
“NZBA does not ensure that its members are credibly planning to transition to net-zero emissions banking”
“The Board assigned executive responsibility to Marc Kahn (Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer) to drive the sustainability agenda across the Group”
“Our climate change and nature aligned framework follows the recommendations set out by the TCFD and TNFD”
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Investec is an international specialist bank and asset manager with a dual-listed company structure between Investec plc (London) and Investec Limited (Johannesburg), listed on the LSE and JSE. Founded in 1974 in South Africa, it provides wealth management, investment banking, and specialist lending across the UK, South Africa, and other markets. It ranks outside the global systemically important banks tier but carries material financed-emissions exposure.
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