Vestas Wind Systems designs, manufactures, installs and services wind turbines globally.
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Vestas leads on renewable energy sourcing and transparency but stumbles on absolute emissions reduction and biodiversity. Its intensity-based Scope 3 target masks rising absolute supply chain emissions. Will miss its 2025 interim target. Lacks formal biodiversity commitments despite offshore wind exposure.
Vestas Wind Systems scores 57/100 (Making progress) 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 Vestas Wind Systems joint 28th of 847 companies scored, and 2nd of 2 in Renewable Energy / Clean Energy Generation.
Vestas Wind Systems sits at the bottom of the renewable energy / clean energy generation pack.
Among the 2 major renewable energy / clean energy generation brands we've scored, Vestas Wind Systems sits 2nd of 2.
Its three lowest-scoring questions, and what the evidence didn't show.
Does not consider biodiversity financially material and has not set biodiversity targets, citing measurement challenges.
Scope 1+2 declined 109Kt to 105Kt.
No quantified water reduction targets or baseline consumption figures disclosed publicly.
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The one company in the sector scoring above Vestas Wind Systems.
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Vestas Wind Systems designs, manufactures, installs and services wind turbines globally. Founded 1945, headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark, it employs 29,000 and generated €14.5bn revenue in 2022. As the world's leading wind energy company, it supplies onshore and offshore turbines to utility-scale projects across six continents.
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