Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. scores 2 points higher than Morgan Stanley on SINK's sustainability index.
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is more sustainable according to SINK's open sustainability index, scoring 31/100 vs Morgan Stanley's 29/100, a difference of 2 points.
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. scores 31/100 on the SINK sustainability index (Below expectations). Goldman Sachs reports assured operational emissions, but its Scope 1 rose 4% in 2024 and it publishes no financed-emissions total, its main footprint. Banking on Climate Chaos records its fossil-fuel financing rising by $9.5 billion to $28.5 billion in 2024. Its 2030 financing targets are intensity-based, not absolute, it left the Net-Zero Banking Alliance in December 2024, and it buys offsets equal to all its operational emissions.
Morgan Stanley scores 29/100 on the SINK sustainability index (Significant gaps). Morgan Stanley reports operational emissions with Deloitte review, but publishes financed emissions only for six lending sectors and gives no total. It left the Net-Zero Banking Alliance in January 2025, its business-travel emissions are rising, and it relies on unbundled renewable certificates and offsets for its operational carbon-neutral claim. NGO reports name it among the largest fossil-fuel financiers.
Both companies are rated on the same 10-question SINK rubric: Scope 1/2/3 carbon footprint, energy source, nature and biodiversity, resource use, water, emissions trajectory, science-based targets, transparency, and controversies. Scores are 0–100, based on public data, and fully reproducible.
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