Bank of America scores 2 points higher than JPMorgan Chase on SINK's sustainability index.
Bank of America is more sustainable according to SINK's open sustainability index, scoring 34/100 vs JPMorgan Chase's 32/100, a difference of 2 points.
JPMorgan Chase scores 32/100 on the SINK sustainability index (Below expectations). Banking on Climate Chaos names JPMorgan Chase the world's largest fossil-fuel financier: $58 billion in 2025, up 12.6%, after it dropped its coal and Arctic exclusions. Its operational emissions are falling, but its financed emissions, the main footprint, are reported for eight sectors only and have intensity targets, not absolute ones. No SBTi target was found, and it has left Climate Action 100+ and the Equator Principles.
Bank of America scores 34/100 on the SINK sustainability index (Below expectations). Banking on Climate Chaos ranks Bank of America the second-largest fossil-fuel financier, with $47.3 billion in 2025, and it removed its coal and Arctic financing bans in 2023. It publishes financed emissions for seven sectors but no portfolio total, its 2030 financing targets are intensity-only, and it left the Net-Zero Banking Alliance at the end of 2024. Its operational reporting is stronger: Scope 1 and 2 have reasonable assurance, and it met its potable-water reduction target.
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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