United Utilities | Sustainability Performance
Provides water and wastewater services to residential and commercial customers.
1995
United Kingdom
5,001 - 10,000 employees
Utilities
$1B - 10B in revenue
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Sustainability Ranking & Industry Benchmark
#175
Overallⓘ#13
in United Kingdomⓘ#10
in UtilitiesⓘSustainability Maturity
ⓘSustainability Intent
ⓘOverview
Environmental
Carbon emissionsEnergy consumptionNature and biodiversitySocial
Diversity and InclusionPay GapsExternalitiesGovernance
TargetsSDG ImpactFinancial Data
Business performanceCapital & innovationAnalyst projections
Leading
Leading
Leading
Aligned
Intensity
Greenhouse gas intensity Scope 1, 2 (tCO₂e /$M)
Greenhouse gas intensity (Scope 1, 2, 3)(tCO₂e /$M)
Energy consumption (direct) intensity (MWh /$M)
Industry Benchmark
95.4
B/M 97.0
243.5
B/M 666.6
349.0
B/M 189.3
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Controversy level
- The company, the largest listed UK water company serving northwest England, has been at the centre of the UK sewagedischarge scandal, including a major 2023 release into Windermere, England's largest lake, and Ofwat/Environment Agency investigations launched in 2024 into whether the company illegally discharged untreated sewage through storm overflows in breach of its environmental permits and underreported the scale of those spills.
Sustainability employees
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11+
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