Beyond Meat sustainability score: 44/100
Better than 58% of Food & Beverage (non-meat)
Making progress starts at 46. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Beyond Meat makes plant-based meat alternatives, mainly from pea, lentil, faba bean and rice proteins. It is headquartered in El Segundo, California, and reported US$275.5M in revenue for 2025 with about 589 employees.
Founded 2011Head office El Segundo, United StatesStaff ~589 (2025)Revenue US$275.496M net revenues (FY ended 31 Dec 2025)Website ↗
Beyond Meat reports emissions across all three scopes with limited assurance, and they fell in 2024. But it has no emissions target, net-zero commitment or SBTi validation, renewables were 4% of its energy use, and its Scope 3 leaves out China.
Beyond Meat scores 44/100 (Below expectations) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Scores are free. Nobody can pay to change a score, speed it up or hide it. Last verified November 2026.
That places Beyond Meat joint 306th of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 16th of 51 in Food & Beverage (non-meat).
What is Beyond Meat doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Carbon Footprint: Operations (8/10, 7/10). Weakest on Targets & Commitments and Energy Source (1/10, 2/10).
Where Beyond Meat lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
What would raise this score
- Its climate targetsSet emissions reduction targets.
- How clean its energy isMove to a renewable energy tariff or make a major efficiency investment.
- Its effect on natureAssess its effect on nature and publish a basic environmental policy.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations7/10Its own emissions aren't independently verified or tracked over several years.
- Emissions from its supply chain5/10Most of its supply-chain (Scope 3) emissions aren't measured.
- Whether its emissions are falling6/10No consistent fall over several years across its operations and supply chain.
- How clean its energy is2/10No renewable energy tariff or major efficiency investment shown.
- Its effect on nature3/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles waste4/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water3/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets1/10No emissions reduction targets.
- How openly it reports5/10No dedicated sustainability role, board oversight or public report.
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How is Beyond Meat's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Beyond Meat's score changed?
Beyond Meat's score has been reviewed 2 times and currently stands where it started, at 44.
- 44 → 447 November 2026
Re-scored under the current method, using its 2024 Corporate Responsibility Report. The score is unchanged.
- Scored 448 February 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Beyond Meat's score based on?
11 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
18% of them were published by Beyond Meat itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“Scope 1 6,993.3 93.1 7,086.4”
“net revenues decreased to $275.5 million in 2025 from $326.5 million in 2024 and $343.4 million in 2023”
“Beyond Meat lowered its scope 1 emissions by 11% in 2024, compared to the year before, and scope 2 emissions by 12%.”
“According to the life cycle assessment, Beyond Burger IV required 97% less land use than an industry average US beef patty.”
“they should consider utilizing the GHG Protocol to measure emissions and setting science-based targets with third party verification”
“announced that it submitted to CDP, the world's largest environmental disclosure database, for the first time in November 2025”
“a comprehensive greenhouse gas inventory covering direct and indirect emissions (Scope 1, 2, and 3)”
“has not disclosed the amount of greenhouse gases it emits or how much water it discharges”
“If the land use change emissions from the Beyond Burger supply chain are included, the vegan product produces 86% fewer greenhouse gases than conventional beef.”
“Producing the Beyond Burger 3.0 requires 97% less land, 97% less water, and 37% less fossil fuel resources”
“received a weighted environmental impact disclosure ratio of zero, based on the most recent data which was for all of 2018”
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How does Beyond Meat compare with other food & beverage (non-meat) companies?
Where Beyond Meat sits among food & beverage (non-meat) peers.
Among the 51 major food & beverage (non-meat) brands we've scored, Beyond Meat is tied =16th of 51, with 6 others.
Who scores higher in Food & Beverage (non-meat)?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Beyond Meat.
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See the breakdown →Oatly reports its emissions in detail, but its total rose from 159,727 t in 2020 to 304,193 t in 2025 while its targets are per litre, not absolute, so emissions can keep rising with sales.
See the breakdown →innocent's footprint was 232,810 tCO2e in 2025, mostly from its supply chain, and BSI verified it.
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