Brewgooder sustainability score: 42/100
Better than 54% of Food & Beverage (non-meat)
Making progress starts at 46. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Brewgooder is a Scottish craft beer brand founded in 2016 that uses contract brewing partnerships rather than owning production facilities. The company funds clean water projects globally through its foundation.
More about Brewgooder
Operating with ~18 staff and ~$6M revenue, it competes in the premium craft ale segment and has entered major UK retailers including Sainsbury's and Waitrose.
Founded 2016Head office Glasgow, ScotlandStaff ~18Revenue ~$6MWebsite ↗
Brewgooder is a mission-driven craft beer brand with strong social impact credentials but negligible environmental rigor. No formal emissions data, energy strategy, or climate targets exist. Growth is rapid (105% sales increase), yet absolute supply chain emissions likely rise unchecked. B Corp certification masks the absence of measurable sustainability performance.
Brewgooder scores 42/100 (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 May 2026.
That places Brewgooder joint 362nd of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 23rd of 51 in Food & Beverage (non-meat).
What is Brewgooder doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Transparency & Accountability (9/10, 5/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Energy Source (2/10, 2/10).
Where Brewgooder 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
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow its emissions are falling, even from energy bills or mileage.
- How clean its energy isMove to a renewable energy tariff or make a major efficiency investment.
- Its climate targetsSet specific targets with dates.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations3/10No emissions figures for its own operations, not even an estimate from energy bills.
- Emissions from its supply chain4/10Most of its supply-chain (Scope 3) emissions aren't measured.
- Whether its emissions are falling2/10No evidence its emissions are falling, not even from energy bills or mileage.
- How clean its energy is2/10No renewable energy tariff or major efficiency investment shown.
- Its effect on nature4/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste3/10No active waste reduction, reuse or repair shown.
- Its effect on water4/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets2/10No specific targets with dates.
- How openly it reports5/10No dedicated sustainability role, board oversight or public report.
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How is Brewgooder's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Brewgooder's score changed?
Brewgooder's score has been reviewed 3 times and currently stands where it started, at 42.
- 42 → 428 November 2026
Source added, 8 November 2026: the company's filed accounts, quoted for its staff numbers and that it files as a small company. They confirm it is a small company, so the size rule is unchanged. Score unchanged.
- 42 → 427 November 2026
Correction, 7 November 2026: removed an unsourced emissions figure. Score unchanged.
- Scored 425 April 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Brewgooder's score based on?
14 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
36% of them were published by Brewgooder itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scored on 5 April 2026 under an earlier version of our method. We're re-checking it under the current method.
9 of 14 sources are independent of the company.
“The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was: … Total 0 0 … These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.”
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How does Brewgooder compare with other food & beverage (non-meat) companies?
Where Brewgooder sits among food & beverage (non-meat) peers.
Among the 51 major food & beverage (non-meat) brands we've scored, Brewgooder is tied =23rd of 51, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Food & Beverage (non-meat)?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Brewgooder.
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