Cencora sustainability score: 33/100
Better than 0% of Healthcare / Pharmaceuticals
Making progress starts at 46. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Cencora, formerly AmerisourceBergen, is a pharmaceutical distributor and services company headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, supplying medicines and healthcare products to pharmacies, hospitals and clinics. Incorporated in Delaware in 2001, it had about 51,000 employees and $321.3 billion in FY2025 revenue.
Founded 2001Head office Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, United StatesStaff ~51,000 (FY2025)Revenue $321,333M revenue (FY2025)Website ↗
Cencora's Scope 1 emissions are up 28% on its FY2019 base and its combined Scope 1 and 2 are slightly above it, while its stated Scope 3 grew to 46.1 Mt in FY2025. Renewable electricity is about 20%, it publishes no biodiversity assessment, and 67% of its waste is diverted. It has an SBTi-validated absolute target for FY2032 but has made no net progress, and its UK subsidiary moved its net-zero date from 2030 to 2040.
Cencora scores 33/100 (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 October 2026.
That places Cencora joint 629th of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 20th of 21 in Healthcare / Pharmaceuticals.
What is Cencora doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (8/10, 7/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (1/10, 2/10).
Where Cencora 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.
- Its effect on natureAssess its effect on nature and publish a basic environmental policy.
- Its effect on waterMonitor its water use and take measures to reduce it.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations8/10No verified figures published with their method and a falling trend.
- Emissions from its supply chain7/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling1/10No evidence its emissions are falling.
- How clean its energy is4/10Less than half its energy shown to be renewable, or no transition plan.
- Its effect on nature2/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles waste5/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water3/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets6/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports6/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
- Its record on controversies6/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Cencora's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Cencora's score based on?
11 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
45% of them were published by Cencora itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“Our Scope 1 emissions for fiscal 2025 were 189,955 MT CO2e.”
“Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions have been reported in accordance with SECR requirements”
“AmerisourceBergen also commits that 82% of its suppliers by spend, covering purchased goods and services, will have science-based targets by FY2027.”
“Our total Scope 3 emissions for FY24 were 40,504,084 MT CO2e.”
“Solar photovoltaic systems help power operations, reducing our carbon footprint while ensuring operational resilience.”
“Cencora, Chiesi Group”
“Oversees the Company's sustainability, corporate responsibility and inclusion strategy, and the Company's related reporting and disclosure practices.”
“Business Roundtable $157,500”
“Bob Mauch is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Cencora, Inc.”
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How does Cencora compare with other healthcare / pharmaceuticals companies?
Cencora is tied at the bottom of the healthcare / pharmaceuticals pack.
Among the 21 major healthcare / pharmaceuticals brands we've scored, Cencora is tied =20th of 21, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Healthcare / Pharmaceuticals?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Cencora.
AbbVie has quantified Scope 1 and 2 emissions with third-party assurance, but Scope 3 remains unmeasured across a global pharmaceutical supply chain.
See the breakdown →CVS Health's Scope 1 and 2 emissions are down 43% since 2019 with reasonable assurance, though Scope 1 rose in 2025, and its Scope 3 total of 26.3 Mt has not fallen steadily.
See the breakdown →Cardinal Health reports Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions with third-party assurance, but its Scope 1 and 2 are only 17% below FY2019 against a 50% cut targeted for FY2030.
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