Church & Dwight sustainability score: 35/100
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Church & Dwight manufactures household and personal care products including ARM & HAMMER baking soda, laundry detergent, and specialty cleaning chemicals. Founded in 1847, the company operates 11+ manufacturing plants globally and is a mid-cap FMCG player with moderate scale relative to peers like Procter & Gamble and Unilever.
Founded 1847Head office Ewing, New Jersey, USStaff ~5,700Revenue ~$6.2BWebsite ↗
Church & Dwight reports Scope 1+2 data with SBTi validation but delivers flat emissions, not reductions. Waste rose 10% in 2024, missing targets. Heavy reliance on offsets and RECs masks limited absolute decarbonization. Supply chain Scope 3 remains poorly managed. Greenwashing risks evident in carbon neutrality claims.
Church & Dwight scores 35/100 (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 Church & Dwight joint 572nd of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 35th of 57 in FMCG / Consumer Goods.
What is Church & Dwight doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Targets & Commitments (7/10, 6/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (3/10, 3/10).
Where Church & Dwight 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.
- How it uses materials and handles wasteReport measurable waste or recycling targets publicly.
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 falling3/10No evidence its emissions are falling.
- How clean its energy is5/10Less than half its energy shown to be renewable, or no transition plan.
- 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 water4/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets6/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports5/10No dedicated sustainability role, board oversight or public report.
- Its record on controversies6/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Church & Dwight's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Church & Dwight's score changed?
Church & Dwight's score has been reviewed 2 times and currently stands where it started, at 35.
- 35 → 357 November 2026
Correction, 7 November 2026: question 2: cited the company's own report for its Scope 3 estimate. Score unchanged.
- Scored 354 April 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Church & Dwight's score based on?
10 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
22% of them were published by Church & Dwight itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scored on 4 April 2026 under an earlier version of our method. We're re-checking it under the current method.
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How does Church & Dwight compare with other fmcg / consumer goods companies?
Where Church & Dwight sits among fmcg / consumer goods peers.
Among the 57 major fmcg / consumer goods brands we've scored, Church & Dwight is tied =35th of 57, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in FMCG / Consumer Goods?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Church & Dwight.
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