Damm sustainability score: 36/100
Better than 28% of Food & Beverage (non-meat)
Making progress starts at 46. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Damm is a Spanish brewer and drinks group headquartered in Barcelona, best known for Estrella Damm; its roots go back to 1876. It had about 6,400 employees and €2.0 billion revenue in 2025.
Head office Barcelona, SpainStaff ~6,393 (2025)Revenue ~€2.0B (FY2025)Website ↗
Damm reports its own emissions by business unit, about 117,000 tCO2e in 2025, but publishes no value-chain (Scope 3) figure, so its full footprint is unknown. Its purchased electricity is certified renewable, but most of its heat still comes from gas. Its decarbonisation plan has no published numbers and no SBTi target.
Damm scores 36/100 (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 Damm joint 542nd of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 36th of 51 in Food & Beverage (non-meat).
What is Damm doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Controversies & Red Flags (7/10, 7/10). Weakest on Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain and Emissions Trajectory (3/10, 3/10).
Where Damm 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
- Emissions from its supply chainAssess where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow its emissions are falling.
- Its climate targetsMake its targets science-based, or commit to the Science Based Targets initiative.
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 chain3/10No assessment of where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are falling3/10No evidence its emissions are falling.
- How clean its energy is6/10Less than 90% of its energy shown to be renewable.
- Its effect on nature5/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste6/10No verified figures for reuse and recycling across the business.
- Its effect on water6/10No water stewardship programme or verified fall in water use.
- Its climate targets4/10Its targets aren't science-based or committed to the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports6/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
- Its record on controversies7/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Damm's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Damm's score based on?
13 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
23% of them were published by Damm itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Damm publishes emissions from its own operations but no Scope 3 figure, which in brewing is usually the largest part of the footprint. Without a full total we apply a cautious size deduction (0.70x), as we do for other companies that leave out a dominant part of their footprint.
10 of 13 sources are independent of the company.
“En 2013 empezamos a calcular la huella de carbono generada como consecuencia de nuestra actividad”
“El método de cálculo usado es market-based.”
“DAMM achieved its RE100 target in 2022 and now produces 49% of its own electricity.”
“is promoted by the Damm Foundation”
“S.A. Damm has joined Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) as a new Industrial User member.”
“The corporation has increased its clean energy self-supply to 7.1GWh each year.”
“it reaffirms its commitment to sustainability by being the first brewery in Spain to join this initiative”
“carga contra su negativa a la implantación en Catalunya de un sistema de retorno de envases”
“Damm ha sido reconocida con la medalla de oro de EcoVadis”
“La compañía ha alcanzado una plantilla de 6.393 personas”
“Estrella Damm se une al Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes (CEAB-CSIC) para restaurar un bosque de algas”
“El grupo cervecero Damm cerró 2025 con una facturación de 2.010 millones de euros”
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How does Damm compare with other food & beverage (non-meat) companies?
Where Damm sits among food & beverage (non-meat) peers.
Among the 51 major food & beverage (non-meat) brands we've scored, Damm is tied =36th of 51, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Food & Beverage (non-meat)?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Damm.
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