Deliveroo sustainability score: 31/100
Better than 12% of E-commerce / Online Retail
Making progress starts at 46. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Deliveroo is a food delivery platform operating across 10 markets, connecting restaurants with consumers via a network of self-employed delivery riders. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in London, it facilitated £1.2 billion in gross transaction value in 2024.
More about Deliveroo
The company acts as a marketplace intermediary rather than owning delivery logistics or food supply.
Founded 2013Head office London, United KingdomStaff ~3,600Revenue ~£2.0BWebsite ↗
Deliveroo reports only partial Scope 1 & 2 emissions for Great Britain with no third-party verification, and has completely failed to quantify Scope 3 emissions from 180,000 riders and packaging waste. Scope 1 emissions rose 37% year-on-year. The company sets unvalidated targets covering only 5% of its actual footprint while ignoring biodiversity, water, and circular economy impacts.
Deliveroo scores 31/100 (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 Deliveroo joint 698th of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 22nd of 26 in E-commerce / Online Retail.
Limited evidence. This score rests on 7 sources, 29% of them published by the company itself. Every source cited here passed the same quality checks as any other score: all live, none from data aggregators. There is simply less of it.
What is Deliveroo doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Carbon Footprint: Operations (7/10, 5/10). Weakest on Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (1/10, 1/10).
Where Deliveroo 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.
- Its effect on natureShow it knows its main risks to nature.
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow its emissions are falling.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations5/10No full Scope 1 and 2 figures worked out to the GHG Protocol.
- Emissions from its supply chain1/10No assessment of where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are falling2/10No evidence its emissions are falling.
- How clean its energy is3/10No renewable energy tariff or major efficiency investment shown.
- Its effect on nature1/10No evidence it knows its main risks to nature.
- How it uses materials and handles waste2/10No active waste reduction, reuse or repair shown.
- Its effect on water2/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets3/10No specific targets with dates.
- How openly it reports4/10No dedicated sustainability role, board oversight or public report.
- Its record on controversies7/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Deliveroo's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Deliveroo's score based on?
7 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
29% of them were published by Deliveroo 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.
This company's public sustainability disclosure is limited. This score is based on the 7 verified sources cited below, rather than padded to a standard count.
Limited data coverage. This assessment is based on 7 sources, 29% of which are self-reported by the company. Scores may change as independent evidence becomes available.
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How does Deliveroo compare with other e-commerce / online retail companies?
Where Deliveroo sits among e-commerce / online retail peers.
Among the 26 major e-commerce / online retail brands we've scored, Deliveroo is tied =22nd of 26, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in E-commerce / Online Retail?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Deliveroo.
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