Impossible Foods sustainability score: 37/100
Better than 32% of Food & Beverage (non-meat)
Making progress starts at 46. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Impossible Foods manufactures plant-based meat substitutes designed to replicate beef products. Founded in 2011, the company produces burger patties, sausages, and other meat analogues sold in ~25,000 grocery stores and 40,000 restaurants across North America and select international markets.
More about Impossible Foods
It competes directly with Beyond Meat and traditional meat processors.
Founded 2011Head office Redwood City, United StatesStaff ~500Revenue ~$240MWebsite ↗
Impossible Foods talks sustainability but delivers minimal proof. No corporate emissions disclosed since 2020, no supply chain mapping, no interim targets, and academics question LCA claim replicability. Renewable energy at one facility masks absence of accountability across operations and distribution.
Impossible Foods scores 37/100 (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 Impossible Foods joint 507th of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 34th of 51 in Food & Beverage (non-meat).
What is Impossible Foods doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Energy Source (7/10, 5/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Carbon Footprint: Operations (1/10, 2/10).
Where Impossible Foods 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.
- Emissions from its own operationsPublish emissions figures for its own operations, even an estimate from energy bills.
- Emissions from its supply chainAssess where its supply-chain emissions come from.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations2/10No emissions figures for its own operations, not even an estimate from energy bills.
- Emissions from its supply chain2/10No assessment of where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are falling1/10No evidence its emissions are falling, not even from energy bills or mileage.
- 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 waste3/10No active waste reduction, reuse or repair shown.
- Its effect on water3/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets3/10No specific targets with dates.
- How openly it reports2/10No published sustainability data, or no one named as responsible for it.
- Its record on controversies7/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Impossible Foods's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Impossible Foods's score changed?
Impossible Foods's score has been reviewed 2 times and currently stands where it started, at 37.
- 37 → 377 November 2026
Correction, 7 November 2026: removed an unsourced emissions figure. Score unchanged.
- Scored 374 April 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Impossible Foods's score based on?
9 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
44% of them were published by Impossible Foods 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 Impossible Foods compare with other food & beverage (non-meat) companies?
Where Impossible Foods sits among food & beverage (non-meat) peers.
Among the 51 major food & beverage (non-meat) brands we've scored, Impossible Foods is tied =34th of 51, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Food & Beverage (non-meat)?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Impossible Foods.
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