Karma Kitchen sustainability score: 33/100
Better than 26% of Construction / Real Estate
Making progress starts at 46. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Karma Kitchen is a UK dark kitchen operator that builds and manages shared commercial kitchen spaces for food delivery brands across London. Founded around 2018, the company operates modular kitchen facilities with built-in waste management systems, serving as infrastructure for the ghost restaurant market.
Founded 2015Head office London, GBStaff ~27Revenue Not disclosed (private startup)Website ↗
Karma Kitchen operates six-to-eight London dark kitchen sites with a small 27-person team. The company makes unsubstantiated claims about renewable energy and Net Zero by 2030 but publishes zero emissions data, no sustainability report, and no verified targets. Growth is outpacing any decarbonisation planning.
Karma Kitchen 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 May 2026.
That places Karma Kitchen joint 629th of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 29th of 40 in Construction / Real Estate.
What is Karma Kitchen doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Resource Use & Waste (8/10, 5/10). Weakest on Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain and Emissions Trajectory (2/10, 2/10).
Where Karma Kitchen 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, even from energy bills or mileage.
- Its effect on natureAssess its effect on nature and publish a basic environmental policy.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations3/10No 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 falling2/10No evidence its emissions are falling, not even from energy bills or mileage.
- 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 water2/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets2/10No specific targets with dates.
- How openly it reports2/10No published sustainability data, or no one named as responsible for it.
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How is Karma Kitchen's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Karma Kitchen's score changed?
Karma Kitchen's score has been reviewed 2 times and currently stands where it started, at 33.
- 33 → 337 November 2026
Correction, 7 November 2026: removed an unsourced emissions figure. Score unchanged.
- Scored 335 April 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Karma Kitchen's score based on?
8 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
50% of them were published by Karma Kitchen itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scored on 5 April 2026 under an earlier version of our method. We're re-checking it under the current method.
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How does Karma Kitchen compare with other construction / real estate companies?
Where Karma Kitchen sits among construction / real estate peers.
Among the 40 major construction / real estate brands we've scored, Karma Kitchen is tied =29th of 40, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Construction / Real Estate?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Karma Kitchen.
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