Nando's sustainability score: 37/100
Better than 63% of Food Service / Restaurants
Making progress starts at 46. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Nando's is a casual dining chain specializing in flame-grilled peri-peri chicken, founded in Johannesburg in 1987 and now operating in 35+ countries. A private company with 1,200+ restaurants, it competes in the global quick-service and casual dining sector alongside McDonald's, KFC, and regional chains.
Founded 1987Head office Johannesburg, South AfricaStaff ~19,000Revenue ~£1.37BWebsite ↗
Nando's operates 1,200+ outlets globally with minimal public emissions data despite SBTi validation. Supply chain deforestation and active 2025 water pollution allegations expose fundamental weaknesses in accountability. Intensity-based targets and UK-only renewable electricity claims mask unresolved operational and supply chain impact.
Nando's 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 Nando's joint 507th of 1,023 companies scored, and 20th of 53 in Food Service / Restaurants.
What is Nando's doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Energy Source and Targets & Commitments (6/10, 5/10). Weakest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Water Impact (2/10, 2/10).
Where Nando's 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 own operationsPublish emissions figures for its own operations, even an estimate from energy bills.
- Its effect on waterMonitor its water use and take measures to reduce it.
- 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 chain3/10No assessment of where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are falling3/10No evidence its emissions are falling, not even from energy bills or mileage.
- How clean its energy is6/10Less than 90% of its energy shown to be renewable.
- 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 water2/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets5/10Its targets aren't science-based or committed to the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports3/10No published sustainability data, or no one named as responsible for it.
- Its record on controversies5/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Nando's's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Nando's's score changed?
Nando's'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 Nando's's score based on?
12 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
17% of them were published by Nando's 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.
10 of 12 sources are independent of the company.
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How does Nando's compare with other food service / restaurants companies?
Where Nando's sits among food service / restaurants peers.
Among the 53 major food service / restaurants brands we've scored, Nando's sits 20th of 53.
Who scores higher in Food Service / Restaurants?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Nando's.
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