Novonesis sustainability score: 46/100
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Novonesis is a Danish biosolutions company created in January 2024 through the merger of Novozymes (the enzyme business incorporated in 2000) and Chr. Hansen, producing industrial enzymes, microbial cultures, and microorganisms for food, agriculture, household care, and bioenergy.
More about Novonesis
Headquartered in Bagsvaerd, it runs fermentation-based manufacturing at scale across multiple continents.
Founded 2000Head office Bagsvaerd, DenmarkStaff ~10,582 (2024)Revenue ~EUR 3.83B (FY2024)Website ↗
Novonesis has cut Scope 1+2 emissions 63% absolute since 2018 and hit 100% renewable electricity in 2025, backed by SBTi validation. Scope 3 emissions nearly doubled post-Chr. Hansen acquisition, making supply chain trajectory opaque. Biodiversity impact unquantified despite fermentation-based dependencies on microorganism sourcing.
Novonesis scores 46/100 (Making progress) 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 June 2026.
That places Novonesis joint 258th of 1,023 companies scored, and 2nd of 17 in Chemicals.
What is Novonesis doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Energy Source (8/10, 8/10). Weakest on Nature & Biodiversity Impact and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (5/10, 6/10).
Where Novonesis 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
- Its effect on natureMeasure its effect on nature and have it independently verified.
- Emissions from its supply chainMap its full value chain and run a supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow a consistent fall over several years across its operations and supply chain.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations8/10No verified figures published with their method and a falling trend.
- Emissions from its supply chain6/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling6/10No consistent fall over several years across its operations and supply chain.
- How clean its energy is8/10Its own operations aren't shown to run on 100% renewable energy.
- Its effect on nature5/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste7/10No 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 targets8/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports8/10No mission-locked structure, such as B Corp certification.
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How is Novonesis's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Novonesis's score based on?
10 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
60% of them were published by Novonesis itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“Reduce absolute greenhouse gas emissions from Scopes 1 and 2 from 2018 baseline — 65% target, 63% realized”
“Scope 1 emissions at 93,549,000 kg CO2e and Scope 2 (market-based) 88,605,000 kg CO2e”
“Novonesis has reduced its Scope 1 and 2 CO2 emissions by 63% compared to 2018 while increasing revenue more than 25%”
“The RE100 stamp builds trust in our company”
“Our suppliers must adhere to our Business partner code of conduct”
“Novonesis' near-term and net-zero targets are validated by the Science Based Targets initiative.”
“Sustainability is anchored at all levels of decision-making in our organization”
“Since 2001, we have been a member of the UN Global Compact”
“Novonesis became the world leader in industrial enzymes and microbial solutions, with a nearly 50% market share”
“We also received a score of A- for CDP Water Security”
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How does Novonesis compare with other chemicals companies?
Where Novonesis sits among chemicals peers.
Among the 17 major chemicals brands we've scored, Novonesis sits 2nd of 17.
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