Carbon Footprint — Operations: How does OLIO score?

OLIO claims to be 'carbon negative' on its B Corp profile page but publishes no Scope 1 or Scope 2 emissions data, no GHG Protocol-aligned report, and no breakdown by source. As a ~90-person remote-first company with no permanent office, its operational footprint is estimated under 1,000 tonnes (distributed team using laptops, cloud hosting on AWS). The claim of carbon negativity without supporting data cannot be scored as verified disclosure. Score reflects negligible estimated physical impact

Carbon Footprint — Supply Chain: How does OLIO score?

OLIO has no formal Scope 3 reporting. Its supply chain is relatively simple for a digital platform: cloud hosting (AWS), occasional use of co-working spaces via Hubble, and distributed remote workers. The company's core operations do not involve physical goods manufacturing. OLIO's impact methodology does account for transportation emissions of its volunteers/users (estimated at ~2% impact reduction), demonstrating some awareness of supply chain-adjacent emissions. However, no formal supply chai

Emissions Trajectory: How does OLIO score?

No emissions trajectory data is published. OLIO does not report Scope 1, 2, or 3 emissions year-on-year, so no absolute reduction trend can be assessed. As a growing company (user base growing from ~7M in 2023 to 8.5M in 2025, with Glassdoor reviews noting redundancies), operational emissions from cloud hosting are likely increasing with platform growth, though office footprint remains minimal due to remote-first model. No evidence of declining or stable emissions. Score reflects small, stable c

Energy Source: How does OLIO score?

OLIO is a remote-first company with no permanent office, so its direct energy consumption is minimal — primarily cloud hosting (AWS) and employees' home electricity. AWS has committed to 100% renewable energy by 2025, which partially addresses hosting emissions. OLIO worked with Wholegrain Digital to build a 'carbon-light website'. However, OLIO itself has no published renewable energy strategy, no RE100 membership, no disclosed green energy tariff, and no data on energy source for its operation

Nature & Biodiversity Impact: How does OLIO score?

OLIO's direct operations have negligible nature impact as a digital platform. The company's core mission — reducing food waste — has an indirect positive impact on biodiversity by reducing the land, water, and resources wasted on food that goes uneaten. Co-founder Tessa Clarke has publicly cited the biodiversity/resource depletion crisis as core motivation. However, OLIO has no formal biodiversity policy, no TNFD disclosure, and no quantified nature footprint. Score reflects negligible direct na

Resource Use & Waste: How does OLIO score?

OLIO's entire business model is built around circular economy principles — redistributing surplus food and household items that would otherwise go to landfill. Over 120 million meals have been rescued to date. The platform enables reuse of non-food items (books, clothes, furniture) alongside food. OLIO's impact methodology is transparent and regularly updated (most recently September 2024), using WRAP data and community surveys. The company itself has minimal material footprint as a remote-first

Water Impact: How does OLIO score?

OLIO's direct water consumption as a remote-first digital company is negligible. The company tracks and reports water savings from food waste prevention using WRAP data: 196 litres of water saved per personal food item shared. Earlier impact data cited one billion litres of water saved through the platform. However, this is indirect avoided impact rather than operational water management. No operational water data, water stewardship programme, or water footprint assessment for the company's own

Targets & Commitments: How does OLIO score?

OLIO claims to be 'carbon negative' on its B Corp profile but provides no published methodology, emissions data, or verification to support this claim. There is no SBTi commitment or validated targets. No specific, measurable, time-bound emissions reduction targets have been identified in any public source. The company has ambitious impact targets (1 billion users by 2030, 120M meals rescued) but these relate to platform growth, not operational decarbonisation. Without underlying emissions data

Transparency & Accountability: How does OLIO score?

OLIO is a Certified B Corp with a verified score of 94.0 (well above the 80-point threshold and median of 50.9), providing third-party governance verification. The founders personally drive sustainability as the company's core mission. Impact methodology is publicly documented and regularly updated on the help centre. However, there is no formal sustainability report, no published emissions data, no TCFD/CSRD disclosure, and no dedicated sustainability role (beyond founders). The B Corp certific

Controversies & Red Flags: How does OLIO score?

No greenwashing allegations, regulatory actions, environmental fines, or climate-related controversies were found for OLIO. No evidence of lobbying activity against climate policy. No InfluenceMap profile exists (company is too small to be covered). User complaints on Trustpilot and Glassdoor relate to app functionality and redundancies, not environmental concerns. The company has no trade association memberships that could conflict with climate goals. Clean record with no identified red flags.

OLIO Sustainability Score: 48/100

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OLIO·SaaS / Digital Services·London, GB·Founded 2015·Last verified 22 April 2026

out of 100

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OLIO's business model is built on food waste reduction, but the company decouples this impact story from operational sustainability. It publishes no emissions data, lacks science-based targets, and claims 'carbon negative' status without verification. Strong on circular economy mission; weak on climate accountability.

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The calculation

Every score shows its working.

Same formula for every company. No curve. No private weighting.

SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale

Industry base impact

SaaS / Digital Services sector ceiling.

70 / 100

Performance score

Sum of the 10 rubric questions, scored 0–10 each.

39 / 100

Raw score

Weighted average before scale penalty.

(0.3 × 70) + (0.7 × 39) = 48.3

Scale penalty

Multiplier based on absolute emissions volume — physics-first.

× 1

Final score

Rounded. Making progress.

48 / 100

The ten questions

Where OLIO is strong, and where it isn't.

Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Resource Use & Waste (8/10, 6/10). Weakest on Targets & Commitments and Energy Source (2/10, 2/10).

Where the evidence comes from

Every document used, listed.

13 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which rubric questions it informed.

[1]Third-party verified

B Corporation Directory — OLIO Exchange

Ongoing

Q1Q8Q9

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[2]Self-reported

Case Study: OLIO — Hubble HQ

Unknown

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[3]Self-reported

Impact Calculation Methodology — OLIO Help Centre

Ongoing

Q2Q6Q9

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[4]Self-reported

OLIO's Tessa Clarke: Tackling Food Waste with Hyper-Local Community Sharing — AWS News

Unknown

Q2Q4

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[5]Public record

Tracxn — OLIO Company Profile

Ongoing

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[6]Self-reported

Looking Back at 10 Years of OLIO and 120 Million Meals Rescued

2025

Q3Q6

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[7]Public record

Why OLIO's Community Marketing Could Help Keep Landfills Empty — The Drum

2023

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[8]Public record

OLIO App: Food Waste — Together Band

Unknown

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[9]Public record

OLIO on Solving the Industry's Food Waste Issue — EMC3

Unknown

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[10]Self-reported

Impact and Activity — OLIO Help Centre

Ongoing

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[11]Third-party verified

Circular Economy Business Models and Food Waste Reduction — Springer

2024

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[12]Public record

OLIO Reviews — Trustpilot

Ongoing

Q10

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[13]Public record

OLIO Glassdoor Reviews

Ongoing

Q10

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OLIO in context

Where OLIO sits among saas / digital services peers.

Among the 38 major saas / digital services brands we've scored, OLIO sits 20th of 38.

20/38

OLIO's rank

Industry average

Industry low

Industry high

7Ubisoft Entertainment

8Zoom Communications

9Palantir Technologies

13Canva

16Snap

19Take-Two Interactive Software

20OLIO

21Oracle

22Tencent

23WhatsApp

24Ripple Energy

25Microsoft

26Figma

27Alphabet Inc. (Google)

28Stripe

29Slack

30Snowflake

31Reddit

32Notion Labs

33Discord

34Valve

35Epic Games

36Roblox

37Anthropic

38OpenAI

How this score has moved

OLIO's score over time.

Score history begins 5 April 2026.

As OLIO's score updates, the trajectory will appear here.

We're backfilling historical scores for FTSE 100 and S&P 100 companies over the coming weeks.

What's being contested

This score is not currently being contested.

Every challenge is published. We'd rather be corrected than wrong — that's the whole point.

No challenges submitted yet. If you have evidence that contradicts this score, you can challenge any question above — cite a public source and we'll review it.

About OLIO

OLIO is a UK-based digital platform enabling hyperlocal sharing of surplus food and household items to prevent waste. Founded in 2015, it operates as a remote-first SaaS business with ~90 employees and 8.5 million users. Certified B Corp with a focus on food waste reduction and community resource circulation.

Founded

2015

Headquarters

London, GB

Employees

~90

Annual revenue

~£2.86M

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