Rebel Kitchen sustainability score: 44/100
Better than 58% of Food & Beverage (non-meat)
Making progress starts at 46. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Rebel Kitchen manufactures plant-based beverages, primarily coconut water and coconut-based dairy alternatives, sold in the UK and Europe. Founded as part of Nurture Brands, a multi-brand plant-based food company, it sources organic coconuts from Philippine smallholders and uses minimal processing.
More about Rebel Kitchen
A B Corp since 2016.
Founded 2006Head office London, GBStaff ~33Revenue ~£5M (est.)Website ↗
Rebel Kitchen is a small B Corp–certified plant-based beverage maker with genuine sustainability commitments but critical gaps in execution. Carbon neutrality claimed via offsets without published absolute emissions data or reduction evidence. Missing: quantified supply chain footprint, formal science-based targets, standalone sustainability reporting, and water/waste metrics.
Rebel Kitchen scores 44/100 (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 Rebel Kitchen joint 306th of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 16th of 51 in Food & Beverage (non-meat).
What is Rebel Kitchen 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 Water Impact (2/10, 3/10).
Where Rebel 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
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow its emissions are falling.
- Its effect on waterMonitor its water use and take measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targetsSet specific targets with dates.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations4/10No full Scope 1 and 2 figures worked out to the GHG Protocol.
- Emissions from its supply chain4/10Most of its supply-chain (Scope 3) emissions aren't measured.
- Whether its emissions are falling2/10No evidence its emissions are falling.
- How clean its energy is5/10Less than half its energy shown to be renewable, or no transition plan.
- Its effect on nature5/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste4/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- 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 reports5/10No dedicated sustainability role, board oversight or public report.
- Its record on controversies7/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Rebel Kitchen's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Rebel Kitchen's score changed?
Rebel Kitchen's score has been reviewed 3 times and currently stands where it started, at 44.
- 44 → 448 November 2026
Source added, 8 November 2026: the company's filed accounts, quoted for the owning company's staff numbers and that it files as a small company. They confirm it is a small company, so the size rule is unchanged. Score unchanged.
- 44 → 447 November 2026
Correction, 7 November 2026: removed an unsourced emissions figure. Score unchanged.
- Scored 445 April 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Rebel Kitchen's score based on?
10 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
30% of them were published by Rebel 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.
“The average number of employees during the year was 20 (2024 - 30 ) . … The financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.”
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How does Rebel Kitchen compare with other food & beverage (non-meat) companies?
Where Rebel Kitchen sits among food & beverage (non-meat) peers.
Among the 51 major food & beverage (non-meat) brands we've scored, Rebel Kitchen is tied =16th of 51, with 6 others.
Who scores higher in Food & Beverage (non-meat)?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Rebel Kitchen.
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See the breakdown →Oatly reports its emissions in detail, but its total rose from 159,727 t in 2020 to 304,193 t in 2025 while its targets are per litre, not absolute, so emissions can keep rising with sales.
See the breakdown →innocent's footprint was 232,810 tCO2e in 2025, mostly from its supply chain, and BSI verified it.
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