Weetabix Food Company sustainability score: 52/100
Better than 92% of Food & Beverage (non-meat)
Leading practice starts at 60. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Weetabix Food Company manufactures breakfast cereals and grain-based foods. Founded 1932, headquartered in Burton Latimer, UK.
More about Weetabix Food Company
A subsidiary of US-listed Post Holdings, Weetabix sources 100% of its primary ingredient (wheat) from British farms within 50 miles of its factory, positioning it as a domestically focused food manufacturer in the packaged cereals and grains segment.
Founded 1932Head office Burton Latimer, United KingdomStaff ~1,028Revenue ~£361MWebsite ↗
Weetabix has delivered genuine Scope 1 and 2 reductions (20.54% absolute by end-2024) and secured SBTi validation of near-term and net-zero targets. Dominant weaknesses: Scope 3 absolute figures remain undisclosed despite wheat representing 37% of footprint; no TNFD biodiversity disclosure; incomplete public transparency on carbon baselines and water consumption figures.
Weetabix Food Company scores 52/100 (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 May 2026.
That places Weetabix Food Company joint 109th of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 4th of 51 in Food & Beverage (non-meat).
What is Weetabix Food Company doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Targets & Commitments and Controversies & Red Flags (7/10, 7/10). Weakest on Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (4/10, 5/10).
Where Weetabix Food Company 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 chainMeasure most of its supply-chain (Scope 3) emissions.
- Its effect on natureMeasure its effect on nature and have it independently verified.
- Its effect on waterMeasure its water footprint and set reduction targets.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations6/10Its own emissions aren't independently verified or tracked over several years.
- Emissions from its supply chain4/10Most of its supply-chain (Scope 3) emissions aren't measured.
- Whether its emissions are falling6/10No consistent fall over several years across its operations and supply chain.
- How clean its energy is6/10Less than 90% of its energy shown to be renewable.
- Its effect on nature5/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste6/10No verified figures for reuse and recycling across the business.
- Its effect on water5/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets7/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- 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 Weetabix Food Company's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Weetabix Food Company's score based on?
11 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
45% of them were published by Weetabix Food Company itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scored on 11 April 2026 under an earlier version of our method. We're re-checking it under the current method.
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How does Weetabix Food Company compare with other food & beverage (non-meat) companies?
Where Weetabix Food Company sits among food & beverage (non-meat) peers.
Among the 51 major food & beverage (non-meat) brands we've scored, Weetabix Food Company is tied =4th of 51, with 1 other.
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