Bakkavor sustainability score: 41/100
Better than 49% of Food & Beverage (non-meat)
Making progress starts at 46. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Limited independent evidence: only two independent sources cover this company. The score may change as more evidence appears.
Bakkavor makes fresh prepared food, including meals, pizza and bread, salads and desserts, which major UK grocery retailers sell mostly under their own labels. Bakkavor Group Limited was incorporated in 2017 as Diamond Newco plc. It has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Greencore since 16 January 2026, sold its China business in 2025 and has put its US business up for sale.
More about Bakkavor
It had around 14,000 colleagues across 26 UK sites plus around 850 in the US, and £1,936.9 million revenue from its UK continuing operations in the 52 weeks to 27 December 2025.
Founded 2017Head office London, United KingdomStaff ~14,850 (around 14,000 UK colleagues plus around 850 in the US business, as the FY25 accounts to 27 December 2025 describe them; not an average)Revenue ~£1.94B revenue (£1,936.9M, UK continuing operations, 52 weeks to 27 December 2025)Website ↗
Bakkavor's footprint was 2,461,963 tCO2e in 2024, up from 2,349,999 t in 2023, mostly the food and other goods it buys. That 2024 figure includes the China business it has since sold. Its UK electricity rests on guarantee-of-origin certificates. SBTi has validated a 42% absolute cut in Scope 1 and 2 by 2030 from 2021, a 30.3% cut in farm and land emissions by 2030, and net zero by 2050, but targets will be reset for the combined Greencore business. UK food waste fell to 5.3%, but only 3.3% of its soy was verified deforestation-free. The Environment Agency's 2025 permit review at its Newark site found no plan to replace high-warming refrigerants.
Bakkavor scores 41/100 (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 November 2026.
That places Bakkavor joint 401st of 1,043 companies scored, and joint 27th of 54 in Food & Beverage (non-meat).
What is Bakkavor doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Targets & Commitments and Transparency & Accountability (8/10, 7/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Energy Source (0/10, 2/10).
Where Bakkavor 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.
- How clean its energy isMove to a renewable energy tariff or make a major efficiency investment.
- Its effect on natureMeasure its effect on nature and have it independently verified.
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 chain6/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling0/10No evidence its emissions are falling.
- How clean its energy is2/10No renewable energy tariff or major efficiency investment shown.
- Its effect on nature4/10Its 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 water4/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets8/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports7/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
- Its record on controversies7/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Bakkavor's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Bakkavor's score based on?
12 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
25% of them were published by Bakkavor itself; the rest come from independent sources.
9 of 12 sources are independent of the company.
“Total scope 1 emissions 76,072 7.5% 70,776 77,270 99,354”
“submissions from 50 suppliers representing approximately 95% of Bakkavor soy consumption”
“55,047 tCOze (FY24: 62,487 tCOze), with the UK Wigan site closure contributing 41.9% of this reduction”
“satisfied that the Operator has demonstrated”
“View the permit issued for Bakkavor Pizza Holbeach, Spalding under the Industrial Emissions Directive.”
“the Science Based Target’s initiative (SBTi) has approved the Group’s suite of net-zero science-based targets”
“70100 - Activities of head offices”
“in settlement of failing to comply with a permit condition for water discharge activity”
“Greencore has completed its £1.2 billion (€1.4 billion) takeover of British rival Bakkavor”
“The remedy was subsequently approved by the CMA in December 2025”
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How does Bakkavor compare with other food & beverage (non-meat) companies?
Where Bakkavor sits among food & beverage (non-meat) peers.
Among the 54 major food & beverage (non-meat) brands we've scored, Bakkavor is tied =27th of 54, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Food & Beverage (non-meat)?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Bakkavor.
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