Beyond Meat sustainability score: 44/100
Beyond Meat manufactures plant-based meat alternatives including burgers, sausages, and ground meat products. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in El Segundo, California, the company positions itself as a direct-to-consumer and retail-distributed alternative to animal protein.
More about Beyond Meat
It competes in the growing but volatile plant-based meat category.
Founded 2009Head office El Segundo, United StatesStaff ~650Revenue ~$326MWebsite ↗
Beyond Meat reports comprehensive Scope 1 and 2 emissions with limited assurance, but lacks any Scope 3 reduction target despite supply chain representing 91% of footprint. Emissions cuts correlate with business contraction, not decarbonization strategy. Core weaknesses: no formal renewable energy plan, missing nature risk assessment, and unvalidated self-set targets. Recent legal settlements underscore credibility gaps.
Beyond Meat scores 44/100 (Below expectations) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Scores are free. Companies can never pay for anything about their own score. Last verified May 2026.
That places Beyond Meat joint 306th of 934 companies scored, and joint 18th of 51 in Food & Beverage (non-meat).
What is Beyond Meat doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (6/10, 5/10). Weakest on Energy Source and Targets & Commitments (3/10, 3/10).
Where Beyond Meat lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
- Emissions from its own operations6/10Its own emissions aren't independently verified or tracked over several years.
- Emissions from its supply chain5/10Most of its supply-chain (Scope 3) emissions aren't measured.
- Whether its emissions are falling5/10No evidence of a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- How clean its energy is3/10No 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 waste4/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water4/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets3/10No specific targets with dates.
- How openly it reports5/10No dedicated sustainability role, board oversight or public report.
- Its record on controversies5/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Beyond Meat's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Beyond Meat's score based on?
9 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
22% of them were published by Beyond Meat itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scored on 4 April 2026 under an earlier version of our method. We're re-checking it under the current method.
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How does Beyond Meat compare with other food & beverage (non-meat) companies?
Where Beyond Meat sits among food & beverage (non-meat) peers.
Among the 51 major food & beverage (non-meat) brands we've scored, Beyond Meat is tied =18th of 51, with 7 others.
Who scores higher in Food & Beverage (non-meat)?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Beyond Meat.
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