Food & Beverage (non-meat)

Brewgooder sustainability score: 42/100

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About Brewgooder

Brewgooder is a Scottish craft beer brand founded in 2016 that uses contract brewing partnerships rather than owning production facilities. The company funds clean water projects globally through its foundation.

More about Brewgooder

Operating with ~18 staff and ~$6M revenue, it competes in the premium craft ale segment and has entered major UK retailers including Sainsbury's and Waitrose.

Founded 2016Head office Glasgow, ScotlandStaff ~18Revenue ~$6MWebsite ↗

Our verdict

Brewgooder is a mission-driven craft beer brand with strong social impact credentials but negligible environmental rigor. No formal emissions data, energy strategy, or climate targets exist. Growth is rapid (105% sales increase), yet absolute supply chain emissions likely rise unchecked. B Corp certification masks the absence of measurable sustainability performance.

Brewgooder scores 42/100 (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 Brewgooder joint 357th of 934 companies scored, and joint 26th of 51 in Food & Beverage (non-meat).

The ten questions

What is Brewgooder doing well, and where does it fall short?

Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Transparency & Accountability (9/10, 5/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Energy Source (2/10, 2/10).

What's missing

Where Brewgooder lost points

For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.

  • Emissions from its own operations3/10No emissions figures for its own operations, not even an estimate from energy bills.
  • 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, not even from energy bills or mileage.
  • 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 waste3/10No active waste reduction, reuse or repair shown.
  • Its effect on water4/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
  • Its climate targets2/10No specific targets with dates.
  • How openly it reports5/10No dedicated sustainability role, board oversight or public report.

A score changes when the evidence does. We use new published evidence at the next rescore. Anyone can send us new evidence, free. How to send it.

The calculation

How is Brewgooder's SINK score calculated?

Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.

SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale
Industry base impact
Food & Beverage (non-meat) sector ceiling.
50 / 100
Performance score
Sum of the ten questions, each scored 0 to 10.
38 / 100
Raw score
Weighted average before scale penalty.
(0.3 × 50) + (0.7 × 38) = 41.6
Scale penalty
Multiplier based on total emissions. Bigger polluters lose more.
× 1
Final score
Rounded. Below expectations.
42 / 100
Where the evidence comes from

What evidence is Brewgooder's score based on?

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

38% of them were published by Brewgooder 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.

8 of 13 sources are independent of the company.

[1]Independent source
Brewgooder — Profile
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[2]Public record
Ethical beer brand Brewgooder seals deals with two top Scots craft brewers
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[3]Public record
Building sustainable supply chains for ingredients in brewing
2024
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[4]Self-reported
Introducing the world's first beer made with Fairtrade fonio grain
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[5]Self-reported
Brewgooder — LinkedIn Company Page
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[6]Self-reported
Brewgooder — Official Website
Ongoing
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[7]Independent source
Beer with Impact: Brewgooder launches fonio session IPA with Fairtrade fonio
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[8]Self-reported
Brewgooder — Water App
Ongoing
Q7
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[9]Independent source
Brewgooder — Social Supermarket Brand Profile
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[10]Self-reported
Our 2022-2023 B Corp Impact Report
2023Archived copy from 2025-11-13: the original link no longer opens for us.
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[11]Public record
Finance leaders have a vital role to play in the B Corp game
2024
Q8
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[12]Third-party verified
Brewgooder — B Corp Directory
Ongoing
Q9
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[13]Public record
Brewgooder — Trustpilot Reviews
Ongoing
Q10
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Brewgooder in context

How does Brewgooder compare with other food & beverage (non-meat) companies?

Where Brewgooder sits among food & beverage (non-meat) peers.

Among the 51 major food & beverage (non-meat) brands we've scored, Brewgooder is tied =26th of 51, with 1 other.

=26/51
Brewgooder's rank
42
Industry average
19
Industry low
58
Industry high
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