Carlsberg is a Danish brewer headquartered in Copenhagen, selling beer and soft drinks after its 2025 acquisition of Britvic; its roots go back to 1847.
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Carlsberg reports thorough, assured emissions data, but its reported total rose 9% in 2025 to 9.0 MtCO2e after the Britvic deal, and most of its renewable electricity comes from unbundled certificates. In October 2026 Rajasthan's pollution board revoked its Alwar brewery's consent to operate, and in 2018 it admitted polluting a river in Nepal.
Carlsberg scores 48/100 (Making progress) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Fees pay for the review, never the result. Last verified October 2026.
That places Carlsberg joint 205th of 883 companies scored, and joint 15th of 49 in Food & Beverage (non-meat).
Where Carlsberg sits among food & beverage (non-meat) peers.
Among the 49 major food & beverage (non-meat) brands we've scored, Carlsberg is tied =15th of 49, with 2 others.
Its three lowest-scoring questions, and what the evidence didn't show.
Organic value-chain reduction 8% excluding acquisitions, but 2015 full Scope 1–3 baseline not calculated, blocking long-run trajectory measurement.
No-deforestation commitment stated without third-party verification.
No lobbying position or InfluenceMap data found.
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Get in touch →Strongest on Carbon Footprint — Operations and Carbon Footprint — Supply Chain (8/10, 8/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (4/10, 4/10).
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Carlsberg.
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SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale13 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
11 of 13 sources are independent of the company.
“Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions 305 331 -8 %”
“Created a bespoke emissions calculator. This can hold rich supplier data to meaningfully track changes in Scope 3 emissions over time.”
“It achieved a 12% reduction in absolute emissions at its production facilities”
“an 8% reduction in absolute near-term value chain emissions since 2024”
“The deals will increase the group’s global contracted PPA coverage from around 10% to 21%.”
“Twenty-three UK arable farmers have signed contracts with brewing giant Carlsberg to grow 7,000t of barley to new regenerative standards this year.”
“Carlsberg has unveiled new supply chain initiatives across Europe to accelerate its shift to using regenerative farming practices”
“In 2025, 95% of Carlsberg's packaging was recyclable, renewable or reusable”
“This company received a CDP Water Security score of A-.”
“Carlsberg Group reduced water consumption by 58.8 percent”
“The Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board (RSPCB) revoked the facility’s consent to operate, citing particulate matter emissions nearly eight times above the prescribed limit.”
“Carlsberg now admits that their brewery has polluted one of Nepal's most important rivers.”
“The board directed the site to shut and instructed the local power utility to disconnect electricity to the facility.”
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Carlsberg is a Danish brewer headquartered in Copenhagen, selling beer and soft drinks after its 2025 acquisition of Britvic; its roots go back to 1847. It had about 37,000 employees and DKK 89 billion revenue in 2025.
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