Carrefour sustainability score: 34/100
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Carrefour runs hypermarkets, supermarkets, convenience stores, cash and carry stores and online grocery, directly in France, Spain, Belgium, Poland, Romania, Brazil and Argentina, and through franchise partners in other countries. In 2025 France brought in €41,743 million of its net sales, the rest of Europe €19,879 million and Latin America €20,480 million.
More about Carrefour
Its Italy business was sold on 1 December 2025. Carrefour SA was created on 11 July 1959. It had an average of 304,170 employees and €82,102 million net sales in 2025.
Founded 1959Head office Massy, FranceStaff ~304,170 average (2025); 298,604 at year-endRevenue ~€82.1B net sales (€82,102M, 2025)Website ↗
Carrefour's footprint was 147,534,010 tCO2e in 2024, down from 150,737,326 t in 2023; 146,308,870 t of it is in its supply chain, mostly the food and other goods it buys. Its own emissions have fallen since 2019, but supply-chain emissions are still above their 2019 level. It does not say how much of its renewable power rests on certificates. SBTi validated its targets to cut Scope 1 and 2 by 50% by 2030 and Scope 3 by 32% by 2030, both from 2019 (a well-below-2°C level), but not a net-zero target. It says its transition plan is incomplete for levers covering 17% of its emissions, and it recovered 73% of store waste against a 100% target for 2025.
Carrefour scores 34/100 (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 Carrefour joint 662nd of 1,118 companies scored, and joint 36th of 67 in Retail (non-fashion).
What is Carrefour doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Transparency & Accountability (8/10, 8/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Energy Source (3/10, 4/10).
Where Carrefour 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 isShow at least half its energy is renewable, with a transition plan.
- Its effect on waterMeasure its water footprint and set reduction targets.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations8/10No verified figures published with their method and a falling trend.
- Emissions from its supply chain7/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling3/10No evidence its emissions are falling.
- How clean its energy is4/10Less than half its energy shown to be renewable, or no transition plan.
- 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 water4/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets7/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports8/10No mission-locked structure, such as B Corp certification.
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How is Carrefour's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Carrefour's score based on?
8 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
50% of them were published by Carrefour itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“Scope 1 GHG emissions 940,582 783,818 669,327 -15%”
“GHG emissions from scopes 1 701 123 1 483 401 1 412 872 1 225 139 (13) %”
“Brazilian beef: 100% deforestation-free”
“beef products in Carrefour and Brazilian supermarkets are sourced from 36 JBS, Marfrig and Minerva-owned slaughterhouses”
“French supermarket giant Carrefour has suspended beef supplies from two JBS slaughterhouses in the Amazon”
“Earthsight investigators have identified Plukon chicken products in some of Europe’s largest retailers: Carrefour and Intermarché in France”
“Carrefour committed to reducing the water consumption of its stores in France by 10% by 2025”
“Carrefour demonstrates active policy engagement that is partially aligned with policy pathways aiming to deliver the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement.”
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How does Carrefour compare with other retail (non-fashion) companies?
Where Carrefour sits among retail (non-fashion) peers.
Among the 67 major retail (non-fashion) brands we've scored, Carrefour is tied =36th of 67, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Retail (non-fashion)?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Carrefour.
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