Danone UK & Ireland sustainability score: 28/100
Danone UK & Ireland is the UK and Irish business of the French food group Danone, selling dairy, plant-based (Alpro), water and specialised nutrition brands, including infant formula. Its UK accounts are filed by Nutricia Limited, headquartered in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, and incorporated in 1933.
More about Danone UK & Ireland
It had 959 employees and £1.32 billion revenue in 2025.
Founded 1933Head office Trowbridge, Wiltshire, UKStaff ~959 (Nutricia Limited, 2025 average)Revenue ~£1.32B revenue (Nutricia Limited, 2025)Website ↗
Danone UK & Ireland reports emissions only for its selling business, 654 tCO2e in 2025, which leaves out its factories and its supply chain; Danone group figures do not count here. It says its factories use renewable electricity under certificates, half its vans are electric and 95% of its packaging is recyclable. A plan to fell trees in Rotary Wood for its Harrogate Spring Water business drew strong local opposition and was refused by councillors in April 2026.
Danone UK & Ireland scores 28/100 (Significant gaps) 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 November 2026.
That places Danone UK & Ireland joint 731st of 934 companies scored, and joint 7th of 12 in Food & Beverage (meat/dairy).
What is Danone UK & Ireland doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Resource Use & Waste (7/10, 6/10). Weakest on Water Impact and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (2/10, 3/10).
Where Danone UK & Ireland lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
- Emissions from its own operations5/10No full Scope 1 and 2 figures worked out to the GHG Protocol.
- Emissions from its supply chain3/10No assessment of where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are falling4/10No evidence of a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- How clean its energy is5/10Less than half its energy shown to be renewable, or no transition plan.
- Its effect on nature3/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles waste6/10No verified figures for reuse and recycling across the business.
- Its effect on water2/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets4/10Its targets aren't science-based or committed to the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports6/10No 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 Danone UK & Ireland's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Danone UK & Ireland's score based on?
17 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
29% of them were published by Danone UK & Ireland itself; the rest come from independent sources.
12 of 17 sources are independent of the company.
“Market Based Emissions (tC02e) - Total 654 944”
“Market Based Emissions (tC02e) - Scope 1 26 32”
“14% of our UK & Ireland carbon footprint”
“Emissions reported in this Carbon Reduction Plan are those of the global Danone business”
“5,000 tonnes carbon emissions”
“saving over 800 tonnes of CO”
“Nutricia Homeward delivery vans are either fully electric or use HVO”
“we are progressing year after year on our CO2 reduction targets (-16.1% since 2020)”
“Danone UK & Ireland earned an overall score of 101.4”
“Councillors on the committee vote to refuse the Harrogate Spring Water expansion plan”
“received more than 1,300 objections”
“The company's disclosure on its industry associations does not include clear positions on climate policies.”
“Critics say the move contradicts Danone’s high-profile Forest policy”
“we will remain within our extraction limit of 464 million litres of water per year”
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How does Danone UK & Ireland compare with other food & beverage (meat/dairy) companies?
Where Danone UK & Ireland sits among food & beverage (meat/dairy) peers.
Among the 12 major food & beverage (meat/dairy) brands we've scored, Danone UK & Ireland is tied =7th of 12, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Food & Beverage (meat/dairy)?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Danone UK & Ireland.
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