DoorDash sustainability score: 19/100
Better than 3% of E-commerce / Online Retail
Below expectations starts at 31. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Limited independent evidence: only two independent sources cover this company. The score may change as more evidence appears.
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DoorDash runs online marketplaces, DoorDash, Wolt and Deliveroo, through which people order food, groceries and other goods from local shops and restaurants for delivery, mostly by independent couriers. It earns fees from merchants and consumers, and sells advertising and delivery services to businesses.
More about DoorDash
In 2025 the United States brought in $11,460 million and other countries $2,257 million. DoorDash, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware in 2013 as Palo Alto Delivery Inc. and took its present name in 2015; it bought Wolt in 2022 and Deliveroo on 2 October 2025. It had over 31,400 employees at the end of 2025 and $13,717 million revenue in 2025.
Founded 2013Head office San Francisco, United StatesStaff over 31,400 year-end (31 December 2025)Revenue ~US$13.7B revenue (US$13,717M, 2025)Website ↗
DoorDash publishes no Scope 1, 2 or 3 figures, so its footprint cannot be shown, and the size deduction for an incomplete footprint (0.70x) applies. It says delivery is the largest part of its emissions but prints no total. Its claim to be net zero in its own operations since 2021 rests on buying certificates and carbon credits, not on cutting emissions, and its carbon data is not independently checked. It has no reduction target for any scope and publishes no renewable share. In 2024 more than 50,000 orders used reusable packaging, a very small share of its orders. It publishes no water or packaging-waste data.
DoorDash scores 19/100 (Significant gaps) 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 DoorDash joint 1083rd of 1,118 companies scored, and 31st of 32 in E-commerce / Online Retail.
What is DoorDash doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Resource Use & Waste (8/10, 3/10). Weakest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (1/10, 1/10).
Where DoorDash 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
- Emissions from its own operationsPublish emissions figures for its own operations, even an estimate from energy bills.
- Emissions from its supply chainAssess where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow its emissions are falling, even from energy bills or mileage.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations1/10No emissions figures for its own operations, not even an estimate from energy bills.
- Emissions from its supply chain1/10No assessment of where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are falling1/10No evidence its emissions are falling, not even from energy bills or mileage.
- How clean its energy is1/10No renewable energy tariff or major efficiency investment shown.
- Its effect on nature1/10No evidence it knows its main risks to nature.
- How it uses materials and handles waste3/10No active waste reduction, reuse or repair shown.
- Its effect on water1/10No figures for its water use.
- Its climate targets2/10No specific targets with dates.
- How openly it reports3/10No published sustainability data, or no one named as responsible for it.
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How is DoorDash's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is DoorDash's score based on?
12 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
58% of them were published by DoorDash itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“As of December 31, 2025, DoorDash does not use independent third-party verification of its company data for carbon emissions.”
“As of December 31, 2025, we had over 31,400 employees worldwide.”
“In 2022, we completed our full scopes 1, 2, and 3 measurements, inclusive of Wolt, for the first time.”
“say the increase is boosting greenhouse gas emissions and traffic congestion.”
“Revenue $ 2,873 $ 3,955 $ 10,722 $ 13,717”
“save over 155,000 tons of carbon emissions compared to gas cars”
“More than 120 environmental groups ask UberEats, GrubHub, Delivery.com, Doordash, Seamless, PostMates & Caviar to change their default ordering process”
“Food delivery app DoorDash has announced a returnable and reusable pilot program called DashLoop.”
“recommend that other online food-delivery platforms, such as DoorDash and Uber Eats, try similar tactics to reduce global plastic waste.”
“DoorDash 2024 Environmental Sustainability Update”
“reduce emissions from delivery through order batching and optimized routing.”
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How does DoorDash compare with other e-commerce / online retail companies?
Where DoorDash sits among e-commerce / online retail peers.
Among the 32 major e-commerce / online retail brands we've scored, DoorDash sits 31st of 32.
Who scores higher in E-commerce / Online Retail?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above DoorDash.
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