Greene King runs about 2,600 pubs across the UK and two breweries.
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Greene King has credible emissions data and SBTi-validated targets, but Scope 3—92% of its footprint—is barely moving: only 12.8% down against a 50%-by-2030 commitment. RE100 membership relies on grandfathered cross-border certificates, not additionality. Nature risk, water consumption and waste reduction lack quantified baselines.
Greene King scores 51/100 (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 Greene King joint 126th of 847 companies scored, and 1st of 49 in Food Service / Restaurants.
Greene King is the highest-scoring food service / restaurants company we've rated.
Among the 49 major food service / restaurants brands we've scored, Greene King sits 1st of 49.
Its three lowest-scoring questions, and what the evidence didn't show.
No TNFD disclosure, quantified nature footprint, deforestation-free verification or commodity traceability found.
No total water consumption data for 2022 onwards; earliest found data dates to 2016.
No verified circularity metrics beyond these figures.
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Get in touch →Strongest on Carbon Footprint — Operations and Targets & Commitments (8/10, 8/10). Weakest on Nature & Biodiversity Impact and Water Impact (3/10, 3/10).
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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.
10 of 13 sources are independent of the company.
“Limited Assurance, in accordance with ISAE 3000 (revised), for our 2025 location-based greenhouse gas emissions.”
“Greene King is showing climate leadership by committing to using 100% renewable electricity by 2030.”
“Greene King has announced its commitment to 100% renewable electricity by joining the RE100 global initiative.”
“We have prioritised a collaborative approach with our suppliers to enable us to achieving our decarbonisation, deforestation and human rights commitments”
“achieve zero air freighted items across all menus at Greene King’s 1,600 managed pubs from Autumn/Winter 2025”
“sent 9,000+ tonnes of food waste to anaerobic digestion plants”
“Per pint, water usage in the brewing process should be reduced by more than 50%, alongside improvements in energy efficiency.”
“Greene King would commit to reduce absolute scope one and two greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 50% by 2030 from a 2019 base year.”
“Greene King commits to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions 50% by 2030 from a 2019 base year.”
“Greene King has been named the Best Sustainable Pub Company”
“Greene King has pledged to become net zero by 2040”
“Greene King has been ordered to pay almost £11,000 after one of its pubs polluted an environmentally sensitive river”
““We identified about 80% of our carbon footprint comes from scope 3 emissions,” Malic says.”
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Greene King runs about 2,600 pubs across the UK and two breweries. Based in Bury St Edmunds, with roots going back to 1799, it is a major hospitality and beverage operator. The company is a private subsidiary of CK Asset Holdings.
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