Hall Hunter sustainability score: 23/100
Hall Hunter is a UK soft-fruit grower based in Wokingham, Berkshire, growing strawberries, raspberries and blueberries for UK supermarkets. Hall Hunter Partnership (Farming) was incorporated in 2001; as an unlimited company it files no accounts.
More about Hall Hunter
It employs about 500 permanent staff and 1,500 seasonal workers, and says its turnover is about £50 million.
Founded 2001Head office Wokingham, Berkshire, UKStaff ~500 permanent + ~1,500 seasonal (company-stated)Revenue ~£50M turnover (company-stated; no filed accounts)Website ↗
Hall Hunter publishes no emissions, energy or water-use figures, has no reduction targets beyond energy-cost savings, and files no accounts, so almost nothing about its footprint can be checked. It runs water-source heat pumps, has applied for solar panels at one farm, and an independently judged awards write-up records a 59% cut in pesticide use on part of its strawberry crop. Its farms draw on reservoirs and boreholes, but it publishes no water use.
Hall Hunter scores 23/100 (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 Hall Hunter joint 849th of 934 companies scored, and it is the only Agriculture (conventional) company scored so far.
What is Hall Hunter doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Energy Source (8/10, 5/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Carbon Footprint: Operations (1/10, 2/10).
Where Hall Hunter lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
- Emissions from its own operations2/10No emissions figures for its own operations, not even an estimate from energy bills.
- Emissions from its supply chain2/10No 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 is5/10Less than half its energy shown to be renewable, or no transition plan.
- Its effect on nature4/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste3/10No active waste reduction, reuse or repair shown.
- Its effect on water3/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets2/10No specific targets with dates.
- How openly it reports3/10No published sustainability data, or no one named as responsible for it.
A score changes when the evidence does. We use new published evidence at the next rescore. Anyone can send us new evidence, free. How to send it.
How is Hall Hunter's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Hall Hunter's score based on?
15 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
13% of them were published by Hall Hunter itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Hall Hunter Partnership (Farming) is a private unlimited company and files no accounts: its last accounts on the register were made up to March 2015. Its turnover of about £50 million is the company's own figure, as reported in the trade press, not an audited one. It publishes no emissions figures, so the size deduction for no own figure (0.70x) applies.
13 of 15 sources are independent of the company.
“Private unlimited company”
“500 to 999 employees”
“16.3MW-capacity water source heat pumps, which use water from the reservoirs to generate heat for the strawberry polytunnels”
“All our berry crops are grown in a growing medium called Coir, the bi-product of coconut.”
“Fruit picked in the afternoon is chilled and packed overnight to be in retailer depots the following morning.”
“Earlier this year, Hall Hunter started developing Binton Farm, adding a further 85 hectares to their portfolio”
“a proposal by farming group Hall Hunter Partnership to install 1,762 solar panels at Heathlands Farm in Honey Hill”
“enabled the company to convert over 55% of energy output to renewable sources”
“In 2024, Hall Hunter invested in UV treatment on 10ha of strawberries, reducing pesticide use by 59%”
“577,529 cubic metres a year”
“Hall Hunter Partnership (Farming) earned an overall score of 96.1”
“Hall Hunter Partnership”
“an automated system that determines potential shelf life to help reduce waste”
“Confirmation statement made on 16 July 2026 with no updates”
If you believe a source has been misread or a newer version exists, submit a challenge.
Is this your company? Claim this profile (free)
Use this score in tenders
Send the link, or the one-page score sheet. It links back to this page and every source. Free.
Open the score sheet →Send new evidence, free
Scored low because little is published? Publish what you do and send us the link, free. If it holds up, your score changes, and the change is logged on your page.
How to send evidence →Put your score on your website, free
It shows the current score and links to this page, so it changes when the score does.
Track this score
Bidding for a public contract? Check if you need a Carbon Reduction Plan, free →
Want your own page like this?
Free, independent, every source shown. Send it to any buyer who asks about your sustainability.
How does Hall Hunter compare with other agriculture (conventional) companies?
Hall Hunter stands alone in this category.
Industry comparison data unavailable.
Which companies moved this week, and why.
One email, every Sunday. Score changes, new research, the stories behind the numbers. Free.
We'll send one email to confirm. No spam. Unsubscribe in one click.
Checking a company?
Search free →Asked to prove you're sustainable?
Get your business scored, free →Been scored?
Find your page and claim it, free →Scores are free. Companies can never pay for anything about their own score.