Hawksmoor sustainability score: 46/100
7% of its turnover is restaurant sales. Its group accounts are filed by Underdog Group Limited, incorporated in 2013 and majority-owned by Graphite Capital.
More about Hawksmoor
8 million turnover in 2025.
Founded 2013Head office London, UKStaff ~1,368 (2025 average)Revenue ~£109.8M turnover (2025)Website ↗
Hawksmoor's footprint was 30,905 tCO2e in 2025, 96% of it from its supply chain, mostly beef. Its UK gas emissions are falling and its UK restaurants run on renewable tariffs, but group emissions have risen since 2023 as it expanded. Its 'carbon neutral since 2021' claim rests on avoidance credits equal to its whole footprint, and its net-zero-by-2030 target is self-set, not SBTi-validated. All its food waste goes to anaerobic digestion, and its beef is never fed soy or palm oil.
Hawksmoor scores 46/100 (Making progress) 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 October 2026.
That places Hawksmoor joint 253rd of 900 companies scored, and joint 7th of 48 in Food Service / Restaurants.
What is Hawksmoor doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Carbon Footprint — Operations (8/10, 6/10). Weakest on Targets & Commitments and Emissions Trajectory (2/10, 3/10).
Where Hawksmoor lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
- Emissions from its own operations6/10Its own emissions aren't independently verified or tracked over several years.
- Emissions from its supply chain6/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling3/10No 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 waste4/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- 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 reports6/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
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How is Hawksmoor's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Hawksmoor's score based on?
13 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
23% of them were published by Hawksmoor itself; the rest come from independent sources.
10 of 13 sources are independent of the company.
“Total gross emissions 549 578”
“Almost half have completed a carbon audit to understand what they can do to reduce emissions”
“In October we moved all of our UK restaurants to renewable electricity.”
“conservation grazing that supports natural biodiversity.”
“reducing food waste in their kitchens and on diners”
“100 percent of its food waste being sent to anaerobic digestion to become biogas”
“Based on the B Impact assessment, Hawksmoor earned an overall score of 83.2.”
“Hawksmoor has offset all scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions with carbon credits funding projects certified by Verified Carbon Standard (VCS)”
“become a net zero company by 2030”
“Turnover at the steakhouse group rose by 9.4% to £109.8m”
“Graphite Capital has owned 51 per cent of the chain”
“emissions from gas consumption 483 516”
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How does Hawksmoor compare with other food service / restaurants companies?
Where Hawksmoor sits among food service / restaurants peers.
Among the 48 major food service / restaurants brands we've scored, Hawksmoor is tied =7th of 48, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Food Service / Restaurants?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Hawksmoor.
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