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Honest Burgers·Food Service / Restaurants·London, United Kingdom·Founded 2010·Last verified 25 April 2026
35
out of 100
Below expectationsPending Review

Honest Burgers has built a credible supply chain intervention through regenerative beef sourcing but fails fundamentally on emissions disclosure and climate targets. No Scope 1, 2, or 3 data published; no renewable energy strategy; rapid expansion with no verified emissions trajectory. Regenerative farming is directionally right but unverified.

The calculation

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Same formula for every company. No curve. No private weighting.

SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale
Industry base impact
Food Service / Restaurants sector ceiling.
45 / 100
Performance score
Sum of the 10 rubric questions, scored 0–10 each.
31 / 100
Raw score
Weighted average before scale penalty.
(0.3 × 45) + (0.7 × 31) = 35.2
Scale penalty
Multiplier based on absolute emissions volume — physics-first.
× 1
Final score
Rounded. Below expectations.
35 / 100
The ten questions

Where Honest Burgers is strong, and where it isn't.

Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (7/10, 5/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Carbon Footprint — Operations (1/10, 1/10).

Where the evidence comes from

Every document used, listed.

11 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which rubric questions it informed.

[1]Self-reported
Honest Burgers — Main website
Ongoing
Q1Q4Q6Q7
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[2]Public record
Restaurant Online — Honest Burgers reports 26% increase in turnover
2024
Q1Q3
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[3]Self-reported
Honest Burgers — Honest Farming
Ongoing
Q2Q4Q5Q7Q8Q9
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[4]Public record
Food Service Footprint — Honest Lifts the Lid on Better Beef
Unknown
Q2Q5
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[5]Public record
The Caterer — Honest Burgers regenerative beef supply chain
2022
Q2Q6Q8Q10
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[6]Public record
MCA Insight — Honest plans to quadruple business
2024
Q3
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[7]Public record
Restaurant Online — Honest Burgers overhauls supply chain
2022
Q5Q10
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[8]Third-party verified
Sustainable Restaurant Association — Food Made Good member
Ongoing
Q6Q9
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[9]Public record
honestburgers.co.uk — honest farming
Unknown
Q8
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[10]Public record
Technology for Marketing — Honest Burgers
Unknown
Q9
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[11]Public record
Positive News — Can beef ever be sustainable?
Unknown
Q10
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Honest Burgers in context

Where Honest Burgers sits among food service / restaurants peers.

Among the 46 major food service / restaurants brands we've scored, Honest Burgers sits 19th of 46.

19/46
Honest Burgers's rank
34
Industry average
19
Industry low
50
Industry high
How this score has moved

Honest Burgers's score over time.

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What's being contested

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About Honest Burgers

Honest Burgers operates 39 quick-service restaurants across the UK, specializing in beef burgers and whole-animal butchery. Founded in 2010, the chain generated £56M turnover as of early 2024 and supplies premium beef cuts to partner businesses. The company sources from British regenerative farms and a single Sussex potato supplier.

Founded
2010
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Employees
~836
Annual revenue
~£56M
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