Kellogg Company (now WK Kellogg Co / Kellanova) sustainability score: 40/100
WK Kellogg Co is a US-based breakfast cereal manufacturer, spun off from Kellogg Company in October 2023. The company produces iconic brands including Frosted Flakes, Rice Krispies, and Special K. It operates globally with significant agricultural supply chain exposure through corn, wheat, rice, and other commodity sourcing.
Founded 1906Head office Chicago, United StatesStaff ~30,000Revenue ~$15.3B (2022, pre-split)Website ↗
WK Kellogg Co inherited decent emissions baselines from legacy Kellogg but post-split disclosure collapsed. Palm oil sourcing remains problematic despite policy revamps, with documented links to deforestation mills. Health claims greenwashing and anti-regulatory litigation undercut sustainability credibility.
Kellogg Company (now WK Kellogg Co / Kellanova) scores 40/100 (Below expectations) 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 May 2026.
That places Kellogg Company (now WK Kellogg Co / Kellanova) joint 409th of 934 companies scored, and joint 28th of 51 in Food & Beverage (non-meat).
What is Kellogg Company (now WK Kellogg Co / Kellanova) doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (6/10, 6/10). Weakest on Nature & Biodiversity Impact and Controversies & Red Flags (3/10, 3/10).
Where Kellogg Company (now WK Kellogg Co / Kellanova) 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 falling5/10No evidence of a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- How clean its energy is5/10Less than half its energy shown to be renewable, or no transition plan.
- Its effect on nature3/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles waste5/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water5/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets5/10Its targets aren't science-based or committed to the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports5/10No dedicated sustainability role, board oversight or public report.
- Its record on controversies3/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Kellogg Company (now WK Kellogg Co / Kellanova)'s SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Kellogg Company (now WK Kellogg Co / Kellanova)'s score based on?
17 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
29% of them were published by Kellogg Company (now WK Kellogg Co / Kellanova) itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scored on 4 April 2026 under an earlier version of our method. We're re-checking it under the current method.
12 of 17 sources are independent of the company.
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How does Kellogg Company (now WK Kellogg Co / Kellanova) compare with other food & beverage (non-meat) companies?
Where Kellogg Company (now WK Kellogg Co / Kellanova) sits among food & beverage (non-meat) peers.
Among the 51 major food & beverage (non-meat) brands we've scored, Kellogg Company (now WK Kellogg Co / Kellanova) is tied =28th of 51, with 2 others.
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