Keurig Dr Pepper sustainability score: 36/100
Better than 24% of Food & Beverage (non-meat)
Making progress starts at 46. The highest score on SINK is 71.
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Keurig Dr Pepper makes and distributes soft drinks and other cold beverages, coffee, K-Cup pods and Keurig brewers, mainly in the US, Canada and Mexico. In 2025 its U.S.
More about Keurig Dr Pepper
Refreshment Beverages segment brought in $10,439 million, U.S. Coffee $3,990 million and International $2,174 million. Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. is the Delaware company formerly named Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc., which took its present name when it combined with Keurig on 9 July 2018. It acquired JDE Peet's on 1 April 2026. It had about 30,600 employees, mostly in North America, and $16,603 million net sales in 2025.
Head office Frisco, United StatesStaff ~30,600 employees, primarily in North America (US ~23,200, Mexico ~5,700, Canada ~1,400; Form 10-K for 2025, no date printed)Revenue ~US$16.6B net sales (US$16,603M, 2025)Website ↗
Keurig Dr Pepper's footprint was 11,480,839 tCO2e in 2025, the sum of its printed Scope 1, market-based Scope 2 and Scope 3 lines, down from 11,614,084 t in 2024, before the JDE Peet's deal. Purchased goods and services, mainly ingredients and packaging, were 5,301,687 t. Scope 1 and 2 rose 4% in 2025, after 1% in 2024. Its 84% renewable electricity figure rests on Green-e certified certificate products. SBTi validated its absolute 2030 targets, including a 50% cut in Scope 1 and 2 from 2018. Keurig Canada paid a C$3 million Competition Bureau penalty (2022) and the US SEC imposed a $1.5 million penalty (2024), both over K-Cup recyclability claims.
Keurig Dr Pepper scores 36/100 (Below expectations) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Scores are free. Nobody can pay to change a score, speed it up or hide it. Last verified November 2026.
That places Keurig Dr Pepper joint 601st of 1,118 companies scored, and joint 44th of 60 in Food & Beverage (non-meat).
What is Keurig Dr Pepper doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (7/10, 7/10). Weakest on Energy Source and Emissions Trajectory (2/10, 3/10).
Where Keurig Dr Pepper lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
What would raise this score
- How clean its energy isMove to a renewable energy tariff or make a major efficiency investment.
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow its emissions are falling.
- Its effect on natureMeasure its effect on nature and have it independently verified.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations7/10Its own emissions aren't independently verified or tracked over several years.
- Emissions from its supply chain7/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling3/10No evidence its emissions are falling.
- How clean its energy is2/10No renewable energy tariff or major efficiency investment shown.
- Its effect on nature5/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- 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 targets7/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports7/10No mission-locked structure, such as B Corp certification.
- Its record on controversies5/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Keurig Dr Pepper's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Keurig Dr Pepper's score based on?
12 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
33% of them were published by Keurig Dr Pepper itself; the rest come from independent sources.
These figures are Keurig Dr Pepper's own for 2025, before it acquired JDE Peet's on 1 April 2026.
8 of 12 sources are independent of the company.
“SCOPE 1: Direct Emissions (MTCO2e)* 294,455† 298,188† 286,787† 295,720† 305,468†”
“Total Scope 2 GHG emissions (location- and market-based) [MT CO2e]”
“Target validated by SBTi. Read more in KDP's Climate Risk”
“Avoiding the sourcing of commodities produced on land that has been subject to deforestation or forest degradation after Dec 31, 2020.”
“Climate change or related legislation could adversely affect our business.”
“The company in 2022 received 74pc of its electricity from renewables”
“will pay the SEC a $1.5 million civil penalty after it failed to disclose concerns from two major recycling companies about the K-Cup pods”
“Keurig agreed to a cease-and-desist order and to pay a civil penalty of $1.5 million.”
“Although the share of PCR used in the company's plastic packaging fell in 2023, overall plastic packaging used was 5% lower year over year”
“Meanwhile, the share of its packaging portfolio considered recyclable or compostable fell, according to KDP’s corporate responsibility report released last week”
“The company received a score of C in an As You Sow study ranking corporate leadership on plastic pollution.”
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How does Keurig Dr Pepper compare with other food & beverage (non-meat) companies?
Where Keurig Dr Pepper sits among food & beverage (non-meat) peers.
Among the 60 major food & beverage (non-meat) brands we've scored, Keurig Dr Pepper is tied =44th of 60, with 2 others.
Who scores higher in Food & Beverage (non-meat)?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Keurig Dr Pepper.
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