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MANE sustainability score: 43/100

43/100

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About MANE

MANE is a family-owned French maker of flavours and fragrances, headquartered in Le Bar-sur-Loup. 0 billion sales in 2025.

Head office Le Bar-sur-Loup, FranceStaff ~8,800 (2025)Revenue ~€2.0B (FY2025)Website ↗

Our verdict

MANE's absolute emissions rose in 2025, its total up 3.9% to 917,000 tCO2e, and all its reported progress is per tonne of product. Its electricity is 62% renewable, mostly through certificates, and its water use rose 9%. Its targets are described as SBTi-validated but are intensity targets, and French inspectors asked for corrective action at its Bar-sur-Loup sites in 2025.

MANE scores 43/100 (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 October 2026.

That places MANE joint 322nd of 900 companies scored, and joint 4th of 16 in Chemicals.

The ten questions

What is MANE doing well, and where does it fall short?

Strongest on Carbon Footprint — Operations and Carbon Footprint — Supply Chain (8/10, 7/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (1/10, 4/10).

What's missing

Where MANE lost points

For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.

  • Emissions from its own operations8/10No verified figures published with their method and a falling trend.
  • Emissions from its supply chain7/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
  • 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 waste6/10No verified figures for reuse and recycling across the business.
  • Its effect on water4/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
  • Its climate targets6/10Its targets aren't validated by the Science Based Targets initiative.
  • How openly it reports6/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
  • Its record on controversies7/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.

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.

The calculation

How is MANE's SINK score calculated?

Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.

SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale
Industry base impact
Chemicals sector ceiling.
25 / 100
Performance score
Sum of the ten questions, each scored 0 to 10.
54 / 100
Raw score
Weighted average before scale penalty.
(0.3 × 25) + (0.7 × 54) = 45.3
Scale penalty
Multiplier based on total emissions. Bigger polluters lose more.
× 0.95
Final score
Rounded. Below expectations.
43 / 100
How this score has moved

Has MANE's score changed?

MANE's score has been reviewed 2 times and currently stands where it started, at 43.

02550751004328 October 20264329 October 2026
  1. 43 → 4329 October 2026

    Bio correction, score unchanged. Founded 1955 removed: it came from the French register's 1955-01-01 creation date, a placeholder used for companies registered before the register began, not a real date. No filing states when V. Mane Fils was formed.

  2. Scored 4328 October 2026

    Initial public score 43 (publish-draft)

Where the evidence comes from

What evidence is MANE's score based on?

13 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.

38% of them were published by MANE itself; the rest come from independent sources.

8 of 13 sources are independent of the company.

[1]Self-reported
MANE Sustainability Commitment Report 2025

“Scope 1: 28,467 tCO2e (3%)”

2025
Q1Q2Q3Q4Q5Q6Q7Q8Q9
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[2]Self-reported
MANE CSR Leaflet 2026

“scores (A- Climate / A- Water / B Forest / A Supplier Engagement”

2026
Q2
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[3]Public record
ADEME BEGES Registry — V. MANE FILS

“"emissions_publication_p11":8947.24”

Ongoing
Q1
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[4]Self-reported
MANE — Aligns with 1.5°C and Net-Zero Climate Strategy

“reduce our Scope 3 emissions intensity by 58% by 2030 compared to 2018”

Unknown
Q8
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[5]Self-reported
MANE — Through the Lens: Environmental Commitments

“69% reduction in direct carbon emissions”

Unknown
Q8
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[6]Self-reported
MANE Group CDP Climate and Water Disclosure

“B in CDP Forests (palm oil)”

Unknown
Q5Q9
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[7]Independent source
Bynez — MANE News

“our pioneering presence in Madagascar since 1975”

Unknown
Q5
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[8]Public record
French ICPE Inspection Report — Bar-sur-Loup La Sarrée Site

“Statut Seveso : Seveso seuil haut”

2025
Q10
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[9]Public record
French ICPE Inspection Report — Bar-sur-Loup Notre-Dame Site

“Des dépassements des rejets des TAR en AOX ont été constatés.”

2025
Q7Q10
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[10]Public record
French Environmental Authority (DREAL PACA) — MANE Installation Inspection Minutes, 16 January 2024

“Les sites du Bar-sur-Loup sont certifiés ISO 14 001 depuis 1999”

2024
Q6
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[11]Independent source
Food Business MENA — MANE Operations

“sourcing 30% of its energy from solar power”

Unknown
Q4
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[12]Independent source
Food Ingredients First — MANE Revenue FY2025

“Mane is rolling out a ten-year environmental strategy, informed by insights gained through participation in the Convention of Companies for the Climate”

Unknown
Q10
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[13]
en.expression-cosmetique.fr

“reaching €2.012 bn (+6.5% on a like-for-like basis)”

Q9
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MANE in context

How does MANE compare with other chemicals companies?

Where MANE sits among chemicals peers.

Among the 16 major chemicals brands we've scored, MANE is tied =4th of 16, with 1 other.

=4/16
MANE's rank
35
Industry average
20
Industry low
50
Industry high
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