Mattel sustainability score: 37/100
Mattel, Inc. is a global toy and entertainment company headquartered in El Segundo, California, with ~31,000 employees and $5.3B in annual revenue. Its brands include Barbie, Hot Wheels and Fisher-Price.
Head office El Segundo, United StatesStaff ~31,000 (2025)Revenue $5,347.6M net sales (FY ended 31 Dec 2025)Website ↗
Mattel discloses Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions with limited assurance, but lags on depth and pace. No Scope 3 target, no SBTi validation, and renewable energy remains unquantified. Plastic reduction is incremental; water and biodiversity data are fragmented.
Mattel scores 37/100 (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 November 2026.
That places Mattel joint 513th of 1,017 companies scored, and joint 31st of 57 in FMCG / Consumer Goods.
What is Mattel doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Controversies & Red Flags (7/10, 7/10). Weakest on Energy Source and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (3/10, 4/10).
Where Mattel lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
- Emissions from its own operations7/10Its 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 is3/10No renewable energy tariff or major efficiency investment shown.
- 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 targets4/10Its targets aren't science-based or committed to 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.
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How is Mattel's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Mattel's score based on?
13 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
15% of them were published by Mattel itself; the rest come from independent sources.
11 of 13 sources are independent of the company.
“Scope 1 absolute GHG emissions 16,070 15,760 14,163 13,574”
“We achieved 99.4% recycled or FSC-certified content in the paper”
“Mattel is not aware of any material cleanup liabilities”
“Adopting science-based GHG emission reduction targets”
“Our Scope 3 reporting, which we began disclosing in February 2025”
“Assist the Board with oversight and review of social responsibility matters such as sustainability”
“has not set scope 3 targets”
“100% recycled, recyclable or bio-based plastic materials in all of its products and packaging by 2030”
“sorted and separated by material type”
“downcycle those materials into other plastic products or convert them from waste to energy”
“launched their own recycling scheme in 2021”
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“cutting its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030”
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How does Mattel compare with other fmcg / consumer goods companies?
Where Mattel sits among fmcg / consumer goods peers.
Among the 57 major fmcg / consumer goods brands we've scored, Mattel is tied =31st of 57, with 2 others.
Who scores higher in FMCG / Consumer Goods?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Mattel.
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