Nestlé Nespresso sustainability score: 51/100
Nespresso is a Swiss premium coffee capsule and machine manufacturer founded in 1986, headquartered in Lausanne. It operates globally with a direct-to-consumer model through boutiques and online sales, alongside wholesale partnerships.
More about Nestlé Nespresso
The company is majority-owned by Nestlé.
Founded 1986Head office Lausanne, SwitzerlandStaff ~10,000+Revenue ~$6.7BWebsite ↗
Nespresso has credible SBTi-validated net-zero targets and strong renewable energy at factories, but leans heavily on unverified insetting and offsets rather than real emission cuts. A documented tree-planting scheme faced credible allegations of tree-felling, undermining carbon removal claims. Only 35% of capsules are actually recycled despite 99% infrastructure access.
Nestlé Nespresso scores 51/100 (Making progress) 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 Nestlé Nespresso joint 131st of 934 companies scored, and joint 7th of 51 in Food & Beverage (non-meat).
What is Nestlé Nespresso doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Energy Source and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (8/10, 6/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Carbon Footprint: Operations (4/10, 5/10).
Where Nestlé Nespresso lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
- Emissions from its own operations5/10No full Scope 1 and 2 figures worked out to the GHG Protocol.
- Emissions from its supply chain6/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling4/10No evidence of a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- How clean its energy is8/10Its own operations aren't shown to run on 100% renewable energy.
- Its effect on nature5/10Its 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 water5/10No 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 controversies5/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Nestlé Nespresso's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Nestlé Nespresso's score based on?
15 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
67% of them were published by Nestlé Nespresso itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scored on 11 April 2026 under an earlier version of our method. We're re-checking it under the current method.
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How does Nestlé Nespresso compare with other food & beverage (non-meat) companies?
Where Nestlé Nespresso sits among food & beverage (non-meat) peers.
Among the 51 major food & beverage (non-meat) brands we've scored, Nestlé Nespresso is tied =7th of 51, with 2 others.
Who scores higher in Food & Beverage (non-meat)?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Nestlé Nespresso.
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