Nomad Foods sustainability score: 44/100
Better than 57% of Food & Beverage (non-meat)
Making progress starts at 46. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Limited independent evidence: only two independent sources cover this company. The score may change as more evidence appears.
Nomad Foods makes frozen food, including fish, vegetables, chicken, ready meals, pizza and ice cream, sold mainly through large grocery retailers under brands such as Birds Eye, Findus and iglo. Fish products such as fish fingers are its largest source of revenue.
More about Nomad Foods
Nomad Foods Limited was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands in 2014 as Nomad Holdings Limited, and its head office is in Woking. It had about 7,752 employees at 31 December 2025 and €3,032.5 million revenue in 2025.
Founded 2014Head office Woking, United KingdomStaff ~7,752 (31 December 2025, year-end)Revenue ~€3.03B revenue (€3,032.5M, 2025)Website ↗
Nomad Foods' footprint was 1,758,628 tCO2e in 2025 across all three scopes, up from 1,619,605 t in 2023, partly because it changed emission factors; it is still below its 2019 baseline of 2,074,684 t. Most of it, 1,353,130 t, comes from the goods it buys. 94.7% of its bought electricity is renewable, mainly through certificates, and most of its heat comes from natural gas. Its SBTi-validated targets are absolute: Scope 1 and 2 down 74.8% by 2033 from 2019, and net zero by 2050. An outside firm gave reasonable assurance on its factory and logistics emissions, but only 35.0% of its suppliers by emissions have validated targets, against a commitment of 75% by 2025.
Nomad Foods scores 44/100 (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 Nomad Foods joint 311th of 1,043 companies scored, and joint 17th of 54 in Food & Beverage (non-meat).
What is Nomad Foods doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Targets & Commitments (8/10, 8/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Energy Source (0/10, 4/10).
Where Nomad Foods 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
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow its emissions are falling.
- How clean its energy isShow at least half its energy is renewable, with a transition plan.
- Its effect on natureMeasure its effect on nature and have it independently verified.
Every question that lost points
- 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 falling0/10No evidence its emissions are falling.
- How clean its energy is4/10Less 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 waste5/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water5/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets8/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports7/10No mission-locked structure, such as B Corp certification.
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How is Nomad Foods's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Nomad Foods's score based on?
10 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
40% of them were published by Nomad Foods itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“GUTcert confirms the reported total 338,687t CO2eq emissions (market-based) with a reasonable assurance”
“97% of sourced vegetables, potatoes, fruit and fresh herbs receiving a score of silver or gold on the SAI Farm Sustainability Assessment (FSA)”
“These products were the largest contributor to our revenues in 2025, 2024 and 2023.”
“Nomad Foods Ltd (Nomad Foods) has a Net Maturity Score of 26/100, placing it in the third quartile of the index.”
“This company received a score of 19.6/100.”
“intends to reduce Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 90% by 2050, from a 2019 base year.”
“absolute greenhouse gas emissions across its legacy business down 41.1 per cent against a 2019 baseline”
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How does Nomad Foods compare with other food & beverage (non-meat) companies?
Where Nomad Foods sits among food & beverage (non-meat) peers.
Among the 54 major food & beverage (non-meat) brands we've scored, Nomad Foods is tied =17th of 54, with 7 others.
Who scores higher in Food & Beverage (non-meat)?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Nomad Foods.
CCEP's Scope 1, 2 and 3 targets are SBTi-validated and its emissions data carries EY limited assurance.
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