PepsiCo, Inc. sustainability score: 34/100
PepsiCo is a multinational food and beverage corporation headquartered in Purchase, New York, operating in soft drinks, juices, snacks, and agriculture. With $93.9bn in FY2025 revenue and ~306,000 employees, it is a major player in packaged consumer goods.
More about PepsiCo, Inc.
The company operates globally through owned and franchised operations.
Founded 1919Head office Purchase, New York, United StatesStaff ~306,000 (FY2025)Revenue $93,925M revenues (FY2025)Website ↗
PepsiCo reports 8% absolute emissions reductions and 96% renewable electricity, but masks slow progress with accounting instruments. It ranks among top global plastic polluters, weakened packaging targets, and missed deforestation goals. Governance is structured, but misaligned trade associations and unverified pay-performance linkage limit accountability.
PepsiCo, Inc. scores 34/100 (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 PepsiCo, Inc. joint 565th of 934 companies scored, and joint 42nd of 51 in Food & Beverage (non-meat).
What is PepsiCo, Inc. doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (8/10, 8/10). Weakest on Nature & Biodiversity Impact and Resource Use & Waste (4/10, 4/10).
Where PepsiCo, Inc. 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 chain8/10Its Scope 3 emissions aren't fully verified or falling year on year.
- Whether its emissions are falling6/10No consistent fall over several years across its operations and supply chain.
- How clean its energy is6/10Less than 90% of its energy shown to be renewable.
- Its effect on nature4/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste4/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water7/10No water stewardship programme or verified fall in water use.
- Its climate targets6/10Its targets aren't validated by the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports7/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
- Its record on controversies4/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is PepsiCo, Inc.'s SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas PepsiCo, Inc.'s score changed?
PepsiCo, Inc.'s score has been reviewed 2 times and currently stands where it started, at 34.
- 34 → 3419 October 2026
Fortune 50 re-score (owner-approved batch 3, 2026-10-19)
- Scored 348 February 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is PepsiCo, Inc.'s score based on?
20 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
20% of them were published by PepsiCo, Inc. itself; the rest come from independent sources.
16 of 20 sources are independent of the company.
“Scope 1 Physical 3,288,547* 3,360,513 3,483,317”
“Apex Companies, LLC (Apex) was engaged to conduct an independent verification of the greenhouse gas (GHG)”
“PepsiCo has collaborated with fertilizer company Yara International to work with approximately 1,000 farms”
“Planet Tracker reports that Scope 3 emissions account for 90% of PepsiCo's overall emissions”
“Achieve 100% renewable electricity in company-owned”
“The company is also sunsetting its reuse target”
“PepsiCo and Nestlé have been among the top four global plastic polluters”
“their misrepresentations to the public surrounding the recyclability of plastic beverage containers”
“it reached a goal to completely replenish all the water it used at company-owned facilities located in high-risk watersheds”
“allegedly resulting in plastic pollution in certain areas”
“it is not performing a systematic”
“PepsiCo remains a member of several powerful groups largely opposed to US climate policy”
“unless future emissions are mitigated, PepsiCo will miss its science-based targets (SBTs) by 58%”
“We received 14 grievances in 2025, with most related to agricultural supply chains in Southeast Asia.”
“PepsiCo aims to cut its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 50% by 2030, using 2022 as the new baseline.”
“accusing them of polluting the most populous U.S. county with plastic bottles and misleading the public”
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How does PepsiCo, Inc. compare with other food & beverage (non-meat) companies?
Where PepsiCo, Inc. sits among food & beverage (non-meat) peers.
Among the 51 major food & beverage (non-meat) brands we've scored, PepsiCo, Inc. is tied =42nd of 51, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Food & Beverage (non-meat)?
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