The Procter & Gamble Company sustainability score: 26/100
Procter & Gamble is a Cincinnati-based multinational FMCG company manufacturing household, personal care, and health products including diapers, toilet paper, shampoo, and detergents. With $84.3bn revenue and 105,000 employees, P&G is among the world's largest consumer goods manufacturers, selling through supermarkets and retailers globally.
Founded 1837Head office Cincinnati, Ohio, United StatesStaff ~105,000 (2016)Revenue $84.3B (FY2025)Website ↗
P&G achieves strong operational emissions reductions but masks a fundamentally unaligned business model. Scope 3 emissions rising 22.7% annually puts the company on a +3°C trajectory. Five active greenwashing lawsuits, NRDC SEC complaint, and documented boreal forest degradation reveal systematic misleading of investors on core sustainability claims.
The Procter & Gamble Company scores 26/100 (Significant gaps) 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 The Procter & Gamble Company joint 787th of 934 companies scored, and 43rd of 45 in FMCG / Consumer Goods.
What is The Procter & Gamble Company doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Energy Source (8/10, 8/10). Weakest on Nature & Biodiversity Impact and Controversies & Red Flags (2/10, 3/10).
Where The Procter & Gamble Company 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 chain4/10Most of its supply-chain (Scope 3) emissions aren't measured.
- 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 nature2/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- 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 targets5/10Its 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 controversies3/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is The Procter & Gamble Company's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is The Procter & Gamble Company's score based on?
17 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
41% of them were published by The Procter & Gamble Company itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scored on 4 April 2026 under an earlier version of our method. We're re-checking it under the current method.
10 of 17 sources are independent of the company.
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How does The Procter & Gamble Company compare with other fmcg / consumer goods companies?
Where The Procter & Gamble Company sits among fmcg / consumer goods peers.
Among the 45 major fmcg / consumer goods brands we've scored, The Procter & Gamble Company sits 43rd of 45.
Who scores higher in FMCG / Consumer Goods?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above The Procter & Gamble Company.
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