Pukka Herbs is a UK-based organic herbal tea and supplement company founded in 2001, headquartered in Bristol.
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Pukka built strong sustainability credentials through 2022—SBTi targets, organic/FairWild certification, renewable energy PPAs, and award-winning reporting. Since 2024 integration into Lipton Teas & Infusions (CVC-owned), independent disclosure has ceased, B Corp status lost, and net zero target pushed to 2039. Current data is over 2 years old.
Pukka Herbs scores 54/100 (Making progress) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Fees pay for the review, never the result. Last verified May 2026.
That places Pukka Herbs joint 64th of 847 companies scored, and joint 5th of 46 in Food & Beverage (non-meat).
Where Pukka Herbs sits among food & beverage (non-meat) peers.
Among the 46 major food & beverage (non-meat) brands we've scored, Pukka Herbs is tied =5th of 46, with 1 other.
Its three lowest-scoring questions, and what the evidence didn't show.
No water consumption data, footprint, or discharge metrics published for operations or supply chain.
No recent trajectory data available.
Post-Lipton 2024 integration: Bristol staff redundant, no 2023/2024 report published, independent reporting capacity lost.
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SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale16 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
11 of 16 sources are independent of the company.
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Pukka Herbs is a UK-based organic herbal tea and supplement company founded in 2001, headquartered in Bristol. It specialises in sustainably sourced, certified organic botanicals sold globally. Acquired by CVC Capital Partners in 2022 and integrated into Lipton Teas & Infusions in 2024.
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