Red Bull sustainability score: 32/100
Red Bull GmbH is an Austrian-headquartered beverage company founded in 1987, now operating globally with ~€11.2B revenue and 20,000 employees. It manufactures energy drinks in 178 countries, with a supply chain spanning aluminium procurement, sugar sourcing, and Formula 1 motorsport sponsorship.
More about Red Bull
The company is privately held.
Founded 1987Head office Santa Monica, United StatesStaff ~19,973Revenue ~€11.2BWebsite ↗
Red Bull has no quantified emissions data, no supply chain transparency, and growing production volumes with zero evidence of absolute emissions decline. Its claims on renewable energy (80%) and aluminium recycling lack verification. A 2025 water controversy in Germany and documented litter problems expose operational and end-of-life weaknesses.
Red Bull scores 32/100 (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 May 2026.
That places Red Bull joint 620th of 934 companies scored, and joint 46th of 51 in Food & Beverage (non-meat).
What is Red Bull doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Resource Use & Waste (6/10, 4/10). Weakest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (1/10, 1/10).
Where Red Bull lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
- Emissions from its own operations1/10No emissions figures for its own operations, not even an estimate from energy bills.
- Emissions from its supply chain1/10No assessment of where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are falling1/10No evidence its emissions are falling, not even from energy bills or mileage.
- How clean its energy is3/10No renewable energy tariff or major efficiency investment shown.
- Its effect on nature3/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles waste4/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water2/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets4/10Its targets aren't science-based or committed to the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports2/10No published sustainability data, or no one named as responsible for it.
- Its record on controversies6/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Red Bull's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Red Bull's score based on?
8 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
25% of them were published by Red Bull 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 Red Bull compare with other food & beverage (non-meat) companies?
Where Red Bull sits among food & beverage (non-meat) peers.
Among the 51 major food & beverage (non-meat) brands we've scored, Red Bull is tied =46th of 51, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Food & Beverage (non-meat)?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Red Bull.
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