Tate & Lyle is a UK-listed food ingredients company producing sweeteners, starches, and functional ingredients from corn, stevia, citrus, and seaweed.
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Tate & Lyle reports comprehensive carbon data and holds SBTi 1.5°C targets, but Scope 1 emissions flatlined year-on-year and water-use intensity worsened. A Danish wastewater permit breach emerged. Supply-chain deforestation commitments lack independent verification.
Tate & Lyle scores 50/100 (Making progress) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Fees pay for the review, never the result. Last verified October 2026.
That places Tate & Lyle joint 149th of 847 companies scored, and joint 11th of 46 in Food & Beverage (non-meat).
Where Tate & Lyle sits among food & beverage (non-meat) peers.
Among the 46 major food & beverage (non-meat) brands we've scored, Tate & Lyle is tied =11th of 46, with 1 other.
Its three lowest-scoring questions, and what the evidence didn't show.
Water use 14.23 Mm³ in 2025, 2% below 2019 absolute but 6% higher intensity versus 15% reduction target by 2030.
Forest Positive Policy targets EUDR compliance by December 2026; SBTi no-deforestation commitment by December 2027—neither independently verified.
Scope 1 and 2 only 17% below 2019 versus 38% target for 2028.
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Get in touch →Strongest on Carbon Footprint — Operations and Carbon Footprint — Supply Chain (8/10, 8/10). Weakest on Water Impact and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (4/10, 5/10).
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Tate & Lyle.
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See the breakdown →The formula and all 19 sources.
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale19 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
14 of 19 sources are independent of the company.
“Scope 2 (indirect emissions from the energy we buy) (market-based) 86,345 161,797”
“publicly reported environmental data is audited by Tate & Lyle’s internal audit team and third-party”
“17% absolute reduction in Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions (target: 38% absolute reduction by 2028).”
“Enel will deliver approximately 256,000 megawatt hours of renewable electricity and renewable energy credits (RECs) from the Ranchland wind farm in Texas”
“a 63-turbine, 263-megawatt (MW) project paired with an 87-MWdc battery storage system”
“The 12-year PPA will deliver approximately 256,000 megawatts hours of renewable electricity and associated RECs annually”
“Our Forest Positive Policy is our blueprint to achieving a deforestation-free supply chain for our”
“In 2025, emissions from the 4,000 acres enrolled in the programme were 19% lower than the regional average for the year.”
“Tate & Lyle and its partners will use Regrow’s AI-driven software platform to quantify environmental impacts and monitor trends in participating farms.”
“CP Kelcos miljøtilladelse er fra 2003 og er ikke blevet revurderet siden.”
“Reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 63% by the year ended 31 March 2036 from a base year ended 31 March 2022”
“it has earned an A rating from CDP for supplier engagement and has been named in CDP’s 2023 Supplier Engagement Rating Leaderboard”
“Together these eight sites account for 76% of Tate & Lyle’s water usage.”
“These targets replace Tate & Lyle’s previously SBTi-validated science-based GHG emissions targets.”
“its greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for 2030 have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).”
“Tate & Lyle is in talks with US ingredients giant Ingredion over a possible £2.7bn takeover”
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Tate & Lyle is a UK-listed food ingredients company producing sweeteners, starches, and functional ingredients from corn, stevia, citrus, and seaweed. Headquartered in London, it has ~4,875 employees and generated £2.0bn revenue in FY2026. It has agreed to be acquired by Ingredion (2026).
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