Tyson Foods, Inc. sustainability score: 15/100
Tyson Foods is the world's largest meat processor, headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas. With 133,000 employees and $54.4 billion in FY2025 revenue, it produces beef, pork, and poultry for domestic and international markets.
More about Tyson Foods, Inc.
The company operates 239 facilities globally, making it a dominant actor in industrial animal agriculture and a major driver of deforestation and water pollution.
Founded 1935Head office Springdale, Arkansas, USStaff ~133,000 (2025)Revenue ~$54.4BWebsite ↗
Tyson Foods operates one of the largest meat-processing supply chains with minimal emissions reduction, severe water pollution, and documented greenwashing. Scope 3 emissions remain unquantified at scale, absolute emissions have risen despite 2030 targets, and the company agreed in November 2025 to stop making net-zero claims entirely.
Tyson Foods, Inc. scores 15/100 (Critical concern) 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 Tyson Foods, Inc. joint 927th of 934 companies scored, and 11th of 12 in Food & Beverage (meat/dairy).
What is Tyson Foods, Inc. doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Energy Source (5/10, 3/10). Weakest on Controversies & Red Flags and Emissions Trajectory (0/10, 1/10).
Where Tyson Foods, 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 operations5/10No full Scope 1 and 2 figures worked out to the GHG Protocol.
- Emissions from its supply chain2/10No 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 nature1/10No evidence it knows its main risks to nature.
- How it uses materials and handles waste3/10No active waste reduction, reuse or repair shown.
- Its effect on water1/10No figures for its water use.
- Its climate targets3/10No specific targets with dates.
- How openly it reports3/10No published sustainability data, or no one named as responsible for it.
- Its record on controversies0/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Tyson Foods, Inc.'s SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Tyson Foods, Inc.'s score based on?
16 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
13% of them were published by Tyson Foods, Inc. itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scored on 9 June 2026 under an earlier version of our method. We're re-checking it under the current method.
14 of 16 sources are independent of the company.
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How does Tyson Foods, Inc. compare with other food & beverage (meat/dairy) companies?
Where Tyson Foods, Inc. sits among food & beverage (meat/dairy) peers.
Among the 12 major food & beverage (meat/dairy) brands we've scored, Tyson Foods, Inc. sits 11th of 12.
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