The Coca-Cola Company is the world's largest beverage manufacturer, producing soft drinks, juices, water, and sports drinks sold in over 200 countries.
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Coca-Cola is off-track on emissions, plastic use is rising, and targets are weakening. The company shifted carbon baselines to obscure progress, dropped agricultural sustainability goals, weakened packaging targets in December 2024, and faces active greenwashing litigation. Water replenishment is a genuine strength; everything else reflects deterioration.
The Coca-Cola Company scores 27/100 (Significant gaps) 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 The Coca-Cola Company joint 683rd of 847 companies scored, and 45th of 46 in Food & Beverage (non-meat).
Where The Coca-Cola Company sits among food & beverage (non-meat) peers.
Among the 46 major food & beverage (non-meat) brands we've scored, The Coca-Cola Company sits 45th of 46.
Its three lowest-scoring questions, and what the evidence didn't show.
System manufacturing emissions declined only 8% versus 2015 baseline, far short of 25% by 2030 target.
No TNFD disclosure.
Plastic packaging increased to 3.61 million tonnes in 2024, up 4.6% from 2023 and 21% since 2019.
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Get in touch →Strongest on Carbon Footprint — Operations and Water Impact (7/10, 6/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (2/10, 3/10).
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SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale12 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
8 of 12 sources are independent of the company.
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The Coca-Cola Company is the world's largest beverage manufacturer, producing soft drinks, juices, water, and sports drinks sold in over 200 countries. Founded in Atlanta in 1886, it operates through a global network of owned facilities and independent bottling partners, employing 69,700 people and generating $47.1 billion in FY2024 revenue.
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