General Mills is a Minneapolis-based food manufacturer and packaged goods company founded in 1866, generating $19 billion in annual revenue.
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General Mills reports comprehensively on Scope 1 and 2 emissions with third-party verification and has nearly reached 100% renewable electricity. But Scope 3 dominates its footprint and transparency here collapses: no published FLAG baseline, no pesticide monitoring among regenerative suppliers, and a stalled packaging recycling rate. The company is on track for near-term SBTi targets but the hardest work—agricultural emissions reduction—remains largely unverified.
General Mills scores 42/100 (Below expectations) 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 General Mills joint 317th of 847 companies scored, and joint 13th of 45 in FMCG / Consumer Goods.
Where General Mills sits among fmcg / consumer goods peers.
Among the 45 major fmcg / consumer goods brands we've scored, General Mills is tied =13th of 45, with 3 others.
Its three lowest-scoring questions, and what the evidence didn't show.
However, no FLAG-specific baseline or supplier coverage rates published, preventing verification of largest emissions component.
No Deforestation commitment for palm, cocoa, fiber (December 2025 target).
No independently verified watershed-level outcomes or updated absolute figures published in accessible form.
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SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale14 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
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General Mills is a Minneapolis-based food manufacturer and packaged goods company founded in 1866, generating $19 billion in annual revenue. It operates globally across cereals, snacks, pet food, and yogurt. The company sits in the mid-tier of large FMCG peers on climate transparency but faces typical food sector challenges: supply chain emissions dependency and land-use accountability gaps.
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