PepsiCo is a multinational food and beverage corporation headquartered in Purchase, New York, operating in soft drinks, juices, snacks, and agriculture.
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PepsiCo reports 8% absolute emissions reductions and 96% renewable electricity, but masks slow progress with accounting instruments. It ranks among top global plastic polluters, weakened packaging targets, and missed deforestation goals. Governance is structured, but misaligned trade associations and unverified pay-performance linkage limit accountability.
PepsiCo, Inc. scores 34/100 (Below expectations) 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 PepsiCo, Inc. joint 505th of 847 companies scored, and joint 39th of 46 in Food & Beverage (non-meat).
Where PepsiCo, Inc. sits among food & beverage (non-meat) peers.
Among the 46 major food & beverage (non-meat) brands we've scored, PepsiCo, Inc. is tied =39th of 46, with 1 other.
Its three lowest-scoring questions, and what the evidence didn't show.
No TNFD-aligned report or systematic assessment found.
The full reasoning is in the ten questions below.
Member of NAM, US Chamber, Business Roundtable with no published alignment review.
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See the breakdown →PepsiCo, Inc.'s score has been reviewed 2 times and currently stands where it started, at 34.
Fortune 50 re-score (owner-approved batch 3, 2026-10-19)
Initial score at platform launch
The formula and all 20 sources.
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale20 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
16 of 20 sources are independent of the company.
“Scope 1 Physical 3,288,547* 3,360,513 3,483,317”
“Apex Companies, LLC (Apex) was engaged to conduct an independent verification of the greenhouse gas (GHG)”
“PepsiCo has collaborated with fertilizer company Yara International to work with approximately 1,000 farms”
“Planet Tracker reports that Scope 3 emissions account for 90% of PepsiCo's overall emissions”
“Achieve 100% renewable electricity in company-owned”
“The company is also sunsetting its reuse target”
“PepsiCo and Nestlé have been among the top four global plastic polluters”
“their misrepresentations to the public surrounding the recyclability of plastic beverage containers”
“it reached a goal to completely replenish all the water it used at company-owned facilities located in high-risk watersheds”
“allegedly resulting in plastic pollution in certain areas”
“it is not performing a systematic”
“PepsiCo remains a member of several powerful groups largely opposed to US climate policy”
“unless future emissions are mitigated, PepsiCo will miss its science-based targets (SBTs) by 58%”
“We received 14 grievances in 2025, with most related to agricultural supply chains in Southeast Asia.”
“PepsiCo aims to cut its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 50% by 2030, using 2022 as the new baseline.”
“accusing them of polluting the most populous U.S. county with plastic bottles and misleading the public”
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PepsiCo is a multinational food and beverage corporation headquartered in Purchase, New York, operating in soft drinks, juices, snacks, and agriculture. With $93.9bn in FY2025 revenue and ~306,000 employees, it is a major player in packaged consumer goods. The company operates globally through owned and franchised operations.
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