Superdrug Stores plc is a UK health and beauty retailer selling own-brand and third-party cosmetics, toiletries and pharmacy products, headquartered in Croydon.
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Superdrug reports Scope 1 and 2 under the GHG Protocol in its filed accounts, but its Scope 3 covers only logistics and business travel; purchased goods, the dominant footprint for a £1.7bn health and beauty retailer, are not quantified, so the Scope 3 completeness cap applies. Scope 1 rose in 2025 and is well behind its 2030 target. No water figures were found, and Good On You rates it ‘Not good enough’.
Superdrug Stores scores 33/100 (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 Superdrug Stores joint 539th of 847 companies scored, and joint 32nd of 48 in Retail (non-fashion).
Where Superdrug Stores sits among retail (non-fashion) peers.
Among the 48 major retail (non-fashion) brands we've scored, Superdrug Stores is tied =32nd of 48, with 1 other.
Its three lowest-scoring questions, and what the evidence didn't show.
Superdrug reports only logistics and business travel (714 tCO2e, 2025); purchased goods and services omitted.
No water consumption figure or target in filed 2025 accounts.
Good On You finds only medium RSPO-certified palm oil.
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See the breakdown →Superdrug Stores's score has moved from 39 to 33 across 2 recorded reviews, down 6 points.
correction: re-sourced 2026-10-17 (live records failing current gates). Re-scored under v2.5.14 from Companies House filings and independent press; reported Scope 3 is partial, so the Scope 3 completeness cap applies (owner sign-off 2026-10-17).
Initial score at platform launch
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SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale8 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
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“An operational control approach has been used in order to define the Company's organisational boundary.”
“The Company has employed the service of a specialist external advisor to quantify the Greenhouse Gas”
“A medium proportion of its palm oil is RSPO-certified.”
“the average number of people employed by Superdrug increased from 13,430 to 13,845”
“our partnership with TerraCycle, which allows customers to recycle their empty medicine blister packs at our pharmacies”
“first health and beauty retailer in the UK to join the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment”
“signed the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment in 2020”
“Full accounts made up to 27 December 2025”
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Superdrug Stores plc is a UK health and beauty retailer selling own-brand and third-party cosmetics, toiletries and pharmacy products, headquartered in Croydon. Revenue was £1,719.8m in 2025, with an average of 15,037 employees. Its ultimate parent is CK Hutchison Holdings, through A.S. Watson.
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