Tim Hortons is a Canadian quick-service restaurant chain founded in 1964, headquartered in Oakville.
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Tim Hortons hides behind parent company RBI's consolidated reporting, obscuring brand-level emissions accountability across 6,043 restaurants. Plastic waste remains a critical failure: Greenpeace named it Canada's second-largest plastic polluter, while recycling claims have been exposed as greenwashing. Water footprint is entirely unreported despite serving 5M+ daily cups.
Tim Hortons scores 28/100 (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 Tim Hortons joint 658th of 847 companies scored, and joint 35th of 49 in Food Service / Restaurants.
Where Tim Hortons sits among food service / restaurants peers.
Among the 49 major food service / restaurants brands we've scored, Tim Hortons is tied =35th of 49, with 3 others.
Its three lowest-scoring questions, and what the evidence didn't show.
No current water footprint data published for Tim Hortons or RBI.
RBI reports consolidated Scope 1 & 2 emissions across four brands via GHG Protocol but does not break out Tim Hortons' operational footprint.
RBI achieved 3.7% Scope 3 reduction versus 2022 baseline but targets are intensity-based (per revenue), not absolute.
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Get in touch →Strongest on Targets & Commitments and Transparency & Accountability (5/10, 5/10). Weakest on Water Impact and Carbon Footprint — Operations (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.
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Tim Hortons is a Canadian quick-service restaurant chain founded in 1964, headquartered in Oakville. It operates 6,043 restaurants globally, primarily in North America, serving coffee, donuts, and fast-food items. It is owned by Restaurant Brands International, which also operates Burger King, Popeyes, and Firehouse Subs.
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