Whole Foods Market is a US-based natural and organic grocery retailer founded in 1976, headquartered in Austin, Texas.
Is this your business? Add your evidence →
Whole Foods Market publishes no quantified emissions data despite operating 500+ energy-intensive stores with massive supply chain footprint. Parent Amazon's emissions rose 6% in 2024 and 162% since its Climate Pledge. The company leads US grocers on biodiversity and waste diversion but lacks science-based climate targets, water disclosure, and standalone accountability.
Whole Foods Market scores 31/100 (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 Whole Foods Market joint 588th of 847 companies scored, and joint 37th of 48 in Retail (non-fashion).
Where Whole Foods Market sits among retail (non-fashion) peers.
Among the 48 major retail (non-fashion) brands we've scored, Whole Foods Market is tied =37th of 48, with 1 other.
Its three lowest-scoring questions, and what the evidence didn't show.
No WFM-specific emissions trend exists.
Whole Foods publishes no quantified Scope 1 or 2 emissions despite operating 500+ stores with significant refrigeration and energy needs.
Pilots exist with shrimp and dairy suppliers and HowGood partnership, but no aggregate figures disclosed.
A score changes when the evidence does. We use new published evidence at the next rescore. Evidence that isn't public can count through an evidence review.
Use this score in tenders
Send the link, or the one-page score sheet. It links back to this page and every source. Free.
Open the score sheet →Add your evidence, £99
Scored low because little is published? Send us your evidence. A person reviews it and your score reflects what you really do. Done within 5 working days.
Evidence review →Go tender-ready, £495 a year
A yearly rescore, a check of up to 25 key suppliers and a score badge for your website (coming soon).
Get in touch →Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (8/10, 6/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Carbon Footprint — Operations (1/10, 2/10).
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Whole Foods Market.
Card Factory operates 1,090 stores with minimal disclosed environmental performance.
See the breakdown →JD Sports discloses climate data and holds SBTi-validated near-term targets, but absolute operational emissions are rising 30-63% since 2021 as store count expands.
See the breakdown →Target cut market-based Scope 1 and 2 emissions 67.9% from 2017, mostly through renewable electricity certificates, but Scope 3 fell only from 59.6 to 55.7 Mt and its assurance covers only business air travel.
See the breakdown →The formula and all 14 sources.
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
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.
8 of 14 sources are independent of the company.
If you believe a source has been misread or a newer version exists, submit a challenge.
Whole Foods Market is a US-based natural and organic grocery retailer founded in 1976, headquartered in Austin, Texas. Operating 500+ stores with 91,000 employees, it is the largest natural foods supermarket chain. Acquired by Amazon in 2017, WFM operates as a subsidiary within Amazon's consolidated reporting structure, limiting public environmental transparency at the store-level operations scale.
One email, every Sunday. Score changes, new research, the stories behind the numbers. Free.
No spam. Unsubscribe in one click.
Checking a company?
Search free →Asked to prove you're sustainable?
Get your business scored, free →Been scored?
See what's behind your number →Fees pay for the review, never the result.