History of the
Parent Companies
The parent companies offenders list has barely budged since we first started our brand audits back in 2019, and worst of all, The Coca-Cola Company has remained in the top spot. We’ve totted up the totals across our audits and shared the worst for each year below, with this year’s worst three highlighted in bold:
2025
The Coca-Cola Company
PepsiCo
McDonald’s Corporation
Mondelez International
Red Bull GmbH
Anheuser-Busch InBev
Heineken N.V.
Mars Incorporated
Tesco PLC
Suntory Holdings
Haribo GmbH & Co. KG
AG Barr plc
5,414
2,628
2,613
2,586
1,899
1,614
1,012
925
856
855
768
625
2024
The Coca-Cola Company
Mondelez International
PepsiCo
McDonald’s Corporation
Anheuser-Busch InBev
Red Bull GmbH
Mars Incorporated
Heineken N.V.
Haribo GmbH & Co. KG
Tesco PLC
Suntory Holdings
Nestlé
3,477
2,057
1,844
1,768
1,330
1,021
847
720
699
667
556
528
2023
The Coca-Cola Company
McDonald’s Corporation
PepsiCo
Mondelez International
Anheuser-Busch InBev
Tesco PLC
Haribo GmbH & Co. KG
Nestlé
Mars Incorporated
Heineken N.V.
Carlsberg Group
Red Bull GmbH
1,820
1,220
976
777
628
408
389
381
303
294
260
227
2022
The Coca-Cola Company
PepsiCo
McDonald’s Corporation
Anheuser-Busch InBev
Mondelez International
Nestlé
Tesco PLC
Red Bull GmbH
Suntory Holdings
Carlsberg Group
Heineken N.V.
Mars Incorporated
2,137
1,103
927
725
599
367
351
297
278
251
247
229
2021
The Coca-Cola Company
PepsiCo
Anheuser-Busch InBev
McDonald’s Corporation
Mondelez International
Heineken N.V
Tesco PLC
Carlsberg Group
Suntory Holdings
Haribo GmbH & Co. KG
Mars Incorporated
Aldi Stores Limited
1,566
895
832
530
474
413
378
339
334
280
266
219
2019
The Coca-Cola Company
PepsiCo
Mondelez International
McDonald’s Corporation
Nestlé
Suntory Holdings
Mars Incorporated
Anheuser-Busch InBev
Haribo GmbH & Co. KG
Heineken N.V.
3,098
2,058
1,360
1,196
1,098
938
808
763
740
592
How you can take action
in 3 simple steps:
Big Brands are fuelling the plastic crisis; they’ve broken promises, greenwashed consumers, and derailed vital legislation.
To show big brands the power of reuse as an effective instrument for positive change, Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) are bringing back #ReturnToOffender! One of SAS’s original plastic pollution campaign actions. We’re turn up the heat on the UK’s top polluting brands and tell the government it’s time to crack down on those profiting from pollution.
