History of the
Dirty dozen
The Dirty Dozen offenders list has barely budged since we first started our brand audits back in 2019, and worst of all, Coca-Cola has remained in the top spot. We’ve totted up the totals across our audits and shared the Dirty Dozen for each year below, with this year’s worst three highlighted in bold:
2019
Coca-Cola
PepsiCo
Mondelez
McDonalds
Nestlé
Suntory
Mars
AB InBev
Haribo
Heineken
3,098
2,058
1,360
1,196
1,098
938
808
763
740
592
2021
Coca-Cola
PepsiCo
AB InBev
McDonalds
Mondelez
Heineken
Tesco
Carlsberg Group
Suntory
Haribo
Mars
Aldi
1,566
895
832
530
474
413
378
339
334
280
266
219
2022
Coca-Cola
PepsiCo
McDonalds
AB InBev
Mondelez
Nestlé
Tesco
Red Bull
Suntory
Carlsberg Group
Heineken
Mars
2,137
1,103
927
725
599
367
351
297
278
251
247
229
2023
Coca-Cola
McDonalds
PepsiCo
Mondelez
AB InBev
Tesco
Haribo
Nestlé
Mars
Heineken
Carlsberg Group
Red Bull
1,820
1,220
976
777
628
408
389
381
303
294
260
227
Call them out:
Demand answers & action
Don’t let the #DirtyDozen hide their horrors behind greenwashing tactics, share the facts on social to get them to take responsibility for the mess their brands are leaving behind.
We’ve created a whole toolkit, tagging the worst offenders, to get their attention and let them know its time for them to step up and help #EndPlasticPollution! You can also email them directly, or write to your local MP with our handy letter generating tool.
