Consumer Goods • North America

Yum! Brands

HEADQUARTERS: Louisville, United States • FOUNDED: 1997

DESTRUCTION SCORE 88/100

Corporative Audit Overview

A dominant force in the Consumer Goods sector, Yum! Brands maintains a complex global operation spanning North America. Recent environmental audits highlight significant ecological challenges resulting from their industrial output and resource extraction methods.

Carbon tracked (CO2) 139 Mt 90 Mt Scope 1/2

Deforestation Index 711 HA Primary forest cleared

Litigated Infractions 1498 Incidents $833.3M Paid Fines

Climate Lobbying $836.7M Emission opposition focused

Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits

2022 Deforestation Sourcing Link

Supply chain investigations traced raw material purchases back to unpermitted logging of protected primary forest blocks in South America.

2024 Herbicide & Pesticide Runoff

Massive agro-chemical runoff from intensive commercial monoculture farms led to severe eutrophication and toxic algae blooms in freshwater lakes.

Live Sensor Logging Watch

ANOMALY Forest Canopy Loss Alert

Global Forest Watch satellite imagery flagged 190 hectares of unpermitted canopy clearing near Yum! Brands contract supply boundary in India.

2024-05-12

ENFORCEMENT Shipment Suspension Threat

China consumer protection agency threatened to halt commercial shipments due to failure to produce verified deforestation-free certificates.

2024-03-28

DATA_SYNC Forest Degradation Sync

Added 819 hectares of verified, satellite-tracked canopy degradation to Yum! Brands's profile index.

2024-01-15

PROBE Peatland Burning Probe

Civil society groups initiated on-the-ground investigations into slash-and-burn practices by certified palm oil and agricultural suppliers.

2023-11-20

Executive Directors

Michael Rodriguez

Chief Executive

Michael Garcia

Head of ESG Strategy

Sub-brands & Subsidiaries

Yum! Brands Consumer Goods Dynamics Global Resource Systems Bio-Tech Logistics