Toby Carvery·Food Service / Restaurants·Birmingham, United Kingdom·Founded 1976·Last verified 31 May 2026
40
out of 100
Below expectationsPending Review

Toby Carvery's parent company M&B has SBTi-validated net zero targets and renewable electricity across its estate, but brand-level data is absent and supply chain emissions remain unquantified. The April 2025 illegal felling of a 500-year-old protected oak tree in Enfield—confirmed alive by Forestry Commission investigators—exposes failures in environmental governance and site management. Water strategy is missing entirely.

The calculation

Every score shows its working.

Same formula for every company. No curve. No private weighting.

SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale
Industry base impact
Food Service / Restaurants sector ceiling.
45 / 100
Performance score
Sum of the 10 rubric questions, scored 0–10 each.
41 / 100
Raw score
Weighted average before scale penalty.
(0.3 × 45) + (0.7 × 41) = 42.2
Scale penalty
Multiplier based on absolute emissions volume — physics-first.
× 0.95
Final score
Rounded. Below expectations.
40 / 100
The ten questions

Where Toby Carvery is strong, and where it isn't.

Strongest on Energy Source and Targets & Commitments (6/10, 6/10). Weakest on Water Impact and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (2/10, 2/10).

Where the evidence comes from

Every document used, listed.

12 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which rubric questions it informed.

[1]Self-reported
M&B Annual Report 2024 — Strategic Report
2024
Q1Q2Q3Q8Q9
View →
[2]Self-reported
M&B Sustainability — Respect for the Planet
Ongoing
Q1Q2Q4Q5Q6Q7Q8Q9
View →
[3]Third-party verified
Food Foundation — Mitchell & Butlers Scorecard 2021
2021
Q2Q7
View →
[4]Third-party verified
Geo Green Power — Mitchell & Butlers Case Study
Unknown
Q3Q4
View →
[5]Self-reported
M&B Investor News — SBTi Net Zero Validation
2024
Q3Q8
View →
[6]Self-reported
Toby Carvery Sustainability Page
Ongoing
Q6
View →
[7]Self-reported
Too Good To Go — Toby Carvery Press Release
Unknown
Q6
View →
[8]Self-reported
M&B Corporate Governance & Policy
Ongoing
Q9
View →
[9]Public record
Prism News — Forestry Commission Investigation Finds Toby Carvery Illegally Felled 500-Year Oak
2025
Q5Q10
View →
[10]Public record
GB News — Toby Carvery Tree Fell Enfield Boss Apology
2025
Q5Q10
View →
[11]Third-party verified
Verdantix Blog — Toby Carvery Oak Tree Fallout Environmental and Safety Functions
2025
Q10
View →
[12]Self-reported
M&B Careers and Jobs — Sustainability
Ongoing
Q2
View →

If you believe a source has been misread or a newer version exists, submit a challenge.

Toby Carvery in context

Where Toby Carvery sits among food service / restaurants peers.

Among the 46 major food service / restaurants brands we've scored, Toby Carvery is tied =12th of 46, with 1 other.

=12/46
Toby Carvery's rank
34
Industry average
19
Industry low
50
Industry high
How this score has moved

Toby Carvery's score over time.

today

Score history begins 9 April 2026.

As Toby Carvery's score updates, the trajectory will appear here.

We're backfilling historical scores for FTSE 100 and S&P 100 companies over the coming weeks.

What's being contested

This score is not currently being contested.

Every challenge is published. We'd rather be corrected than wrong — that's the whole point.

No challenges submitted yet. If you have evidence that contradicts this score, you can challenge any question above — cite a public source and we'll review it.

About Toby Carvery

Toby Carvery is a British carvery restaurant chain serving roast meat (beef, pork, chicken, turkey) across 153+ sites. Founded in 1976 and headquartered in Birmingham, it is owned by Mitchells & Butlers plc, a major hospitality group. The brand is positioned in the casual dining sector with a traditional family-oriented market.

Founded
1976
Headquarters
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Employees
~44,000 (Mitchells & Butlers group; Toby Carvery operates ~153 sites within the estate of ~1,726)
Annual revenue
~£2,610M (Mitchells & Butlers FY2024 group revenue; Toby Carvery is one brand within the group)
Company website ↗
Track Toby Carvery

We'll let you know when the score moves.

Email alerts when a rubric question is verified, a challenge is resolved, or the overall score changes.

THE SUNDAY RUNDOWN

Which companies moved this week, and why.

One email, every Sunday. Score changes, new research, the stories behind the numbers. Free.

No spam. Unsubscribe in one click.

HOW SINK STAYS INDEPENDENT

Readers and institutions support our work. Companies can pay to submit evidence we couldn't find. Neither type of payment changes a score.