Wildtype

Does the core business genuinely avoid or reduce emissions, or build climate resilience? Share of revenue that is actually 'green'. Fossil-dependent models score low.

Cultivated salmon theoretically avoids wild-catch depletion and open-ocean aquaculture pollution, but no published independent LCA exists for Wildtype specifically, and sector-level research warns that bioreactor energy use for cooling could negate emissions gains versus conventional farmed salmon unless the facility runs on clean electricity.

Credible, science-based targets (SBTi), a real net-zero plan with progress to date, and CDP disclosure — not just a dated press release.

No SBTi commitment, no CDP disclosure, and no publicly stated net-zero or near-term science-based emissions target found for Wildtype; the company makes sustainability claims in marketing but has disclosed no quantified, time-bound reduction targets.

Operational footprint, labour and social practices, and governance quality across the company's own operations and supply chain.

Wildtype is a small pre-revenue-scale startup (~81 employees) with no published sustainability report, no disclosed supply-chain labour standards, no board-level ESG governance documentation, and no third-party social audit; the cell-culture process avoids fishery bycatch and antibiotic use but operational environmental footprint data is absent.

Quality of disclosure, independent third-party verification, and how much hard data backs the company's claims.

No independent LCA, no sustainability report, no CDP filing, and no third-party verified emissions data have been identified; the company's climate claims are marketing-grade rather than disclosure-grade, and GFI has noted that no robust environmental assessments comparing alternative seafood to conventional counterparts had been published as of the most recent sector review.

Controversies, litigation, pollution, fossil-fuel lobbying, conflict-zone involvement and governance scandals. Higher means cleaner.

No pollution incidents, financial fraud, or governance scandals found; Wildtype has actively opposed state bans on cultivated meat through public testimony and litigation, which reflects advocacy consistent with its mission rather than misconduct, though heavy reliance on litigation to access markets is a business-continuity risk.