Yum China Holdings | Sustainability & Chart

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Basic information on Yum China Holdings

Location: United States

Industry: Accommodation & Food Services

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Description Yum China Holdings

Yum China Holdings, Inc. operates as a licensee of Yum! Brands in mainland China. It manages restaurants under the brands KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell, among others. The company is one of the largest restaurant companies in China, focusing on fast food and quick-service eateries.

Yum China Holdings Sustainability Performance

Climate

32%

Renewable Energy

Yum China Holdings obtains 1,8% of its energy from renewable energies. Target value per method: min. 100%

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Yum China Holdings emits 1,7 times its CO₂ budget of 1 million tons of CO₂ equivalent. Target value per method: max. 100% of CO₂ budget

Supply Chain

Taking into account the entire supply chain, Yum China Holdings emits 8,5 times its CO₂ budget of 1 million tons of CO₂ equivalent. Target value per method: max. 100% of CO₂ budget

Recycling and Recovery of Waste

Yum China Holdings recycles 39,9% of its waste. Target value per method: min. 75%

Society

50%

Union Formation and Collective Bargaining Power

No data available for Yum China Holdings. Target value per method: min. 80%

CEO Pay Ratio

CEO Joey Wat earns 2 150 times the median salary of employees. Target value per method: max. 30 times

Employee Turnover Rate

Yum China Holdings has an employee turnover rate of 7,8%. Target value per method: max. 10%

Harassment and Discrimination at the Workplace

Yum China Holdings meets 4 quality criteria for handling harassment and discrimination at the workplace. Target value per method: 4 quality criteria

Gender

66%

Women on Board

Yum China Holdings has 31,8% women across its top leadership and supervisory bodies. Target value per method: min. 40%

Gender Pay Gap

No data available for Yum China Holdings. Target value per method: max. 3%

Women in Management

Yum China Holdings employs 51% female managers. Target value per method: min. 40%

Glass Ceiling

The proportion of women in senior management at Yum China Holdings is 73,9% of the proportion of women in the overall workforce. Target value per method: min. 90%

Sustainable [100]

Almost sustainable [67-99]

Moderate [34-66]

Not sustainable [0-33]

No data

Renewable Energy

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Supply Chain

Waste Recycling

Sustainable [100]

Almost sustainable [67-99]

Moderate [34-66]

Not sustainable [0-33]

No data

We measure the sustainability of companies based on 12 criteria.Indicators range from 0 to 100: values from 0 to 33 are shown in red (“not sustainable”), values from 34 to 66 in yellow (“moderate”), values from 67 to 99 in light green (“almost sustainable”), and a value of 100 in green (“sustainable”). Learn more about our method.

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Sources of sustainability performance

Metric	Value	Unit	Year	PDF Name	PDF Page
CEO Pay Ratio
CEO-to-median-salary-ratio	2 150	Ratio	2025	sec-def-14a-2025-remuneration-report.pdf	95
CEO name	Joey Wat		2025	sec-def-14a-2025-remuneration-report.pdf	52
Employee Turnover Rate
Employee turnover	7,8	%	2025	Yum China 2025 Sustainability Report.pdf	52
Glass Ceiling
Women in management	51	%	2025	Yum China 2025 Sustainability Report.pdf	44
Women in workforce	69	%	2025	Yum China 2025 Sustainability Report.pdf	44
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Scope 2 emissions, location based	2 091 079	tCO2e	2025	Yum China 2025 Sustainability Report.pdf	44
Number of employees	290 000	person	2025	Yum China 2025 Sustainability Report.pdf	44
Scope 1 emissions	275 017	tCO2e	2025	Yum China 2025 Sustainability Report.pdf	44
Harassment and Discrimination at the Workplace
Anti-discrimination policy	Yes		2025	sec-10-k-2025-annual-report.pdf	19
Confidentiality mechanisms	Yes		2025	Yum China 2025 Sustainability Report.pdf	9
Retaliation safeguards	Yes		2025	YUMC - Code of Conduct(English) _Edition_20240829.pdf	8
Incident notification mechanism	Yes		2025	Yum China 2025 Sustainability Report.pdf	9
Renewable Energy
Total energy consumption	3 923 796	MWh	2025	Yum China 2025 Sustainability Report.pdf	44
Total renewable energy consumption	69 961	MWh	2025	Yum China 2025 Sustainability Report.pdf	44
Supply Chain
Scope 2 emissions, location based	2 091 079	tCO2e	2025	Yum China 2025 Sustainability Report.pdf	44
Number of employees	290 000	person	2025	Yum China 2025 Sustainability Report.pdf	44
Scope 1 emissions	275 017	tCO2e	2025	Yum China 2025 Sustainability Report.pdf	44
Scope 3 emissions	9 541 885	tCO2e	2025	Yum China 2025 Sustainability Report.pdf	44
Recycling and Recovery of Waste
Waste recycled	169 582	tons	2025	Yum China 2025 Sustainability Report.pdf	45
Total waste generation	425 508	tons	2025	Yum China 2025 Sustainability Report.pdf	45
Women on Board
Women on supervisory board	46	%	2025	Yum China 2025 Sustainability Report.pdf	9
Executive board size	9	people	2025	2025 Annual Report[79].pdf	32
Supervisory board size	13	people	2025	sec-def-14a-2025-remuneration-report.pdf	18
Women on executive board	1	people	2025	2025 Annual Report[79].pdf	32
Women in Management
Women in management	51	%	2025	Yum China 2025 Sustainability Report.pdf	44

Note: The PDF pages given here refer to the page in the PDF document, which is not necessarily the one found in the footer of the page. For example, page 10 is the 10th page in the document, even if it is labeled as page 8.

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