Our commitment
Ensuring responsible environmental management actions, sustainable procurement programs, and good governance fueled by a culture of ethics and the responsible management of business and climate-related risks.
Our goal
- We aim to reduce our global scope 1 and market-based scope 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 65% by 2034 and achieve net-zero GHG emissions by 2050, which aligns with the Science Based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) 1.5° C scenario.
Our work supports the following UN Sustainable Development Goal:
What does this look like?
Equal to 23,739 metric tons of CO2e*, or:
5,283 gasoline-powered passenger vehicles driven for one year.
2,992 homes’ energy use for a year.
Carbon sequestered by 28,310 acres of US forests in one year.
Equal to 36,522 metric tons of CO2e*, or:
8,127 gasoline-powered passenger vehicles driven for one year.
4,603 homes’ energy use for a year.
Carbon sequestered by 43,553 acres of US forests in one year.
2023 Sustainability report
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