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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:

Goal 13: Climate action
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What does this look like?

65% reduction in emissions by 2034

Equal to 23,739 metric tons of CO2e*, or:

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5,283 gasoline-powered passenger vehicles driven for one year.

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2,992 homes’ energy use for a year.

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Carbon sequestered by 28,310 acres of US forests in one year.

100% reduction in emissions by 2050

Equal to 36,522 metric tons of CO2e*, or:

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8,127 gasoline-powered passenger vehicles driven for one year.

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4,603 homes’ energy use for a year.

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Carbon sequestered by 43,553 acres of US forests in one year.

*Due to office closures in 2020, we decided to use 2019 emissions as our baseline for these goals.

2022 Sustainability report

Read more about our commitment to sustainability.

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