Aalto University

Aalto University, a leading education services institution based in Finland (FI), is committed to understanding and reducing its carbon footprint.

For the reporting year 2024, Aalto University reported a total of approximately 21,606,000 kg CO2e. This figure includes Scope 2 emissions of about 5,008,000 kg CO2e, primarily from purchased electricity, and Scope 3 emissions, with capital goods contributing approximately 572,000 kg CO2e. Scope 1 emissions data for 2024 was not available.

In the preceding year, 2023, total emissions reached approximately 42,614,000 kg CO2e. Scope 2 emissions, mainly from purchased electricity, accounted for about 24,298,000 kg CO2e, while Scope 3 emissions included approximately 3,570,000 kg CO2e from capital goods. Scope 1 emissions were not disclosed for this period.

The university's Scope 1 emissions for 2022 were approximately 4,311,000 kg CO2e, specifically from stationary combustion. Data for Scope 2 and Scope 3 were not available for this year.

For 2021, Aalto University's total reported emissions were approximately 18,628,000 kg CO2e, solely comprising Scope 3 emissions. Within this scope, capital goods represented about 4,443,600 kg CO2e, business travel approximately 360,100 kg CO2e, employee commute around 1,408,100 kg CO2e, and waste generated in operations approximately 359,400 kg CO2e. Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions were not disclosed for 2021.

In 2020, total emissions were approximately 12,621,000 kg CO2e. This included Scope 1 emissions of about 29,000 kg CO2e, Scope 2 emissions of approximately 10,660,000 kg CO2e (from purchased heat, with 0 kg CO2e from purchased electricity), and Scope 3 emissions of about 1,932,000 kg CO2e, primarily from business travel.

Aalto University also reported Scope 3 emissions for 2019 totalling approximately 6,437,000 kg CO2e, with business travel accounting for about 6,393,000 kg CO2e. Scope 1 emissions for 2019 were approximately 44,000 kg CO2e, and Scope 2 emissions were around 12,945,000 kg CO2e (from purchased heat).

Aalto University has not publicly disclosed specific reduction targets or commitments such as those through the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) or the Climate Pledge.