Aflac Way

Aflac Way, an insurance and pension funding services company headquartered in the US, reported its 2024 global Scope 1 emissions as 2,850,000 kg CO2e. Its Scope 2 (location-based) emissions for the same year were 7,370,000 kg CO2e. For Scope 3 in 2024, the largest categories were purchased goods and services at 170,963,000 kg CO2e, business travel at 11,181,000 kg CO2e, and capital goods at 15,172,000 kg CO2e.

Looking back, in 2023, Aflac Way's global Scope 1 emissions were 3,499,000 kg CO2e, and Scope 2 (location-based) emissions were 7,562,000 kg CO2e. Significant Scope 3 categories in 2023 included purchased goods and services at 170,565,000 kg CO2e, business travel at 11,069,000 kg CO2e, and upstream transportation and distribution at 7,038,000 kg CO2e.

Aflac Way has established several climate commitments. They aim to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 75% by 2030, using a 2007 baseline. Furthermore, the company is committed to achieving carbon neutrality for Scope 1, 2, and 3 (excluding Category 15) by 2040, and reaching net-zero emissions across all scopes (including Category 15) by 2050. The company also states a target for 2030 that includes a 93.6% reduction from 2007 baseline for 100% of Aflac U.S. and Aflac Japan Scope 1 and Scope 2 market-based emissions.