Air New Zealand

Air New Zealand, an Air transport services company headquartered in NZ, reported total emissions of 4,231,048,000 kg CO2e in 2025. This includes approximately 3,157,207,000 kg CO2e from Scope 1, 2,598,000 kg CO2e from Scope 2, and 1,071,226,000 kg CO2e from Scope 3.

Looking back, Air New Zealand's emissions in 2024 were approximately 4,279,889,000 kg CO2e (Scope 1: 3,250,851,000 kg CO2e, Scope 2: 2,049,000 kg CO2e, Scope 3: 1,026,989,000 kg CO2e). In 2023, total emissions were around 3,600,000,000 kg CO2e, comprising approximately 2,839,358,000 kg CO2e from Scope 1, 3,357,000 kg CO2e from Scope 2, and 857,031,000 kg CO2e from Scope 3.

Air New Zealand has set several climate commitments:

• Near-term targets:
  • Reduce Scope 1 emissions by 30% from 2020 levels by 2030.
  • Reduce Scope 2 emissions by 30% from 2020 levels by 2030.
  • Achieve a 1.5% average annual improvement in aviation fuel efficiency (Scope 1) between 2009 and 2020.
• Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi): Air New Zealand is committed to reducing well-to-wake greenhouse gas emissions related to jet fuel by 28.9% per revenue tonne kilometre (RTK), which is equivalent to a 16.3% absolute reduction, by 2030 from a 2019 base year. These near-term targets are classified as "Well-below 2°C".
• Long-term target: The company is targeting net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.