Akamai Technologies

Akamai Technologies, a company in the computer and related services industry headquartered in the US, has established ambitious climate commitments. For the reporting year 2025, Akamai reported approximately 173,070,000 kg CO2e for Scope 1 and 2 emissions using the market-based approach. This figure was approximately 70,000 kg CO2e for Scope 1 and approximately 173,000,000 kg CO2e for Scope 2.

In 2024, Akamai's combined Scope 1 and 2 emissions (market-based) were approximately 121,046,000 kg CO2e, comprising roughly 45,000 kg CO2e for Scope 1 and 121,001,000 kg CO2e for Scope 2. The previous year, 2023, saw combined Scope 1 and 2 emissions of approximately 112,755,000 kg CO2e, with Scope 1 accounting for about 54,000 kg CO2e and Scope 2 for approximately 112,701,000 kg CO2e.

For Scope 3 emissions, Akamai reported a total of approximately 278,700,000 kg CO2e for 2022. Key contributors within Scope 3 for that year included purchased goods and services at approximately 107,200,000 kg CO2e and upstream leased assets at approximately 67,800,000 kg CO2e.

Akamai is committed to achieving net-zero emissions for its entire platform by 2030, with a specific focus on 'emissionality' and 100% emissions mitigation for the delivery and security business segments of Akamai Connected Cloud by the same year. The company also aims to power its global operations with 100% renewable energy by 2030. While some Scope 3 data points like purchased goods and services, business travel, and employee commute were noted as missing for certain reporting years, Akamai has disclosed upstream categories for Scope 3 emissions. The company also has a long-term net-zero commitment in place by 2050.