Anglo American

Anglo American, a UK-headquartered company in the Chemical and fertilizer minerals, salt and other mining and quarrying products n.e.c. industry, reported its most recent carbon emissions for 2025. In 2025, the company's Scope 1 emissions were 1.2 billion kg CO2e, Scope 2 emissions were 500 million kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions were 86.4 billion kg CO2e. For 2024, Anglo American reported Scope 1 emissions of 1.2 billion kg CO2e, Scope 2 emissions of 400 million kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions of 262.6 billion kg CO2e, which included 6.4 billion kg CO2e from investments, 69.8 billion kg CO2e from the use of sold products, 81.4 billion kg CO2e from the processing of sold products, and 2.1 billion kg CO2e from upstream transportation and distribution.

Anglo American has set several ambitious climate commitments. The company aims for carbon neutrality across its operations (Scope 1 and 2) by 2040. As an interim target, Anglo American is working towards a 30% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, against a 2016 baseline. This target also includes achieving carbon neutrality at eight of its sites by the same year. Furthermore, Anglo American has an ambition to reduce its Scope 3 emissions by at least 50% by 2040, against a 2020 baseline. The company has also set an energy efficiency target to achieve a 30% improvement by 2030, compared to its 2016 performance. Previously, Anglo American targeted a 22% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2020 against a 2015 baseline for Scope 1 and 2 emissions.