Anglo American Platinum

Anglo American Platinum, headquartered in South Africa, is involved in chemical and fertiliser minerals, salt, and other mining and quarrying products. The company aims to achieve a 30% absolute reduction of Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 2030, against a 2016 baseline. This target also applies to all scopes, indicating a 30% reduction in overall GHG emissions (CO₂e) by 2030, against the same 2016 baseline.

In 2023, Anglo American Platinum reported total Scope 1 emissions of 590,000,000 kg CO2e and Scope 2 emissions of 3,700,000,000 kg CO2e. Their Scope 3 emissions for the same year totalled approximately 2,321,972,000 kg CO2e, with significant contributions from fuel and energy-related activities (approximately 1,022,136,000 kg CO2e) and purchased goods and services (approximately 428,982,000 kg CO2e). The combined Scope 1 and 2 emissions for 2023 were 4,290,000,000 kg CO2e.

Looking back, in 2022, the company's Scope 1 emissions were 540,000,000 kg CO2e, and Scope 2 emissions were 3,550,000,000 kg CO2e. Scope 3 emissions in 2022 amounted to approximately 5,001,091,000 kg CO2e, including approximately 1,875,623,000 kg CO2e from purchased goods and services and approximately 1,377,280,000 kg CO2e from fuel and energy-related activities.

For 2021, Anglo American Platinum reported Scope 1 emissions of 27,120,000 kg CO2e (from stationary combustion) and Scope 2 emissions of 3,927,880,000 kg CO2e (from purchased electricity). Their Scope 3 emissions were approximately 3,250,000,000 kg CO2e, with purchased goods and services contributing approximately 1,268,400,000 kg CO2e and capital goods approximately 901,400,000 kg CO2e.

The company's Scope 1 and 2 emissions were 5,579,000,000 kg CO2e in 2016, consisting of 545,000,000 kg CO2e from Scope 1 (stationary combustion) and 5,034,000,000 kg CO2e from Scope 2 (purchased electricity). In 2015, Scope 2 emissions from purchased electricity were 5,316,000,000 kg CO2e, with total Scope 1 and 2 emissions of 5,878,000,000 kg CO2e. Anglo American Platinum's targets are cascaded from its ultimate parent, Anglo American plc, through a corporate family relationship.