Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), headquartered in China and operating in the services auxiliary to financial intermediation industry, has reported its carbon emissions and climate commitments.

For 2024, AIIB's total reported emissions were approximately 23,820,000 kg CO2e. This includes Scope 1 emissions of around 143,000 kg CO2e, Scope 2 market-based emissions of approximately 3,445,000 kg CO2e (or 7,394,000 kg CO2e location-based), and Scope 3 emissions totalling about 16,283,000 kg CO2e, with approximately 1,399,175,000 kg CO2e attributed to investments.

In 2023, AIIB reported Scope 3 emissions of around 3,639,560 kg CO2e, including approximately 2,349,900 kg CO2e from business travel and 110 kg CO2e from waste generated in operations.

For 2021, the bank's total emissions were approximately 7,262,920 kg CO2e. This comprised Scope 1 emissions of around 140,860 kg CO2e, with mobile combustion at approximately 19,240 kg CO2e, fugitive emissions at 64,280 kg CO2e, and stationary combustion at 13,480 kg CO2e. Scope 2 market-based emissions were approximately 6,362,240 kg CO2e (or 5,173,240 kg CO2e location-based). Scope 3 emissions were approximately 540,040 kg CO2e, with business travel accounting for 490,000 kg CO2e and employee commute for 4,880 kg CO2e.

Looking back to 2019, AIIB's total emissions were approximately 2,045,430 kg CO2e, consisting solely of Scope 1 mobile combustion emissions of around 6,980 kg CO2e.

AIIB has established near-term net-zero commitments to offset its remaining Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions from internal activities prior to 2025. This commitment was outlined in their 2021 Carbon Footprint Report.