Best Buy

Best Buy, an electronic shopping and mail-order house headquartered in the US, has demonstrated a commitment to reducing its carbon footprint. For the reporting year 2025, Best Buy reported total emissions of approximately 15.9 billion kg CO2e. This figure encompasses Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions, with Scope 3 emissions being the largest contributor at approximately 15.7 billion kg CO2e, primarily driven by the use of sold products.

Looking at previous years, Best Buy reported approximately 14.5 billion kg CO2e in 2024 and about 21.7 billion kg CO2e in 2022. In 2021, the company's total emissions were approximately 13.8 billion kg CO2e. Prior to this, in 2020, total emissions were around 23.1 billion kg CO2e, and in 2019, approximately 23.1 billion kg CO2e. For 2018, total emissions stood at approximately 23.1 billion kg CO2e. Data for 2017 only includes Scope 3 emissions.

Best Buy is committed to significant climate action, aiming to be carbon neutral by 2040, a decade earlier than their previous goal. This aligns with their commitment to The Climate Pledge. Furthermore, Best Buy has set an ambitious target to reduce its carbon emissions by 75% by 2030, based on a 2009 baseline. This target adheres to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and is in line with keeping global temperature increases below 2°C. Specifically, Best Buy commits to a 50% reduction in absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030 from a 2017 baseline. Additionally, they aim to reduce absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions from the use of sold products by 20% by 2030, also from a 2017 baseline.