Cargill

Cargill, a US-based company in the All Other Grain Farming industry, reported its most recent Scope 1 emissions for 2025 as 6,658,533,000 kg CO2e. In the same year, its Scope 2 market-based emissions were 3,285,423,000 kg CO2e. For 2024, Cargill's Scope 1 emissions were 6,390,000,000 kg CO2e.

Looking back to 2023, the company disclosed comprehensive emissions data, with Scope 1 emissions of 6,394,038,000 kg CO2e, Scope 2 market-based emissions of 3,751,339,000 kg CO2e, and a substantial Scope 3 total. Key Scope 3 categories in 2023 included purchased goods and services at 172,832,979,000 kg CO2e, processing of sold products at 15,440,790,000 kg CO2e, and upstream transportation and distribution at 15,634,200,000 kg CO2e. In 2022, Cargill's Scope 1 emissions were 6,927,653,000 kg CO2e, Scope 2 market-based emissions were 3,778,914,000 kg CO2e, and major Scope 3 emissions included purchased goods and services at 172,706,398,000 kg CO2e and processing of sold products at 16,002,619,000 kg CO2e. For 2021, Scope 1 emissions were 7,287,595,000 kg CO2e, Scope 2 market-based emissions were 4,186,061,000 kg CO2e, and Scope 3 purchased goods and services totalled 157,949,000,000 kg CO2e.

Cargill has set ambitious climate commitments, with its targets approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The company is committed to reducing absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 10% by 2025, against a 2017 baseline. Furthermore, Cargill aims to reduce Scope 3 GHG emissions by 30% per tonne of product sold by 2030, also against a 2017 baseline. The company has reported exceeding its operational GHG emissions reduction goal, achieving a 15.8% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2023 against the 2017 baseline, surpassing its 10% target for 2025. These targets include biogenic emissions and removals from bioenergy feedstocks.