Charles River Laboratories

Charles River Laboratories, a US-based research and development services company, reported Scope 3 emissions of approximately 367,713,000 kg CO2e in 2025. This includes 21,095,000 kg CO2e from capital goods, 4,563,000 kg CO2e from business travel, 33,912,000 kg CO2e from employee commuting, 112,000 kg CO2e from upstream leased assets, 234,269,000 kg CO2e from purchased goods and services, 2,293,000 kg CO2e from waste generated in operations, 36,471,000 kg CO2e from fuel and energy-related activities, and 34,999,000 kg CO2e from upstream transportation and distribution. The company also reported 82,825,000 kg CO2e for Scope 1 and 2 emissions in 2025.

In 2024, Scope 3 emissions were approximately 323,896,000 kg CO2e, with 81,783,000 kg CO2e for Scope 1 and 2. For 2023, Scope 3 emissions were about 425,921,000 kg CO2e, and Scope 1 and 2 emissions were around 103,944,000 kg CO2e.

Looking further back, in 2022, Charles River Laboratories reported Scope 1 emissions of 89,987,000 kg CO2e, Scope 2 emissions of 45,855,000 kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions of 423,884,000 kg CO2e. In 2021, Scope 1 emissions were 89,005,000 kg CO2e, Scope 2 were 42,266,000 kg CO2e, and Scope 3 were 395,537,000 kg CO2e. For 2020, Scope 1 emissions were 85,549,000 kg CO2e and Scope 2 were 46,165,000 kg CO2e. In 2019, Scope 1 emissions were 90,097,000 kg CO2e, Scope 2 were 39,827,000 kg CO2e, and Scope 3 were 450,143,000 kg CO2e. In 2018, Scope 3 emissions were 335,455,000 kg CO2e, and Scope 1 and 2 emissions were 164,822,000 kg CO2e.

Charles River Laboratories has set Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) approved near-term targets. The company commits to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 50% by 2030, using a 2018 baseline. Additionally, they aim to reduce absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions by 15% by 2030, against a 2019 baseline. The company also commits to increase annual sourcing of renewable electricity from 1% in 2018 to 100% by 2030. As of 2023, 37% of the Scope 1 and 2 reduction goal has been met. However, as of 2023, Scope 3 emissions have increased by 30% relative to the 2019 baseline.