Coles

Coles, an Australian food products company, reported its Scope 3 emissions for 2025 as approximately 19 billion kg CO2e. For 2024, Coles's total emissions were approximately 20.01 billion kg CO2e. This included Scope 1 emissions of approximately 267.9 million kg CO2e, Scope 2 market-based emissions of about 697.9 million kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions of about 19.06 billion kg CO2e.

Looking back, in 2023, Coles's total emissions were approximately 21.28 billion kg CO2e, with Scope 1 emissions at approximately 293.7 million kg CO2e, Scope 2 market-based emissions at about 686.9 million kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions at about 20.3 billion kg CO2e. In 2022, total emissions were around 22.18 billion kg CO2e, comprising Scope 1 emissions of approximately 271.8 million kg CO2e, Scope 2 market-based emissions of about 1.09 billion kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions of about 20.82 billion kg CO2e. In 2021, Coles reported Scope 1 emissions of approximately 283.1 million kg CO2e and Scope 2 market-based emissions of about 1.16 billion kg CO2e, totalling approximately 1.44 billion kg CO2e for Scope 1 and 2.

Coles has set ambitious climate commitments validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The company commits to reducing absolute Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by FY2030 from a FY2020 base year. Additionally, Coles aims for 75% of its suppliers by spend (covering purchased goods and services, and upstream transportation and distribution) to have science-based targets by FY2027. Coles Group Limited also commits to reducing absolute Scope 3 Forestry, Land and Agriculture (FLAG) emissions by 30.3% by FY2030 from a FY2024 base year. The company also targets no-deforestation across its primary deforestation-linked commodities by December 31, 2025. Earlier commitments included a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30% from a 2009 baseline by 2020 for both Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions.