Deutsche Lufthansa

Deutsche Lufthansa AG, an Air transport services company headquartered in Germany, reported its latest carbon emissions for 2025 as approximately 45.22 billion kg CO2e. This includes about 29.56 billion kg CO2e from Scope 1 emissions, 71.6 million kg CO2e from Scope 2 emissions (market-based), and approximately 15.59 billion kg CO2e from Scope 3 emissions.

For 2024, the company's total emissions were about 42.94 billion kg CO2e, with Scope 1 at approximately 29.16 billion kg CO2e, Scope 2 (market-based) at 48.73 million kg CO2e, and Scope 3 at about 13.73 billion kg CO2e. In 2023, Deutsche Lufthansa's total emissions were approximately 36.98 billion kg CO2e, comprising about 26.82 billion kg CO2e from Scope 1 and 91 million kg CO2e from Scope 2 (market-based). Scope 3 emissions for 2023 were approximately 10.06 billion kg CO2e.

The company has set ambitious climate commitments, aiming to halve its net CO2 emissions by 2030 compared to 2019, with carbon neutrality targeted for 2050. These near-term and long-term targets apply to Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions, and also to all scopes for net-zero. Specifically, the Lufthansa Group aims for a 50% absolute reduction in Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 2030 from a 2019 baseline. The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has validated Lufthansa Group's target to reduce its well-to-wake GHG emissions related to jet fuel from owned operations by 30.6% per revenue tonne kilometre (RTK) by 2030, from a 2019 base year, aligning its reduction path with the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. Additionally, Deutsche Lufthansa aims for CO2-neutral ground mobility in its home markets by 2030.