ETH Zürich

ETH Zürich, an education services provider headquartered in Switzerland, reported total carbon emissions of approximately 181,000,000 kg CO2e in 2024. This included Scope 1 emissions of around 6,606,000 kg CO2e and Scope 2 emissions of about 2,657,000 kg CO2e. The organisation's Scope 3 emissions in 2024 amounted to approximately 86,584,000 kg CO2e, with significant contributions from business travel (12,084,000 kg CO2e), employee commute (33,000,000 kg CO2e), and purchased goods and services (41,500,000 kg CO2e).

Looking ahead to 2025, ETH Zürich projects its total emissions to decrease to approximately 154,000,000 kg CO2e. This projection includes Scope 1 emissions of about 10,422,000 kg CO2e, Scope 2 emissions of approximately 2,693,000 kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions estimated at around 139,847,000 kg CO2e, with business travel contributing 7,347,000 kg CO2e.

ETH Zürich has set ambitious climate commitments, aiming for Net Zero in its own operations by 2030. This target involves a minimum 50% reduction in its greenhouse gas emissions compared to the 2006 benchmark year. Furthermore, the organisation had a near-term target to reduce direct Scope 1 and Scope 2 CO2 emissions on Campus Hönggerberg by 50% by 2020 (equivalent to 4,600 tonnes CO2e annually), using 2006 as the baseline, through the "Energy Concept Campus Hönggerberg" which incorporates geothermal storage systems. Between 2006 and 2020, ETH Zürich successfully reduced its Scope 2 emissions by approximately 12%.