Firmenich

Firmenich, a Switzerland-headquartered company in the All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing industry, reported its most recent emissions data for 2022. For that year, the company disclosed approximately 193,041,780 kg CO2e for Scope 1 emissions and about 8,052,180 kg CO2e for Scope 2 market-based emissions.

In 2021, Firmenich's Scope 1 emissions were approximately 192,599,270 kg CO2e, and Scope 2 market-based emissions were about 7,373,400 kg CO2e. Additionally, their Scope 3 emissions for 2021 totalled approximately 3,010,117,000 kg CO2e, including about 2,791,251,000 kg CO2e from purchased goods and services, about 126,626,000 kg CO2e from investments, about 19,008,000 kg CO2e from waste generated in operations, about 15,411,000 kg CO2e from fuel and energy-related activities, about 4,160,000 kg CO2e from employee commuting, and about 817,000 kg CO2e from business travel.

Firmenich has set several climate commitments. The company aims for carbon neutrality in its direct operations (Scope 1 and 2 emissions) by 2025 and carbon positivity thereafter. Its legacy sites have an interim target to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 50% by 2025, compared to a 2017 baseline. Furthermore, Firmenich has validated near-term Science Based Targets (SBTs) to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 55% by 2030, also against a 2017 baseline. The company also commits to an annual sourcing of 100% renewable electricity through 2030. For its value chain, Firmenich aims for 80% of its suppliers by spend, covering purchased goods and services, to have science-based targets by 2026.

Firmenich SA is committed to reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across its entire value chain by 2039, using 2017 and 2021 as base years. This includes a long-term goal to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 90% by 2039 from a 2017 base year, and to reduce absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions by 90% by 2039 from a 2021 base year. These targets are consistent with keeping global warming to 1.5°C.

Please note that the SBTi targets mentioned are for Firmenich SA and are inherited from the parent company, Firmenich International SA.