Grant Thornton LLP

Grant Thornton LLP, a financial intermediation services company headquartered in CA, reported its most recent carbon emissions for 2024. In that year, the company's total emissions were approximately 47.9 million kg CO2e. This included Scope 1 emissions of 424,000 kg CO2e, Scope 2 market-based emissions of 166,000 kg CO2e, and a significant portion from Scope 3 emissions. Key contributors to Scope 3 included purchased goods and services at 11.584 million kg CO2e, business travel at 12.599 million kg CO2e, and employee commute at 6.702 million kg CO2e.

In 2023, the total emissions were approximately 35.7 million kg CO2e, with Scope 1 emissions at 505,000 kg CO2e and Scope 2 market-based emissions at 4.527 million kg CO2e. Notable Scope 3 emissions for 2023 included purchased goods and services at 12.736 million kg CO2e and business travel at 10.802 million kg CO2e.

Grant Thornton LLP has committed to achieving net-zero GHG emissions, expanding on its absolute emissions reduction target in October 2021. This commitment supports limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5° Celsius above pre-industrial levels and has a near-term timeframe for all scopes from 2023 to 2030. The emissions data and climate commitments are directly from Grant Thornton LLP.