John Wiley And Son

John Wiley and Son's has reported significant progress in reducing its carbon emissions. For the fiscal year ending in 2025, the company reported total emissions of approximately 75.5 million kg CO2e. This figure comprises Scope 1 emissions of about 0.8 million kg CO2e, Scope 2 emissions of approximately 0.2 million kg CO2e (location-based), and Scope 3 emissions of about 74.3 million kg CO2e.

Looking back, in fiscal year 2024, total emissions were approximately 85.5 million kg CO2e. In fiscal year 2023, this figure stood at roughly 95.6 million kg CO2e. Prior to that, in fiscal year 2022, total emissions were reported at approximately 32.3 million kg CO2e, with Scope 1 emissions at around 1.8 million kg CO2e and Scope 2 (location-based) at approximately 3.4 million kg CO2e. In fiscal year 2021, total emissions were approximately 19.8 million kg CO2e, and in fiscal year 2020, they were about 152.6 million kg CO2e.

John Wiley and Son's is committed to substantial emissions reductions. The company has set a near-term target to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 50% by fiscal year 2030, using fiscal year 2020 as the baseline. Furthermore, they aim to reduce absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services and business travel by 50% within the same timeframe. Looking further ahead, John Wiley and Son's has committed to achieving net-zero GHG emissions across its value chain by fiscal year 2040, with a long-term target to reduce absolute Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions by 90% by fiscal year 2040, also from a fiscal year 2020 baseline. The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has validated these net-zero targets.