K+S Aktiengesellschaft

K+S Aktiengesellschaft, headquartered in Germany and operating in the chemical and fertilizer minerals, salt, and other mining and quarrying products industry, has disclosed its carbon emissions and climate commitments.

In 2025, K+S Aktiengesellschaft's total carbon emissions are projected to be approximately 4.9 billion kg CO2e. This includes about 1.9 billion kg CO2e from Scope 1 emissions, 200 million kg CO2e from Scope 2 (market-based) emissions, and approximately 2.9 billion kg CO2e from Scope 3 emissions. Key contributors to Scope 3 emissions in 2025 include processing of sold products (1.1 billion kg CO2e), upstream transportation and distribution (500 million kg CO2e), and fuel and energy related activities (400 million kg CO2e).

For 2024, the company reported total emissions of about 5.1 billion kg CO2e, comprising approximately 1.9 billion kg CO2e in Scope 1, 200 million kg CO2e in Scope 2 (market-based), and about 3 billion kg CO2e in Scope 3.

Looking back, in 2022, K+S Aktiengesellschaft reported Scope 3 emissions of approximately 3.6 billion kg CO2e. In 2020, combined Scope 1 and 2 emissions were approximately 2.6 billion kg CO2e.

K+S Aktiengesellschaft has set several climate reduction targets. The company aims for climate neutrality by 2050 (all scopes). In the near term, by 2030, the company targets a 10% reduction in its CO2 emissions compared to 2020 levels across all scopes. Additionally, for Scope 3 upstream emissions related to logistics, K+S Aktiengesellschaft plans to reduce specific greenhouse gas emissions in logistics by 10% by 2030 compared to 2017. This specific target is an absolute reduction to 24,148 kg CO2e per tonne from a 2017 baseline of 26,831 kg CO2e per tonne. As of 2025, the specific value per tonne transported is 18,306 kg CO2e/t, indicating approximately 31.8% of this specific target has been achieved.