Kansas City Southern

Kansas City Southern reported approximately 1.41 billion kg CO2e in total emissions for 2021. This included about 1.34 billion kg CO2e from Scope 1 emissions, roughly 28.6 million kg CO2e from Scope 2 emissions, and approximately 46.7 million kg CO2e from Scope 3 emissions. Their Scope 3 emissions in 2021 comprised around 29.3 million kg CO2e from business travel, approximately 12.6 million kg CO2e from waste generated in operations, and roughly 4.8 million kg CO2e from upstream transportation and distribution.

Looking at previous years, in 2020, Kansas City Southern reported Scope 1 emissions of approximately 1.2 billion kg CO2e and Scope 2 emissions of about 30 million kg CO2e. For 2019, Scope 1 emissions were around 1.4 billion kg CO2e and Scope 2 emissions were roughly 40 million kg CO2e. In 2018, Scope 1 emissions were approximately 1.4 billion kg CO2e and Scope 2 emissions were about 30 million kg CO2e. For 2017, Scope 1 emissions stood at approximately 1.5 billion kg CO2e and Scope 2 emissions at roughly 30 million kg CO2e.

Kansas City Southern has set several climate commitments. They aim to reduce their Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 30% from 2020 levels by 2030. They also have an ambitious near-term goal to reduce their Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions to near zero by 2025.

Additionally, Kansas City Southern has Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) approved targets. They are committed to reducing Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 42% per million gross ton-miles by 2034 from a 2019 base year, a target classified as consistent with reductions required to keep warming to well-below 2°C.