Kao

Kao, a Food Products company headquartered in Japan, reported its latest carbon emissions for 2024. Its Scope 1 emissions were 503 million kg CO2e, Scope 2 emissions were 112 million kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions totalled 10.121 billion kg CO2e. Key categories within Scope 3 included approximately 4.107 billion kg CO2e from the use of sold products, 3.893 billion kg CO2e from purchased goods and services, and 1.268 billion kg CO2e from the end-of-life treatment of sold products.

Kao has set ambitious climate commitments. The company aims for carbon zero by 2040 and carbon negative by 2050. Near-term, Kao, as verified by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), commits to reducing absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 55% by 2030, from a 2017 base year. Additionally, the company is committed to reducing absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions by 22% from purchased goods and services, upstream transportation and distribution, and end-of-life treatment of sold products by 2030, also from a 2017 base year. A further 22% reduction in indirect use-phase emissions from detergent products is targeted within the same timeframe.