Kao

Kao, a Japanese food products company, reported its latest global Scope 1 emissions at 486,000,000 kg CO2e for 2025, Scope 2 emissions at 75,000,000 kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions at 10,287,000,000 kg CO2e.

Looking at previous years, in 2024, the company's global Scope 1 emissions were 509,000,000 kg CO2e, Scope 2 emissions were 116,000,000 kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions were 10,369,000,000 kg CO2e. In 2023, these figures were 546,000,000 kg CO2e for Scope 1, 154,000,000 kg CO2e for Scope 2, and 10,772,000,000 kg CO2e for Scope 3.

Kao has set ambitious climate commitments. The company has committed to reducing absolute Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030, using 2017 as the base year. Additionally, Kao aims to reduce 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 absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions from indirect use-phase emissions of detergent products is targeted within the same timeframe. These near-term targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and are consistent with reductions required to keep global warming to 1.5°C.

For its long-term goals, Kao has committed to net-zero emissions, with targets of carbon zero by 2040 and carbon negative by 2050. Kao became a signatory to The Climate Pledge on 11 May 2022.