Kingston Technology

Kingston Technology, a computer and related services company based in the US, has set ambitious climate targets. The company is committed to achieving Net Zero by 2050. Furthermore, Kingston Technology aims to reduce its global Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 21% by 2030, with a baseline year of 2022.

For the reporting year 2023, Kingston Technology reported total Scope 1 emissions of approximately 1,697,190 kg CO2e and Scope 2 market-based emissions of approximately 15,017,760 kg CO2e. Scope 3 emissions in 2023 included approximately 66,018,650 kg CO2e from purchased goods and services, and approximately 25,614,710 kg CO2e from upstream transportation and distribution. Other reported Scope 3 categories for 2023 included business travel at approximately 1,008,870 kg CO2e, waste generated in operations at approximately 181,890 kg CO2e, and upstream leased assets at approximately 26,980 kg CO2e. The calculated total emissions for 2023, encompassing Scope 1, 2, and 3, were approximately 108,908,350 kg CO2e.

In 2022, Scope 1 emissions were approximately 1,387,030 kg CO2e, and Scope 2 market-based emissions were approximately 14,517,000 kg CO2e. The total Scope 3 emissions for 2022 were approximately 61,164,300 kg CO2e.

For 2021, Scope 1 emissions were approximately 430,690 kg CO2e, and Scope 2 location-based emissions were approximately 30,132,760 kg CO2e. Scope 3 emissions were not disclosed for this year.

In 2016, Kingston Technology reported Scope 1 emissions of approximately 734,260 kg CO2e, Scope 2 emissions of approximately 31,643,010 kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions of approximately 3,042,630 kg CO2e.

The company's emissions data is inherited from its parent organisation, Kingston Technology Company, Inc., at cascade level 1. Kingston Technology's SBTi targets are also cascaded from Kingston Technology Company, Inc.