Kroger

Kroger, a US-based retail trade services company (excluding motor vehicles and motorcycles; repair services of personal and household goods), reported approximately 115.15 billion kg CO2e in total emissions for the year 2024. This figure encompasses Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions. Scope 1 emissions were about 2.24 billion kg CO2e, Scope 2 emissions totalled approximately 2.71 billion kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions accounted for a significant portion, reaching about 110.25 billion kg CO2e.

For Scope 3 emissions in 2024, purchased goods and services represented the largest category at approximately 60.72 billion kg CO2e. This was followed by the use of sold products, amounting to about 40.78 billion kg CO2e, and capital goods at approximately 583.11 million kg CO2e. Employee commute contributed around 597.92 million kg CO2e, while end-of-life treatment of sold products was approximately 4.35 billion kg CO2e. Fuel and energy-related activities and upstream transportation and distribution were reported at about 761.19 million kg CO2e and 2.05 billion kg CO2e, respectively. Investments and business travel accounted for smaller portions, at approximately 35.42 million kg CO2e and 27.95 million kg CO2e.

Kroger has established climate commitments, including a near-term goal to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 30% by 2030 against a 2018 baseline. Previously, they aimed to reduce energy consumption by 5% by the end of 2020 from a 2015 baseline for both Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions. Additionally, a commitment was made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 73% over diesel trucks by 2030, secured through renewable natural gas fuel in late 2015. Another past target aimed for electricity savings of 40% by 2020 from a 2000 baseline, focusing on Scope 2 emissions.

Prior to 2024, Kroger reported Scope 1 and 2 emissions figures: approximately 5.08 billion kg CO2e in 2023, about 4.89 billion kg CO2e in 2022, and approximately 5.25 billion kg CO2e in 2021. In 2020, Scope 1 and 2 emissions were around 5.28 billion kg CO2e, decreasing from approximately 5.97 billion kg CO2e in 2019 and 5.77 billion kg CO2e in 2018. In 2017, Scope 1 and 2 emissions were approximately 6.66 billion kg CO2e, and in 2016, they were around 7.25 billion kg CO2e. In 2015, Kroger reported Scope 1 emissions of 2.51 billion kg CO2e, Scope 2 emissions of 4.06 billion kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions of 1.35 billion kg CO2e, leading to combined Scope 1 and 2 emissions of approximately 6.57 billion kg CO2e.

The company's data for years prior to 2015 often did not include detailed breakdowns of Scope 1, 2, or 3 emissions, but rather presented carbon intensity metrics per square foot or per unit of revenue. For instance, in 2014 and 2013, the CO2e intensity was reported as approximately 0.00298 and 0.00301 units per square foot, respectively. For 2012, this intensity was approximately 0.00306, and for 2011, it was around 0.00308. In 2010 and 2009, the CO2e intensity was approximately 0.00313 and 0.00319 per square foot, respectively. In 2008, the intensity was about 0.00332 per square foot, and in 2007, it was approximately 0.00341 per square foot. For 2006, carbon emissions intensity was reported as 0.0353 per square foot.

Kroger's emissions data is not cascaded from a parent organisation.