Kuehne Plus Nagel

Kuehne Plus Nagel, headquartered in Switzerland (CH), a global freight transportation arrangement company, has established comprehensive climate commitments and reported its carbon emissions.

In 2025, Kuehne Plus Nagel reported total Scope 1 emissions of 155,000,000 kg CO2e, Scope 2 market-based emissions of 4,000,000 kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions of 15,732,000,000 kg CO2e. Key categories within Scope 3 included upstream transportation and distribution at 15,559,000,000 kg CO2e, employee commute at 89,000,000 kg CO2e, and fuel and energy-related activities at 77,000,000 kg CO2e.

Looking back, in 2024, the company's Scope 1 emissions were 142,000,000 kg CO2e, Scope 2 market-based emissions were 2,000,000 kg CO2e, and total Scope 3 emissions were 15,174,000,000 kg CO2e. In 2023, Scope 1 emissions were 180,000,000 kg CO2e, Scope 2 market-based emissions were 3,000,000 kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions totalled 14,367,000,000 kg CO2e.

Kuehne Plus Nagel has set ambitious reduction targets, with a significant commitment to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across its value chain by 2050. This long-term target is cascaded from its ultimate parent company, Kuehne + Nagel International AG.

In the near-term, Kuehne Plus Nagel, through its parent Kuehne + Nagel International AG, is committed to reducing absolute Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions by 33% by 2030, using a 2019 base year. This commitment is validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Additionally, there is a specific near-term target to reduce Scope 1 and 2 absolute GHG emissions by 42% between 2024 and 2030. The company also aims to reduce Scope 1 and 2 in-use operational GHG emissions from owned and leased buildings by 46% per square metre by 2030, from a 2024 base year.

Further specific targets include a 17% reduction in well-to-wake Scope 3 GHG emissions from upstream transportation and distribution (container operations) per t.nm by 2030 from a 2024 base year, and a 22% reduction in well-to-wheel Scope 3 GHG emissions from upstream transportation and distribution (heavy road freight) per tonne-kilometre (tkm) by 2030 from a 2024 base year.