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Liberty Holdings Limited
Financial IntermediationSouth Africa
Last verified 6 months agolibertyholdings.co.za
Liberty Holdings Limited, often known simply as Liberty, is a prominent South African-based financial services group. Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa (ZA), the holding company is primarily classified under financial intermediation services. Liberty extends its broad array of financial solutions across Southern Africa and other key African markets.
Established in 1957 by Sir Donald Gordon, the Liberty group has become one of Africa's largest life insurers and asset managers. Its core business areas encompass long-term insurance, investment management, and comprehensive wealth management. These offerings, including life insurance products, retirement planning, and health solutions, are all delivered with a client-centric approach to foster financial security.
33
DitchCarbon score
-4 vs industry average
Liberty Holdings Limited’s score of 33 is lower than 48% of the industry. This can give you a sense of how well the company is doing compared to its peers.
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Industry Intensity
Very Low
Financial Intermediation is among the least carbon-intensive industries
Industry performance
0.096
20182025
The Financial Intermediation industry has reduced its overall emissions by 33% since 2018
Emissions trajectory 2020 – 2026
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Liberty Holdings Limited's reported carbon emissions
Liberty Holdings Limited, a financial intermediation services company based in South Africa, reported total carbon emissions of approximately 181.3 million kg CO2e in 2023. This comprised about 9.96 million kg CO2e from Scope 1, 68 million kg CO2e from Scope 2, and 103.4 million kg CO2e from Scope 3 emissions.
Looking back, their total emissions were approximately 196 million kg CO2e in 2022 and 188 million kg CO2e in 2021. In 2020, total emissions were about 176.2 million kg CO2e, and in 2019, they were approximately 227.5 million kg CO2e.
Liberty Holdings Limited has made several climate commitments. Notably, for its property development subsidiary L2D, it aims to achieve net-zero energy for Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 2030. Furthermore, there is an older commitment to reduce Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions to near zero by the middle of this decade (around 2025).
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Liberty Holdings Limited’s Climate Goals (2030 & 2050)
2025
Near-zero scope 1 & 2
Target to achieve near-zero emissions for direct operations and purchased energy
On track94%
2030
62% reduction in total GHG
Vs 2019 baseline. Validated by SBTi. Includes full supply chain.
At risk48%
2040
50% reduction in Scope 3 intensity
Across purchased goods and services and logistics.
Behind target22%
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Scope 3 top emissions categories
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Climate initiatives
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UN Global Compact Climate Champions initiative
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Emissions comparison with industry peers
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