Mercury Engineering

Mercury Engineering, headquartered in Ireland, reported total market-based Scope 1 and 2 emissions of approximately 1,871,000 kg CO2e in 2022. This includes about 1,854,000 kg CO2e from Scope 1 emissions and 17,000 kg CO2e from market-based Scope 2 emissions. Additionally, Scope 3 emissions in 2022 included approximately 45,139,000 kg CO2e from purchased goods and services, 12,238,000 kg CO2e from the end-of-life treatment of sold products, 6,778,000 kg CO2e from employee commute, 2,751,000 kg CO2e from business travel, 460,000 kg CO2e from fuel and energy-related activities, and 265,000 kg CO2e from waste generated in operations.

Mercury Engineering has set science-based targets. The company commits to reducing absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 22.5% by 2030 from a 2021 base year. These targets are considered consistent with reductions required to keep warming to well-below 2°C by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Furthermore, Mercury Engineering has committed that 77.4% of its suppliers by spend, covering purchased goods and services, will have science-based targets by 2027. The company also signed the Business in the Community Ireland (BITCI) Low Carbon Pledge, committing to halve its Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, based on a 2019 base year.