Nippon Sheet Glass

Nippon Sheet Glass, a Japanese glass and glass products manufacturer, reported its latest carbon emissions for 2024. The company's Scope 1 emissions were 2.817 billion kg CO2e, Scope 2 market-based emissions were 528 million kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions totalled 3.707 billion kg CO2e. These Scope 3 emissions include significant contributions from purchased goods and services (1.76 billion kg CO2e), processing of sold products (714 million kg CO2e), and fuel and energy-related activities (572 million kg CO2e).

Looking back, Nippon Sheet Glass's Scope 1 emissions were approximately 2.922 billion kg CO2e in 2023, 2.91 billion kg CO2e in 2022, and 3.031 billion kg CO2e in 2021. Their Scope 2 market-based emissions were 501 million kg CO2e in 2023, 542 million kg CO2e in 2022, and 648 million kg CO2e in 2021. Scope 3 emissions were around 3.677 billion kg CO2e in 2023, 3.755 billion kg CO2e in 2022, and 4.005 billion kg CO2e in 2021.

Nippon Sheet Glass has set ambitious climate commitments. The company is committed to reducing absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 30% by 2030 from a 2018 base year, a target consistent with a "Well-below 2°C" pathway as verified by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). They also aim to reduce absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions by 30% within the same timeframe. The company has a long-term goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, supported by "Project Carbon 2050," launched in 2018 to develop a decarbonisation roadmap for float manufacturing.