Paychex

Paychex, a US-based company in the other business services industry, has set an ambition to achieve Net-Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, with 2019 as the baseline year. The company also established GHG emissions reduction targets for 2030 and 2040.

In 2025, Paychex's reported Scope 1 emissions were approximately 2,353,189 kg CO2e, and Scope 2 (market-based) emissions were about 4,501,358 kg CO2e. Key Scope 3 emissions categories for 2025 included business travel at approximately 2,602,399 kg CO2e, employee commute at about 6,537,121 kg CO2e, upstream leased assets at approximately 5,967,860 kg CO2e, and upstream transportation and distribution at around 9,921,730 kg CO2e.

Looking at previous years:

• In 2024, Scope 1 emissions were about 2,171,749 kg CO2e, and Scope 2 (market-based) emissions were approximately 4,528,154 kg CO2e.
• In 2023, Scope 1 emissions were around 2,289,849 kg CO2e, and Scope 2 (market-based) emissions were about 3,746,634 kg CO2e.
• For 2022, Scope 1 emissions were approximately 2,750,535 kg CO2e, and Scope 2 (market-based) emissions were about 3,814,342 kg CO2e.
• In 2021, Scope 1 emissions were around 2,792,844 kg CO2e, and Scope 2 (market-based) emissions were approximately 4,301,103 kg CO2e.
• In 2020, Scope 1 emissions stood at about 3,128,881 kg CO2e, and Scope 2 (market-based) emissions were approximately 4,626,432 kg CO2e.
• The baseline year, 2019, saw Scope 1 emissions of approximately 3,235,095 kg CO2e and Scope 2 (market-based) emissions of about 4,871,301 kg CO2e.

Paychex also tracks year-over-year changes in energy consumption at a building level and plans to begin quarterly evaluations of energy consumption in FY25 to identify successful energy-saving initiatives for broader implementation. The company monitors individual equipment performance and investigates interval data to understand building operations throughout the day and seasonally.