Planet Labs

Planet Labs, a US-based company in the other business services industry, reported total carbon emissions of approximately 813.2 million kg CO2e in 2024. This total includes Scope 1 emissions of 29.75 million kg CO2e, Scope 2 emissions of 31.27 million kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions of 752.27 million kg CO2e.

Looking at previous years, in 2021, the company's total emissions were approximately 10.06 million kg CO2e, comprising 0 kg CO2e from Scope 1, 1.13 million kg CO2e from Scope 2, and 8.93 million kg CO2e from Scope 3. In 2020, total emissions were about 3.48 million kg CO2e, with 202,000 kg CO2e from Scope 1, 354,000 kg CO2e from Scope 2, and 3.11 million kg CO2e from Scope 3. In 2016, Planet Labs reported total emissions of approximately 1.79 million kg CO2e, including 7,000 kg CO2e from Scope 1, 232,000 kg CO2e from Scope 2, and 1.55 million kg CO2e from Scope 3. For 2016, detailed Scope 3 emissions included approximately 749,000 kg CO2e from business travel, 464,000 kg CO2e from employee commute, 5,800 kg CO2e from use of sold products, 244,000 kg CO2e from purchased goods and services, 81,000 kg CO2e from fuel and energy-related activities, 170 kg CO2e from upstream transportation and distribution, and 6,800 kg CO2e from downstream transportation and distribution.

Planet Labs is committed to climate action, with a net-zero target. The company aims to evaluate and offset its 2021 emissions and devise a carbon reduction plan for deep emission cuts, with the goal of becoming a net-zero company by 2030, or sooner. This target was set with a start year of 2023 and an end year of 2030.