Rothschild And Co

Rothschild & Co, a financial intermediation services provider headquartered in FR, has made significant commitments to reducing its environmental impact. For the reporting year 2025, the company reported total Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions. Their most recent reported total emissions were approximately 84.5 billion kg CO2e for the reporting year 2023.

Emissions Overview (kg CO2e):

• 2023:

  • Scope 1: Approximately 1,051,000 kg CO2e
  • Scope 2 (Market-based): Approximately 945,000 kg CO2e
  • Scope 3 (total, including business travel and investments): Approximately 42,506,000 kg CO2e
  • Total Emissions: Approximately 44,502,000 kg CO2e (sum of Scope 1, 2, and 3)

• 2022:

  • Scope 1: Approximately 669,700 kg CO2e
  • Scope 2 (Market-based): Approximately 902,600 kg CO2e
  • Scope 3 (total, including business travel, employee commute, purchased goods and services): Approximately 16,428,800 kg CO2e
  • Total Emissions: Approximately 18,031,200 kg CO2e

• 2021:

  • Scope 1: Approximately 421,200 kg CO2e
  • Scope 2 (Market-based): Approximately 930,400 kg CO2e
  • Scope 3 (total, including business travel, employee commute, purchased goods and services): Approximately 7,400,600 kg CO2e
  • Total Emissions: Approximately 8,752,200 kg CO2e

• 2020:

  • Scope 1: Approximately 364,200 kg CO2e
  • Scope 2 (Market-based): Approximately 1,351,100 kg CO2e
  • Scope 3 (total, including business travel, employee commute, purchased goods and services): Approximately 9,111,700 kg CO2e
  • Total Emissions: Approximately 10,822,000 kg CO2e

• 2019:

  • Scope 1: Approximately 343,900 kg CO2e
  • Scope 2 (Market-based): Approximately 2,134,000 kg CO2e
  • Scope 3 (total, including business travel, upstream leased assets, purchased goods and services): Approximately 23,103,500 kg CO2e
  • Total Emissions: Approximately 27,613,300 kg CO2e

• 2018:

  • Scope 1: Approximately 874,400 kg CO2e
  • Scope 2 (Market-based): Approximately 2,402,850 kg CO2e
  • Scope 3 (total, including business travel): Approximately 24,583,330 kg CO2e
  • Total Emissions: Approximately 27,860,580 kg CO2e

• 2017:

  • Scope 1: Approximately 823,700 kg CO2e
  • Scope 2 (Market-based): Approximately 1,901,600 kg CO2e
  • Scope 3 (total, including business travel, upstream leased assets, purchased goods and services): Approximately 16,922,300 kg CO2e

Climate Commitments and Reduction Targets:

Rothschild & Co has set ambitious targets to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Key commitments include:

• Absolute Scope 1 and 2 Emissions Reduction: A target of more than an 80% absolute reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030, based on a 2018 baseline.
• Scope 3 Emissions Reduction: A commitment to reduce reported operational Scope 3 emissions by 24% per Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) by 2030.
• SBTi Validation: Five Arrows, part of the Rothschild & Co group, has committed to reducing GHG emissions in line with climate science through the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Their targets at the operational and portfolio levels have been officially validated, aiming for a 50% absolute reduction in Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions from 2023 to 2030.
• Carbon Removal Credits: Rothschild & Co is committed to gradually increasing the share of carbon removal credits in its compensation portfolio, aiming to effectively remove an amount of operational emissions equivalent to atmospheric emissions by 2030.
• Progress: For Scope 1 & 2 GHG emissions, there is a target of a 42% absolute reduction (2023-2030), with a reported 47% reduction achieved as of the 2025 reporting year (vs. 2023).