Rothschild And Co

Rothschild & Co, a financial intermediation services company headquartered in France, reported its latest available Scope 1, 2, and 3 carbon emissions data for 2025. In 2025, Scope 1 emissions were 694,000 kg CO2e, Scope 2 market-based emissions were 358,000 kg CO2e, and Scope 3 business travel emissions were 15,454,000 kg CO2e. Note that Scope 3 emissions for 'purchased goods and services' were not disclosed for 2025.

In 2024, the company reported Scope 1 emissions of 824,000 kg CO2e, Scope 2 market-based emissions of 304,000 kg CO2e, and Scope 3 business travel emissions of 17,548,000 kg CO2e. Again, Scope 3 'purchased goods and services' were not disclosed.

For 2023, Rothschild & Co reported Scope 1 emissions of 1,051,000 kg CO2e and Scope 2 market-based emissions of 945,000 kg CO2e. Total disclosed Scope 3 emissions for 2023 were 17,684,000 kg CO2e, including 24,602,000 kg CO2e from investments and 19,827,000 kg CO2e from business travel.

The company is committed to significant reductions. They aim to reduce their absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by more than 80% by 2030, using a 2018 baseline. Additionally, Rothschild & Co aims for a 24% reduction in reported operational Scope 3 emissions per full-time equivalent (FTE) by 2030. They also committed to gradually increase the share of carbon removal credits in their compensation portfolio to effectively remove an equivalent amount of operational emissions from the atmosphere by 2030.

Furthermore, Five Arrows, a part of Rothschild & Co, committed to Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) validated targets in 2024. These targets aim for a 50% absolute reduction in Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions between 2023 and 2030. As of 2023, Rothschild & Co reported a 47% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions against a target of 42% absolute reduction between 2023 and 2030.