Royal Mail Group Limited

Royal Mail Group Limited, headquartered in GB, reported total emissions of approximately 1.17 billion kg CO2e in 2025. This includes Scope 1 emissions of about 351.9 million kg CO2e, market-based Scope 2 emissions of around 200,000 kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions of approximately 821 million kg CO2e. Key categories within Scope 3 emissions for 2025 were upstream transportation and distribution at about 254.51 million kg CO2e, purchased goods and services at roughly 213.46 million kg CO2e, and employee commuting at around 164.2 million kg CO2e.

Looking back, their total emissions were about 1.21 billion kg CO2e in 2024 and 1.29 billion kg CO2e in 2023.

Royal Mail Group Limited has committed to several ambitious climate targets. Notably, they have Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) approved net-zero targets. They aim to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across their value chain by FY2240 from a FY2020 base year. This includes near-term commitments to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 50% by FY2030, and absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions by 25% by FY2030, both against a FY2020 base year. For the long-term, they commit to reducing absolute Scope 1, 2, and 3 GHG emissions by 90% by FY2040 from a FY2020 base year. The company is also a signatory to the Climate Pledge as of July 2023.

Earlier commitments included a target to reduce Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions by 20% by 2020-21, against a 2004-05 baseline.