Royal Mail plc

Royal Mail plc's reported carbon emissions

Royal Mail plc, a leader in other land transportation services based in GB, reported a total of approximately 2.49 billion kg CO2e emissions for the 2025 reporting year. This figure encompasses Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions. In 2024, the company's total emissions were approximately 2.59 billion kg CO2e. For the 2023 reporting year, total emissions stood at approximately 2.51 billion kg CO2e. Prior to this, in 2022, Royal Mail plc recorded total emissions of approximately 1.33 billion kg CO2e. Historical data shows emissions of approximately 653 million kg CO2e in 2017 and 680.3 million kg CO2e in 2016. Royal Mail plc is committed to significant carbon reduction initiatives. The company aims for Net-Zero by 2040 across Scopes 1, 2, and 3, aligned with a 1.5°C trajectory. Additionally, there is a target for a 50% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030, based on a 2020 baseline. The subsidiary GLS has an ambition for zero emissions by 2045, targeting a 90% reduction in its Scope 1, 2, and 3 CO2e emissions. Furthermore, there was an earlier objective to reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions to near zero by the middle of the decade (2025). The emissions data for Royal Mail plc is cascaded from International Distribution Services plc, its parent company.