Seventh Generation

Seventh Generation, a US-headquartered company in the Research and development services (73) industry, has disclosed its Scope 3 emissions. In 2024, the company reported approximately 87 million kg CO2e for its total Scope 3 emissions, which included about 1 million kg CO2e from business travel, 1 million kg CO2e from employee commute, 980 million kg CO2e from the use of sold products, and 10 million kg CO2e from the end-of-life treatment of sold products. For 2023, Seventh Generation's Scope 3 emissions totalled about 21 million kg CO2e, with approximately 1 million kg CO2e from business travel, 1 million kg CO2e from employee commute, and 10 million kg CO2e from the end-of-life treatment of sold products. The 2022 Scope 3 emissions were also about 21 million kg CO2e, comprising approximately 1 million kg CO2e from business travel, 1 million kg CO2e from employee commute, and 10 million kg CO2e from the end-of-life treatment of sold products. In 2021, the company's total Scope 3 emissions were approximately 1.07 billion kg CO2e, with about 984.4 million kg CO2e attributed to the use of sold products. The Scope 3 emissions for 2020 were approximately 1.406 billion kg CO2e. In 2012, Scope 3 emissions were about 21 million kg CO2e, including approximately 1 million kg CO2e from business travel, 1 million kg CO2e from employee commute, and 10 million kg CO2e from the end-of-life treatment of sold products.

Seventh Generation has set near-term Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) commitments. The company aims to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 100% by 2030, using a 2012 base-year. Additionally, Seventh Generation is committed to reducing absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions from the use of sold products by 90% by 2030 and reducing total Scope 3 emissions from remaining categories by 80% by 2030, also from a 2012 base-year. These targets are consistent with reductions required to keep global warming to 1.5°C.