Teck Cominco

Teck Cominco, headquartered in Canada and operating in the chemical and fertilizer minerals, salt, and other mining and quarrying products industry, has reported its carbon emissions and climate commitments.

In 2025, Teck Cominco's reported emissions included approximately 919 million kg CO2e for Scope 1, approximately 563 million kg CO2e for market-based Scope 2, and approximately 3.4 billion kg CO2e for Scope 3.

Looking back, in 2024, the company reported approximately 825 million kg CO2e for Scope 1, about 858 million kg CO2e for market-based Scope 2, and approximately 3.4 billion kg CO2e for Scope 3. In 2023, Scope 1 emissions were approximately 863 million kg CO2e, market-based Scope 2 emissions were approximately 608 million kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions were about 2.49 billion kg CO2e. For 2022, Scope 1 emissions were approximately 763 million kg CO2e, and market-based Scope 2 emissions were about 116 million kg CO2e. In 2021, Scope 1 emissions were approximately 841 million kg CO2e, and market-based Scope 2 emissions were around 66 million kg CO2e.

Teck Cominco has established several climate commitments. The company aims to achieve net-zero Scope 2 emissions by 2025, a goal reiterated across their 2022, 2023, and 2024 Sustainability Reports. Additionally, Teck Cominco has a near-term target to reduce the carbon intensity of its operations (Scope 1 and 2) by 33% by 2030, with a base year of 2020. This target applies to both Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions individually. For the long term, Teck Cominco has a target for net-zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 2050, as stated in their 2024 Sustainability Report. They also have an older target from their 2016 Sustainability Report to reduce Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 450,000 tonnes by 2030, representing an approximate 7% reduction.