The City of London Investment Trust plc

The City of London Investment Trust plc, a GB-based financial intermediation services company, reported Scope 3 emissions of approximately 443,515,110 kg CO2e for 2024. This follows Scope 3 emissions of approximately 396,832,250 kg CO2e in 2023 and 312,097,100 kg CO2e in 2022. For these years (2022, 2023, and 2024), the disclosed emissions data specifically includes Scope 3, but notes that data for Scope 3/purchased goods and services is missing. Additionally, for these years, the organisation has not disclosed Scope 1 or Scope 2 data.

In 2021, the company reported total emissions of 120,000 kg CO2e. This included Scope 1 emissions of 0 kg CO2e, Scope 2 emissions of 0 kg CO2e (with purchased electricity accounting for 19,000 kg CO2e), and Scope 3 emissions of 0 kg CO2e (with business travel at 9,000 kg CO2e and fuel and energy related activities at 6,000 kg CO2e). For 2021, the disclosed scopes include Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3, though again, Scope 3/purchased goods and services data was missing.

The City of London Investment Trust plc currently has no publicly available specific carbon reduction targets, nor is it participating in the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) or The Climate Pledge. All reported emissions data originates directly from The City of London Investment Trust plc.