Universal Music

Universal Music, headquartered in the Netherlands and operating in the other business services industry, reported total carbon emissions of approximately 557 million kg CO2e in 2025. This includes about 2.44 million kg CO2e from Scope 1 emissions (direct emissions), around 5.87 million kg CO2e from Scope 2 emissions (indirect emissions from purchased energy, market-based), and approximately 548.75 million kg CO2e from Scope 3 emissions (value chain emissions).

Looking at previous years, Universal Music's total emissions were approximately 571.07 million kg CO2e in 2024 and around 477.16 million kg CO2e in 2023. In 2022, their Scope 1 emissions were approximately 2.40 million kg CO2e, Scope 2 market-based emissions were about 6.19 million kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions were around 448.32 million kg CO2e. For 2021, the company disclosed Scope 1 emissions of approximately 1.70 million kg CO2e and Scope 2 market-based emissions of about 5.76 million kg CO2e, but full Scope 3 data was not available for that year. In 2019, total emissions were approximately 542.28 million kg CO2e, with around 4.44 million kg CO2e from Scope 1, approximately 7.01 million kg CO2e from Scope 2 (market-based), and about 530.82 million kg CO2e from Scope 3.

Universal Music Group N.V. has set ambitious climate commitments validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The company commits to reducing absolute Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 58% by 2032 from a 2019 base year. Additionally, Universal Music Group N.V. aims to reduce Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions from purchased goods and services, capital goods, fuel and energy-related activities, upstream transportation and distribution, waste generated in operations, business travel, and employee commuting by 62% per EUR value added within the same timeframe. They are also committed to achieving net-zero emissions across their value chain by 2050.