Wacker Chemie

Wacker Chemie AG, a German Chemicals company, reported estimated total greenhouse gas emissions of approximately 8.44 billion kg CO2e in 2025. This includes about 1.15 billion kg CO2e from Scope 1, 900 million kg CO2e from market-based Scope 2, and 6.38 billion kg CO2e from Scope 3 emissions.

Looking back, their total emissions were about 9.72 billion kg CO2e in 2024 (Scope 1: 1.21 billion kg CO2e, market-based Scope 2: 1.32 billion kg CO2e, Scope 3: 7.19 billion kg CO2e) and 8.11 billion kg CO2e in 2023 (Scope 1: 1.37 billion kg CO2e, market-based Scope 2: 1.39 billion kg CO2e, Scope 3: 5.36 billion kg CO2e). In 2020, Wacker Chemie AG reported approximately 11.90 billion kg CO2e in total emissions, with Scope 1 at 1.29 billion kg CO2e, market-based Scope 2 at 2.34 billion kg CO2e, and Scope 3 at 8.27 billion kg CO2e.

Wacker Chemie AG is committed to ambitious climate action. They have set a Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) approved net-zero target across their value chain by 2045, with a 2020 baseline. As part of this, they aim to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 50% by 2030 from a 2020 base year, and absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services and fuel and energy-related activities by 25% within the same timeframe. For the long term, they commit to reducing absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 95% and Scope 3 GHG emissions by 90% by 2045, both from a 2020 base year. Wacker Chemie AG joined the Business Ambition for 1.5°C 'Race to Zero' in 2021.