Zijin Mining Group Company Limited

Zijin Mining Group Company Limited, a precious metals company headquartered in China, reported its carbon emissions for 2024 as follows: Scope 1 emissions were 2.89 billion kg CO2e, Scope 2 emissions were 4.11 billion kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions were 4.42 billion kg CO2e. This includes about 16 million kg CO2e from business travel, approximately 20.3 million kg CO2e from employee commute, roughly 2.87 billion kg CO2e from purchased goods and services, about 376.4 million kg CO2e from upstream transportation and distribution, and approximately 1.14 billion kg CO2e from downstream transportation and distribution.

In 2023, the company's Scope 1 emissions were 3.65 billion kg CO2e, and Scope 2 emissions were 4.78 billion kg CO2e. For 2022, Scope 1 emissions were 3.14 billion kg CO2e and Scope 2 emissions were 4.73 billion kg CO2e. In 2021, Scope 1 emissions were 2.81 billion kg CO2e and Scope 2 emissions were 4.32 billion kg CO2e.

Zijin Mining Group is committed to reducing its carbon footprint, with targets to decrease GHG emissions per unit of industrial value added by 20% by 2025, and by 38% by 2029, both against a 2020 baseline. These are near-term intensity targets covering all scopes of emissions.