Aarti Industries

Aarti Industries, a chemicals company based in India, reported a total of approximately 791,833,000 kg CO2e in Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions for the fiscal year 2025. This breaks down into approximately 620,823,000 kg CO2e for Scope 1 and about 171,010,000 kg CO2e for Scope 2. For the preceding year, FY2024, the company's Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions were approximately 774,842,000 kg CO2e, comprising about 605,619,000 kg CO2e (Scope 1) and 169,223,000 kg CO2e (Scope 2).

In FY2021, Aarti Industries reported total emissions of approximately 1,879,270,000 kg CO2e, which included Scope 1, Scope 2 (market-based and location-based), and Scope 3 emissions. Scope 1 emissions were approximately 540,190,000 kg CO2e, and Scope 2 emissions were approximately 80,885,000 kg CO2e. Scope 3 emissions for FY2021 were approximately 1,258,095,000 kg CO2e, with purchased goods and services accounting for the largest portion at approximately 959,099,000 kg CO2e.

Aarti Industries has established a long-term Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) commitment to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 54.6% by fiscal year 2033, using FY2023 as a base year. Additionally, the company commits to reducing absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions by 32.5% within the same timeframe. These SBTi targets are aligned with a 1.5°C warming pathway.

The company is also pursuing other reduction initiatives. A Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for 13.20 MW of hybrid renewable energy is in the commissioning phase, expected to connect to the grid during FY2023-24. Furthermore, Aarti Industries has revamped its Acid plant, enhancing its steam economy ratio and investing in a waste heat recovery boiler, which has the potential to reduce CO2 emissions by approximately 30,000 tonnes CO2e. The company has also reported a year-on-year reduction of 9.4% in its GHG emission intensity (Scope 1 and 2) between FY2020 and FY2021.