Burges Salmon

Burges Salmon, headquartered in GB and operating in Other Services (93), reported total carbon emissions of approximately 873,000 kg CO2e in 2023. This included Scope 1 emissions of 172,000 kg CO2e, Scope 2 location-based emissions of 503,000 kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions of 701,000 kg CO2e. Key contributors to their Scope 3 emissions were business travel (447,000 kg CO2e) and employee commute (250,000 kg CO2e).

Looking back, their total emissions were about 7,302,000 kg CO2e in 2022, 9,609,000 kg CO2e in 2021, and 8,069,000 kg CO2e in 2020. In their 2019 base year, Burges Salmon's total emissions were approximately 1,803,000 kg CO2e, with Scope 1 at 254,000 kg CO2e, Scope 2 location-based at 717,000 kg CO2e, and Scope 3 at 1,499,000 kg CO2e, which included significant contributions from employee commute (1,000,000 kg CO2e) and business travel (441,000 kg CO2e).

Burges Salmon LLP has set ambitious Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) aligned goals. They are committed to reducing absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 50% by 2030, from a 2019 base year. Concurrently, they also aim to reduce absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions by 50% within the same 2019-2030 timeframe. These near-term targets are classified as consistent with keeping global warming to 1.5°C.