Digital Realty

Digital Realty's reported carbon emissions

## Digital Realty Carbon Emissions and Climate Commitments Digital Realty, headquartered in the US, has outlined significant climate commitments and provided emissions data for recent years. The company is a signatory to the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and has set ambitious targets for emissions reduction. ### Emissions Data (kg CO2e) **2024:** * Total emissions: Approximately 2.5 billion kg CO2e (Scope 1 + Scope 2 market-based + Scope 3) * Scope 1: 51,745,000 kg CO2e * Scope 2 (Market-based): 948,175,000 kg CO2e * Scope 2 (Location-based): 3,311,323,000 kg CO2e * Scope 3: 1,456,435,000 kg CO2e **2023:** * Total emissions: Approximately 2.3 billion kg CO2e (Scope 1 + Scope 2 market-based + Scope 3) * Scope 1: 55,773,000 kg CO2e * Scope 2 (Market-based): 1,547,989,000 kg CO2e * Scope 3: 1,245,640,000 kg CO2e **2022:** * Total emissions: Approximately 3.6 billion kg CO2e (Scope 1 + Scope 2 market-based + Scope 3) * Scope 1: 39,030,000 kg CO2e * Scope 2 (Market-based): 1,567,223,000 kg CO2e * Scope 3: 2,059,753,000 kg CO2e **2021:** * Total emissions: Approximately 3.2 billion kg CO2e (Scope 1 + Scope 2 market-based + Scope 3) * Scope 1: 20,327,000 kg CO2e * Scope 2 (Market-based): 1,304,987,000 kg CO2e * Scope 3: 1,903,567,000 kg CO2e **2020:** * Total emissions: Approximately 4.4 billion kg CO2e (Scope 1 + Scope 2 market-based + Scope 3) * Scope 1: 32,798,000 kg CO2e * Scope 2 (Market-based): 1,833,390,000 kg CO2e * Scope 3: 2,521,356,000 kg CO2e **2019:** * Total emissions: Approximately 3.4 billion kg CO2e (Scope 1 + Scope 2 market-based + Scope 3) * Scope 1: 25,980,000 kg CO2e * Scope 2 (Market-based): 1,603,160,000 kg CO2e * Scope 3: 1,777,790,000 kg CO2e **2018:** * Total emissions: Approximately 4.8 billion kg CO2e (Scope 1 + Scope 2 market-based + Scope 3) * Scope 1: 25,500,000 kg CO2e * Scope 2 (Market-based): 2,165,500,000 kg CO2e * Scope 3: 4,012,403,000 kg CO2e **2016:** * Scope 1 emissions data is not available. * Scope 2 (Market-based): 1,547,989,000 kg CO2e * Scope 3: 1,245,640,000 kg CO2e ### Climate Commitments and Reduction Targets Digital Realty is committed to achieving significant emissions reductions by 2030, based on a 2018 baseline. The company aims to: * Reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions by area by 68%. * Reduce Scope 3 emissions by area by 24%. Furthermore, Digital Realty has stated goals to reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions to near zero by the middle of this decade (2025). They are also a signatory to the EU Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact, which commits to climate neutrality by 2030 for their EU data centres. In France, their data centre portfolio achieved carbon neutrality in 2020 and 2021 for Scope 1 and 2 emissions and aims to maintain this through 2030. Digital Realty's emissions data and targets are self-reported and are not cascaded from a parent organisation.