EUROPEAN COMMISSION

The European Commission, headquartered in AF and operating in the "Other services (93)" industry, has set ambitious climate commitments. Their overarching goal is to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, a long-term target aimed at ensuring that greenhouse gas emissions generated are no greater than those that can be absorbed.

In terms of emissions, the most recent available data is for 2021, where specific Scope 1, 2, or 3 emissions figures were not disclosed.

However, emissions data is available for previous years. In 2019, the European Commission reported total emissions of approximately 189,120,000 kg CO2e. This included Scope 1 emissions of approximately 7,305,000 kg CO2e from mobile combustion, fugitive emissions, and stationary combustion. Scope 2 emissions from purchased heat were approximately 4,112,000 kg CO2e. Scope 3 emissions were significant, with business travel accounting for about 30,000,000 kg CO2e, employee commutes for approximately 163,699,000 kg CO2e, purchased goods and services for about 7,455,000 kg CO2e, and waste generated in operations for approximately 12,132,000 kg CO2e.

In 2018, total emissions were approximately 190,371,000 kg CO2e. Scope 1 emissions comprised about 7,185,000 kg CO2e, while Scope 2 emissions from purchased heat were around 4,196,000 kg CO2e. Scope 3 emissions included capital goods at approximately 5,000,000 kg CO2e, employee commute at about 13,611,000 kg CO2e, purchased goods and services at about 6,300,000 kg CO2e, and waste generated in operations at approximately 2,003,000 kg CO2e. Business travel data for Scope 3 was missing for this year.

For the years 2017 through 2014, total emissions ranged from approximately 129,438,000 kg CO2e to 138,502,000 kg CO2e. In these years, Scope 1 emissions generally remained in the region of 7,000,000 kg CO2e to 7,500,000 kg CO2e, with stationary combustion being the largest component. Scope 2 emissions from purchased heat fluctuated between approximately 3,125,000 kg CO2e and 4,226,000 kg CO2e. Scope 3 emissions consistently included categories like capital goods, employee commute, purchased goods and services, and waste generated in operations, with some years also reporting business travel, though this category was not disclosed in all instances.

The organization also reports GHG per worker as approximately 21,500 kg CO2e, based on employee data.