Imperial Brands

Imperial Brands, a company in the Tobacco and Tobacco Product Merchant Wholesalers industry headquartered in Great Britain, has reported significant carbon emissions across Scopes 1, 2, and 3.

In 2025, the company's total emissions were approximately 1,071,600,000 kg CO2e. This comprised about 66,646,000 kg CO2e from Scope 1, approximately 15,064,000 kg CO2e from Scope 2 (market-based), and about 928,839,000 kg CO2e from Scope 3, with the majority of Scope 3 emissions stemming from purchased goods and services.

The following year, 2024, saw total emissions of approximately 1,154,257,000 kg CO2e. Scope 1 emissions were about 73,437,000 kg CO2e, Scope 2 (market-based) were approximately 15,683,000 kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions totalled about 981,703,000 kg CO2e.

Imperial Brands has established ambitious climate commitments. They aim for Net Zero in their direct operations (Scopes 1 and 2) by 2030. Furthermore, they have a long-term target to achieve Net Zero across their entire value chain, including Scope 3 emissions, by 2040. They are also working towards a 50% reduction in absolute Scope 3 emissions by 2030, based on a 2017 baseline. Additional targets include a 50% reduction in absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 2025 from a 2017 baseline. The company's Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) commitments include a 97% reduction in absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by FY2030, and a 50% reduction in absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions by FY2030, both from a FY2017 base year. They also commit to maintaining at least a 97% absolute reduction of Scope 1 and 2 emissions from FY2030 through FY2040, and a 91% reduction in absolute Scope 3 emissions by FY2040.