Shiseido

Shiseido, a leading beauty company headquartered in Japan, is actively engaged in climate action with comprehensive emissions reporting and reduction targets. In 2024, the company reported a total of approximately 1.04 billion kg CO2e across Scopes 1, 2, and 3 emissions.

Scope 1 emissions for 2024 amounted to approximately 17.8 million kg CO2e, while Scope 2 emissions were approximately 10.2 million kg CO2e. The majority of Shiseido's emissions in 2024 stemmed from Scope 3, totalling approximately 925 million kg CO2e. Key contributors within Scope 3 include purchased goods and services (approximately 474 million kg CO2e), use of sold products (approximately 121 million kg CO2e), and capital goods (approximately 123 million kg CO2e).

Looking at historical data, Shiseido reported approximately 1.56 billion kg CO2e in 2022 and a significantly higher 2.54 billion kg CO2e in 2020, indicating a downward trend in total emissions.

Shiseido has set ambitious climate commitments. The company aims to achieve carbon neutrality for Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 2026. Furthermore, Shiseido has committed to a Science Based Target (SBTi) of reducing Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 46.2% by 2030, using 2019 as a baseline. For Scope 3 emissions, the company aims for a 55% reduction per USD of value added by 2030. Looking further ahead, Shiseido has set a net-zero target for its entire value chain by 2050, including a long-term goal of reducing absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 90% and Scope 3 emissions by 97% per USD of value added from a 2019 baseline.