Sony

Sony, a Japanese company in the radio, television, and communication equipment and apparatus industry, reported its most recent carbon emissions for 2024 as:

• Scope 1: 235,000,000 kg CO2e
• Scope 2: 810,000,000 kg CO2e
• Scope 3: 17,112,000,000 kg CO2e, which includes significant contributions from use of sold products (10,219,000,000 kg CO2e) and purchased goods and services (4,305,000,000 kg CO2e).

In 2023, the company's emissions were:

• Scope 1: 241,000,000 kg CO2e
• Scope 2: 826,000,000 kg CO2e
• Scope 3: 20,044,000,000 kg CO2e, with use of sold products accounting for 12,337,000,000 kg CO2e and purchased goods and services at 4,787,000,000 kg CO2e.

Sony Group Corporation has set ambitious climate commitments, validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The company aims to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across its entire value chain by fiscal year 2040, from a fiscal year 2018 base year.

Near-term targets include:

• Reducing absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 72% by fiscal year 2035 from a fiscal year 2018 base year.
• Reducing absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions covering the use of sold products by 45% over the same period.
• Committing that 10% of its suppliers, by emissions covering purchased goods and services, will have science-based targets by fiscal year 2025.
• Aiming to make direct and indirect GHG emissions (Scope 1 and 2) of its own business operations net-zero by 2030, and intends to switch to 100% renewable energy for electricity used at its business sites by the same year.
• Committing to reduce Scope 1 emissions by 30% and Scope 2 emissions by 25% from 2020 levels by 2030.

Long-term targets include:

• Reducing absolute Scope 1, 2, and 3 GHG emissions by 90% by fiscal year 2040 from a fiscal year 2018 base year.
• Committing to increase the percentage that renewable energy comprises of the total electricity used in its operations to 100% by 2040.

Sony also signed the Climate Pledge in 2023.