Steelcase

Steelcase, a company in the furniture and other manufactured goods sector (industry code 36) based in the US, has reported its carbon emissions across various scopes.

Emissions Data:

For the reporting year 2025, Steelcase reported the following emissions:

• Total Emissions: Approximately 1,066,416,000 kg CO2e.
• Scope 1 Emissions: Approximately 32,542,000 kg CO2e.
• Scope 2 Emissions (Location-based): Approximately 53,304,000 kg CO2e.
• Scope 3 Emissions: Significantly larger, with purchased goods and services being the largest contributor at approximately 908,095,000 kg CO2e, followed by upstream transportation and distribution at approximately 105,775,000 kg CO2e, and end-of-life treatment of sold products at approximately 64,683,000 kg CO2e. Other Scope 3 categories include employee commute (approximately 26,430,000 kg CO2e), fuel and energy-related activities (approximately 22,391,000 kg CO2e), downstream transportation and distribution (approximately 47,385,000 kg CO2e), business travel (approximately 9,073,000 kg CO2e), capital goods (approximately 9,846,000 kg CO2e), waste generated in operations (approximately 7,249,000 kg CO2e), upstream leased assets (approximately 7,545,000 kg CO2e), downstream leased assets (approximately 1,138,000 kg CO2e), and use of sold products (approximately 9,644,000 kg CO2e), and investments (approximately 1,217,000 kg CO2e).

Previous years' reported emissions include:

• 2024: Scope 1: approximately 31,526,000 kg CO2e; Scope 2: approximately 53,932,000 kg CO2e. Scope 3 data was not fully disclosed for this year.
• 2023: Scope 1: approximately 36,990,000 kg CO2e; Scope 2: approximately 56,191,000 kg CO2e. Scope 3 data was not fully disclosed for this year.
• 2022: Scope 1: approximately 35,297,000 kg CO2e; Scope 2: approximately 61,205,000 kg CO2e. Scope 3 data was not fully disclosed for this year.
• 2021: Scope 1: approximately 33,003,000 kg CO2e; Scope 2: approximately 63,709,000 kg CO2e. Scope 3 data was not fully disclosed for this year.
• 2020: Total emissions were approximately 187,197,700,000 kg CO2e (note: this is a large number and may represent a different reporting scope or a typo in the source data, typical reporting for a company of this size would be in the millions or billions of kg CO2e, not hundreds of billions for total emissions). Scope 1: approximately 47,048,000 kg CO2e; Scope 2: approximately 76,515,000 kg CO2e; Scope 3: approximately 1,567,373,000 kg CO2e from purchased goods and services, and 109,752,000 kg CO2e from end-of-life treatment of sold products, amongst other categories.

Climate Commitments and Targets:

Steelcase has set ambitious climate commitments, aligning with Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) standards. Key targets include:

• Net-Zero: Committing to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across the value chain by FY2050.
• Long-Term Absolute Reduction: Aiming to reduce absolute Scope 1, 2, and 3 GHG emissions by 90% by FY2050 from a FY2020 base year.
• Near-Term Absolute Reduction: Committing to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 50% by FY2031 from a FY2020 base year. They also aim to reduce absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions from fuel and energy-related activities, waste generated in operations, and business travel by 28% by FY2031.
• Supplier Engagement: A near-term target set in 2020 to engage 80% of suppliers by emissions to set their own Science Based Targets (SBTs) by FY2025. This target covers emissions from purchased goods and services and upstream transportation and distribution.

The company has stated that its targets are consistent with the 1.5°C warming scenario.