Wheaton Precious Metals

Wheaton Precious Metals, a Canadian precious metals company, reported its 2024 Scope 2 emissions at 93,100 kg CO2e. In the same year, its Scope 3 emissions from business travel and employee commute totalled approximately 925,780 kg CO2e and 17,000 kg CO2e, respectively. Notably, there was no Scope 1 emissions data available for 2024.

Looking back, in 2023, the company's Scope 2 emissions were 97,600 kg CO2e. Scope 3 emissions for 2023 included approximately 750,597,000 kg CO2e from investments, 958,670 kg CO2e from business travel, and 16,200 kg CO2e from employee commute.

Wheaton Precious Metals has set ambitious climate commitments, including a formal pledge to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, encompassing all Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 emissions. This long-term commitment is supported by near-term Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) approved targets. The company aims to reduce its Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions by 50% by 2030, using a 2018 base year. This target is consistent with reductions required to limit global warming to 1.5°C. Additionally, the company has a specific target to reduce Scope 2 emissions by 50% by 2030 from a 2018 baseline. They also commit to measuring and reducing their Scope 3 emissions.