Tech companies are setting the most ambitious net-zero goals


Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp, Amazon.com Inc and Facebook Inc have announced plans to reduce their emissions to net zero by 2050, while Google claims to have has already achieved the target. — AFP

Of the 10 largest US companies by market value, only four have announced plans to reduce their emissions to net zero by 2050. As it turns out, they all happen to be technology companies: Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp, Amazon.com Inc and Facebook Inc. Alphabet Inc’s Google claims to have has already achieved the target, saying it’s been fully offsetting its emissions since 2007.

The other five companies in the Big 10, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Johnson & Johnson, Walmart Inc, Mastercard Inc and Bank of America Corp, all pledge to fully offset their Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions (which come directly from their own operations), but not their Scope 3 emissions (those emitted by suppliers and users of their products).

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