Climate Adaptation
BHP’s Net-Zero Targets Don’t Include Its Steelmaking Customers
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BHP Group said it will target net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from its direct suppliers and the shipment of its products by 2050, but stopped short of extending it to steelmaking customers due to what it describes as the technical challenges facing the industry.
The Melbourne-based company’s Scope 3 emissions -- which include procurement and shipping as well as end-user emissions -- were 402.5 million tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent in the year ended June 30, BHP said in a climate plan announced Tuesday. That’s more than the total emissions of the U.K. and account for 96% of its overall emissions.