Climate

P&G's strategy is to deliver irresistibly superior products that delight consumers around the world. We believe that doing this in ways that reduce our own environment footprint and enable consumers to reduce their footprint without compromising on the efficacy of the product will delight consumers and enable P&G to create value for retailers and shareowners in a sustainable way.

P&G's ambition is to reach net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across our supply chain and operations from raw material to retailer by 2040. Our climate journey began over a decade ago with goals at our own manufacturing facilities. Since then, we have expanded and accelerated our efforts to address GHG emissions across the life cycle of our products, and within our operations and supply chain.

Our focus is on significantly reducing our operational and supply chain absolute GHG emissions to reach our net zero ambition. We will balance any remaining emissions from our operations and supply chain by advancing natural or technical solutions that remove an equivalent amount of GHG emissions from the atmosphere. To help pace our progress toward 2040, we have established near-term science-based targets for 2030.
 

SCOPE 1 & 2 GHG EMISSIONS.

Since P&G established our first goal to reduce GHG emissions from our manufacturing facilities over a decade ago, we have continued to raise the bar on climate action by exceeding our emissions targets for Scope 1 and 2 ahead of schedule. In 2023, we increased our goal for GHG emissions reductions at our facilities. We now aim to reduce our Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 65% by 2030 versus a 2010 baseline – an increase from our previous 2030 goal of 50%. This new science-based target is aligned to a 1.5 degrees Celsius climate scenario. 

P&G publishes our Scope 1 & 2 emissions annually. The chart below summarizes data from FY 23/24:

  Total 2024 Global Business Unit Details
  2024 2023 2022 Baby,
Feminine and
Family Care		 Beauty Fabric &
Home Care		 Grooming Health Care Other
Production (metric tons x1,000)
                  
Finished Products Manufactured * 14,947 15,069 15,700 2,843 2,061 8,970 194 879 N/A
Energy (gigajoules x1,000)                  
Energy Consumption 59,309 60,885 62,244 38,964 3,717 9,484 2400 2,213 2,531
Greenhouse Gas (GHG) (metric tons x1,000)                  
Total GHG Emissions ** 2,152 2,253 2,309 1,535 88 334 59 55 81
Scope 1 - Direct GHG Emissions 1,987 2,123 2,158 1,486 78 247 58 55 64
Scope 2 - Indirect GHG Emissions *** 165 130 151 49 10 87 2 0 17
Biogenic GHG Emissions **** 50 45 53            

* Estimated from fiscal year 2024 finished product production volumes and average weights.
** Total GHG emissions = Scope 1 + Scope 2. Scope 2 emissions calculated using a market-based method.
*** Market-based Scope 2 GHG emissions. Note: Location-based Scope 2 emissions in 2024 were 2,228 metric tons (x1,000).
****P&G reports biogenic emissions separately from Scope 1 emissions. This includes biogenic CO2 from the use of biogas and biomethane delivered via the natural gas pipeline where 3rd party certified energy attribute certificates are provided by the supplier.

Note: Baby, Feminine and Family Care includes Baby Care, Feminine Care and Family Care. Beauty Care includes Hair Care and Skin & Personal Care. Fabric and Home Care includes Fabric Care, Home Care and P&G Chemicals. Grooming includes Blades and Razors and Appliances. Health Care includes Personal Health Care and Oral Care. “Other” includes major stand-alone offices/technical centers that support the business units and our largest distribution facilities. Numbers do not include production from contract manufacturing operations.

SCOPE 3 GHG EMISSIONS.

 

FY 23/24 update
We update key categories of Scope 3 emissions on an annual basis, relying on estimates from LCA data as well as other available data sources. Prior updates have shown that ~ 98% of our Scope 3 emissions come from just 4 categories: Purchased goods & services, Upstream transportation & distribution, Use of sold products, and End of life treatment of sold products. As such, we plan to focus our annual updates on these key categories. We also include an estimate for the category of Business Travel, which represents emissions from business travel flights and is based on employee airline travel miles. We include Business Travel as it is a category of interest to our own employees and our business travel partners can track employee airline travel miles and provide that data to us. We will periodically assess all Scope 3 categories to determine the relative contributions of the key categories that we report against and will report emissions on the 5 categories referenced above on an annual basis.

We are not reporting emissions from the category of Downstream Transportation and Distribution due to insufficient data to accurately estimate this category. This category includes GHG emissions from transportation and distribution after delivery to our customers and distributors. Our ability to track and measure this part of the distribution chain is very limited given the highly diverse distribution channels around the world. We will continue to monitor industry developments regarding downstream transportation and distribution and will periodically assess our ability to estimate this category of emissions.

Scope 3 Categories
Estimated FY 23/24 Metric Tons CO2eq
Purchased goods and services 1
14,400,000
Upstream transportation & distribution 2
3,500,000
Use of Sold Products 3
142,000,000
End of Life Treatment of Sold Products 3
8,100,000
Business Travel 4
127,823

Capital Goods

Fuel & Energy Related Activities

Waste Generated in Operations

Employee Commuting

Upstream Leased Assets

Processing of Sold Product

Downstream Leased Assets

Franchises

Investments
Prior estimates have indicated these categories collectively represent ~ 2% of our total Scope 3 emissions. We will periodically update our assessment of the contribution of these categories to our Scope 3 emissions
Downstream Transportation & Distribution
Insufficient data available
 
1. Estimate of emissions from our purchase of raw and packaging materials, intermediates, storeroom materials and finished products that we buy externally for P&G products sold. Excludes emissions from other types of purchased goods and services. Derived from LCA data.
2. Includes estimate of transportation of inbound raw materials and outbound finished product
3. Estimate, derived from LCA data
4. Estimate of flight emissions based on employee airline travel miles; excluding missing airline travel miles from Pakistan, Egypt, Azerbaijan and a small portion of India’s domestic volume.

PROGRESS VS. GOALS.

 

2030 Goal FY 23/24 Progress
​ Reduce Scope 1 & 2 GHG emissions by 65% (vs. 2010 baseline)

​ Purchase 100% renewable electricity globally    

​ P&G manufacturing facilities will be carbon neutral for the decade (2020-2030)
 

​ Reduce global upstream finished product freight emissions intensity by 50% vs. 2020

​ Reduce supply chain emissions by 40% per unit of production vs. 2020 baseline 
​ 60 % reduction

​ >99% renewable electricity globally

​ We continue to drive progress toward this goal. For residual emissions we do not eliminate this decade, we will advance nature climate solutions to balance the remaining emissions. See Nature for more information.

​ 4% decrease


​ 9% reduction across all categories.
 
Note: SBTi has validated P&G's near-term science-based emissions reduction targets associated with our absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions, renewable electricity, and intensity of Scope 3 emissions related to upstream transportation and our supply chain.

BUILDING A SUPPLY OF LOW CARBON RAW MATERIALS TO BETTER
SERVE OUR CONSUMERS OVER THE LONG-TERM.

 

Investing in Clean Energy and Carbon Reduction Technologies to Grow the Low-Carbon Materials Market Across the Industry.
 
The cleaning industry needs more low-carbon ingredient solutions that enable superior and affordable products. P&G is helping grow the low-carbon materials market across the cleaning products industry because it also allows us to better serve our consumers with products that provide superior performance, value, and are more sustainable.

P&G is helping grow the low carbon materials market for the industry with strategic supplier partnerships across the value chain, from global large-scale suppliers to small-scale start-ups. For example, we are investing in projects with key suppliers that have the potential to reduce several million metric tons of CO2 over the next decade through a range of advanced technologies – including carbon capture storage and utilization (CCS/CCU), hydrogen utilization, bio-based solutions, and renewable energy.

Clear and uniform carbon accounting standards will help us accelerate and scale solutions, which is important over the long term for our industry. To help harmonize carbon accounting standards for the chemical industry we have joined the Business Executive Leadership Council of the US Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES).
 
 

CLIMATE POLICY ADVOCACY.

 

All policy advocacy is coordinated through our Global Government Relations organization this ensures consistency and transparency in all policy related activities across business divisions and geographies. Internally, government relations does this by being an active member of our cross functional P&G Corporate Climate Council which plays a key role in our Climate Governance Process; knowing the details of our climate policies and positions, and consistently representing them with all external stakeholders they interact with, including policy makers and trade associations.

Consistent with our ambition to achieve net zero GHG emissions, we seek to align our policy positions with a 1.5* Scenario. This does not mean we will support all climate related proposals that are advanced globally, but rather we assess each on a case by case basis to ensure the underlying policy mechanisms and proposals are relevant, robust, viable, holistic, and would contribute meaningful progress to reducing GHG emissions, For example, we support the advocacy efforts of the Climate Leadership Council which advocates for a comprehensive national policy on carbon emissions in the United States.

The trade associations of which we are members are aware of our policy positions. In all cases, any P&G position on a matter of public policy is the prevailing company position, irrespective of any trade association position. We are consistent in the positions we share with external stakeholders as well as in our trade association engagement – consistent with the core values of integrity and trust which are an integral part of our Company’s Purpose, Values and Principles (PVPs). If an association’s policy position is different than ours, we will engage the association in dialogue to discuss relevant discrepancies and encourage changes which would better align with our views.
 
 

VOLUNTARY CARBON MARKET DISCLOSURE ACT INFORMATION.

 

As of June 30, 2024, P&G has reduced its Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 60% versus a 2010 baseline. In support of this statement, P&G measured its Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions from Fiscal Year (FY) 09/10 to FY 23/24. P&G follows the World Resource Institute's GHG Protocol in measuring Scope 1 and 2 emissions and uses the market-based method for Scope 2 GHG emissions. In FY 09/10, P&G's total Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions were about 5,400,000 metric tons. In FY 23/24, P&G's total Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions were 2,152,000 metric tons, a reduction of 60% versus FY 09/10. The GHG emissions reduction is an absolute reduction achieved in large part by increasing energy efficiency and purchasing renewable electricity; it does not use or reflect the application of any voluntary carbon offsets. P&G's Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions data for FY 23/24 has been verified by an independent third party, Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance, as detailed in their assurance statement. P&G has not sought independent third-party verification of P&G's Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions data for FY 09/10 or the statement that P&G has reduced its Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 60% as of June 30, 2024 versus a 2010 baseline.

For additional information about our climate-related goals and measurement of progress, please review this site, our most recent Citizenship Report and Climate Transition Action Plan.