Carbon Emissions

Liberty Global has committed to Science Based Targets, reducing our Scope 1 and 2 emissions by a minimum of 50% by 2030 and 80% by 2050 (at a 2019 base year). Furthermore, in this exercise we have screened for all scope 3 emissions and increased the scope beyond what is currently available through our annual data collection process. We have committed to reduce these by 50% by 2030 (at 2019 base year).

In numbers

Carbon emissions

(metric tons CO2e)

Scope 1 Scope 2 (location-based) Scope 3

91%

Reduction in location-based Scope 1 & 2 emissions in 2020 vs 2019

8,682

Metric tonnes of carbon emissions avoided in 2019

2.1m

Units refurbished in 2020, avoiding approx. 3.5 metric tonnes of waste

Our strategy in action

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