General Motors Company

General Motors Company reported Total CO2e Emissions - Market-Based Scope 1 + Scope 2 for the twelve months ending 31 December 2020 at 3,860 Kt (-1,452 /-27.3% y-o-y). Also positively, carbon intensity plummeted to 32 t (-7.2 /-18.6% y-o-y).

General Motors Company's Scope 3 emissions grew to 259,731 Kt (+10,347/+4.1% y-o-y). The performance has been erratic recently.

The company has not set a company-wide target for an absolute reduction in GHG emissions yet.

General Motors Company also has a science-based goal that, however, does not appear to explicitly target a company-wide reduction in emissions in absolute terms. General Motors commits to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 72% by 2035 from a 2018 base year*. General Motors Company commits to reduce scope 3 GHG emissions from use of sold products of light duty vehicles 51% per vehicle kilometer by 2035 from a 2018 base year. *The target boundary includes biogenic emissions and removals from bioenergy feedstocks. Auto manufacturers have two near-term target temperature alignments for 1) scope 1 and 2 emissions and 2) scope 3 category 11 emissions from use of sold products.