J Sainsbury plc
Carbon footprint
Primary Climate Goal
This company has not set a company-wide target for an absolute reduction in GHG emissions yet
GHG emissions and Carbon intensity
J Sainsbury plc reported Total CO2e Emissions - Market-Based Scope 1 + Scope 2 for the twelve months ending 31 March 2021 at 818 Kt (-26 /-3% y-o-y). At the same time, carbon intensity was up at 23 t (+0.4/+1.8% y-o-y).
No public disclosure of Scope 3 emissions has been found for J Sainsbury plc at the moment.
The company has not set a company-wide target for an absolute reduction in GHG emissions yet.
J Sainsbury plc also has a science-based goal that, however, does not appear to explicitly target a company-wide reduction in emissions in absolute terms. Sainsbury’s commits to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 50% by FY2030 and 100% by 2040 from a FY2019 base year*. Sainsbury’s commits to reduce absolute scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services, upstream transport and distribution and the direct use of sold products 30% by FY2030 from a FY2019 base year.*The target boundary includes biogenic emissions and removals from bioenergy feedstocks.