Norfolk Southern Corporation
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
Norfolk Southern Corporation reported Total CO2e Emissions - Location-Based Scope 1 + Scope 2 for the twelve months ending 31 December 2020 at 3,980 Kt (-1,006 /-20.2% y-o-y). Also positively, carbon intensity tumbled to 407 t (-35 /-7.9% y-o-y).
Norfolk Southern Corporation's Scope 3 emissions skyrocketed to 164 Kt (
The company has not set a company-wide target for an absolute reduction in GHG emissions yet.
Norfolk Southern Corporation also has a science-based goal that, however, does not appear to explicitly target a company-wide reduction in emissions in absolute terms. Norfolk Southern commits to reduce scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 42% per million gross ton-miles (MGTM) by 2034 from a 2019 base year.* * The target boundary includes biogenic emissions and removals from bioenergy feedstocks.