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Essential Utilities, Inc.

WTRGessential.coLatest disclosure 2024

Essential Utilities, Inc. reported about 8.5 million tCO₂e for 2024, and 94% of it sits in Scope 3, in the value chain beyond the company's own operations.

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SBTi status

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Where insetting fits

Scope 3 is 94% of the footprint, the part of the value chain that supplier emissions reductions can reach.

Peer position

Scope 3 is 94% of the footprint, above the peer median of 89%.

Voluntary retirements

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Emissions

How the reported footprint breaks down by scope and year.

tCO₂e, GHG Protocol scopes
Source: published disclosure, FY2024

Peer benchmark

How Essential Utilities, Inc. compares with its industry peers on Scope 3.

Peers: companies in the broad registry sector "Water Services". No SBTi industry is linked yet, so treat this as a rough comparison.

CompanyScope 3 share%

Essential Utilities, Inc.This company94%
Xylem Inc.100%

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Reported emissions by year

Scope 1
Scope 2
Scope 3

FY2024

Scope 1, direct	443,4835%
Scope 2, purchased energy	39,198<1%
Scope 3, value chain	8,045,21394%
Total	8,527,894

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Source document: sustainability.essential.co

Scope 3 by category, 2024

Scope 3 categories are not itemized yet

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Climate targets

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Status as published by the SBTi

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Voluntary retirements

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Registry records naming the company as beneficiary

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Carbon3 has not found a retirement in the public voluntary carbon market registry data it tracks that names this company as the beneficiary.

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Aalberts N.V.89%

Geberit AG88%

United Utilities Group plc76%

Peer median: 89%Scope 3 boundaries differ between reports, so compare shares with care.

Scope 3 position

Above the peer median

The company's Scope 3 share is 94%, against a peer median of 89%.

Disclosure coverage

6 of 6 disclose

6 of 6 named peers report all three scopes, so their Scope 3 share can be compared.

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