Public data, as of October 2026

Company profile

Kao Corporation

4452.Tkao.comLatest disclosure 2024

Kao Corporation reported about 11 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 statusValidated Targets

Near-term status: Validated Targets. Net-zero status: Commitment Removed.

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, below the peer median of 100%.

Voluntary retirements

Registry records show 928 credits retired for this company.

Emissions

How the reported footprint breaks down by scope and year.

tCO₂e, GHG Protocol scopes
Source: published disclosure, FY2024

Peer benchmark

How Kao Corporation compares with its industry peers on Scope 3.

Peers: companies in the SBTi industry "Electrical Equipment and Machinery", by Scope 3 share of the latest reported footprint.

CompanyScope 3 share%

Kao CorporationThis company94%
Daikin Industries, Ltd.100%

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Reported emissions by year

Scope 1
Scope 2
Scope 3

FY2024

Scope 1, direct	503,0005%
Scope 2, purchased energy	112,0001%
Scope 3, value chain	10,170,00094%
Total	10,785,000

Years without a matched disclosure stay open until a published source is matched.

Source document: kao.com

Scope 3 by category, 2024

15 categories itemized

C1Purchased Goods and Services3.9 Mt38%
C2Capital Goods281 kt3%
C3Fuel and Energy Related Activities56 kt1%
C4Upstream Transportation and Distribution238 kt2%
C5Waste Generated in Operations58 kt1%
C6Business Travel4 kt<1%
C7Employee Commuting17 kt<1%
C8Upstream Leased Assets0 t0%
C9Downstream Transportation and Distribution100 kt1%
C10Processing of Sold Products140 kt1%
C11Use of Sold ProductsLargest category4.1 Mt40%
C12End-of-Life Treatment of Sold Products1.3 Mt12%
C13Downstream Leased Assets0 t0%
C14Franchises0 t0%
C15Investments8 kt<1%

Climate targets

What the SBTi listing says about the company's targets.

Status as published by the SBTi

Primary SBTi record: Kao Corporation

Near-term targetValidated Targets

Classification: 1.5°C
Target year: 2034

Net-zero targetCommitment Removed

Net-zero year: Not listed

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Voluntary retirements

Voluntary credits retired for this company on public registries.

Registry records naming the company as beneficiary

ProjectRegistryRetired inCredits retired

Hydropower (VCS928)Verra2025928

These are voluntary market retirements, which sit outside the value chain. Inset credits retired on Carbon3 would appear as their own rows, linked to the supplier project.928 credits in total

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PACCAR Inc100%

Peer median: 100%Scope 3 boundaries differ between reports, so compare shares with care.

Scope 3 position

Below the peer median

The company's Scope 3 share is 94%, against a peer median of 100%.

Disclosure coverage

6 of 6 disclose

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

Research summary

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Related projects

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