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Knorr-Bremse AG

KBX.DEknorr-bremse.comLatest disclosure 2023

Knorr-Bremse AG reported about 42 million tCO₂e for 2023, and 100% 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: no net-zero target on record.

Where insetting fits

Scope 3 is 100% of the footprint, the part of the value chain that supplier emissions reductions can reach.

Peer position

Scope 3 is 100% of the footprint, above the peer median of 66%.

Voluntary retirements

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Emissions

How the reported footprint breaks down by scope and year.

tCO₂e, GHG Protocol scopes
Source: published disclosure, FY2023

Peer benchmark

How Knorr-Bremse AG compares with its industry peers on Scope 3.

Peers: companies in the SBTi industry "Ground Transportation - Highways and Railtracks", by Scope 3 share of the latest reported footprint.

CompanyScope 3 share%

Knorr-Bremse AGThis company100%
Transurban Group66%

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Reported emissions by year

Scope 1
Scope 2
Scope 3

FY2023

Scope 1, direct	36,000<1%
Scope 2, purchased energy	11,000<1%
Scope 3, value chain	42,145,000100%
Total	42,192,000

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

Source document: purchasing.knorr-bremse.com

Scope 3 by category, 2023

7 categories itemized

C1Purchased Goods and Services2 Mt5%
C3Fuel and Energy Related Activities25 kt<1%
C4Upstream Transportation and Distribution198 kt<1%
C6Business Travel13 kt<1%
C7Employee Commuting23 kt<1%
C9Downstream Transportation and Distribution46 kt<1%
C11Use of Sold ProductsLargest category39.9 Mt95%

Climate targets

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

Status as published by the SBTi

Primary SBTi record: Knorr-Bremse AG

Near-term targetValidated Targets

Classification: 1.5°C
Target year: 2030

Net-zero targetNot listed

Net-zero year: Not listed

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Voluntary retirements

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Registry records naming the company as beneficiary

No voluntary credit retirements linked to this company

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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Peer median: 66%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 100%, against a peer median of 66%.

Disclosure coverage

1 of 6 disclose

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

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Related projects

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