Public data, as of October 2026

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Ricardo-Aea Limited

ricardo.comLatest disclosure 2023

Ricardo-Aea Limited reported about 230,000 tCO₂e for 2023, and 99% 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 99% of the footprint, the part of the value chain that supplier emissions reductions can reach.

Peer position

Scope 3 is 99% of the footprint, above the peer median of 92%.

Voluntary retirements

Registry records show 22 credits retired for this company.

Emissions

How the reported footprint breaks down by scope and year.

tCO₂e, GHG Protocol scopes
Source: published disclosure, FY2023

Peer benchmark

How Ricardo-Aea Limited compares with its industry peers on Scope 3.

Peers: companies in the SBTi industry "Professional Services", by Scope 3 share of the latest reported footprint.

CompanyScope 3 share%

Ricardo-Aea LimitedThis company99%
Colgate-Palmolive Company99%

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Reported emissions by year

Scope 1
Scope 2
Scope 3

FY2023

Scope 1, direct	1,8751%
Scope 2, purchased energy	637<1%
Scope 3, value chain	226,72399%
Total	229,235

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

Source document: mycelium.global

Scope 3 by category, 2023

10 categories itemized

C1Purchased Goods and ServicesLargest category141 kt62%
C2Capital Goods5 kt2%
C3Fuel and Energy Related Activities216 t<1%
C4Upstream Transportation and Distribution361 t<1%
C5Waste Generated in Operations113 t<1%
C6Business Travel3 kt1%
C7Employee Commuting2 kt1%
C8Upstream Leased Assets2 kt1%
C9Downstream Transportation and Distribution163 t<1%
C10Processing of Sold Products796 t<1%

Climate targets

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

Status as published by the SBTi

Primary SBTi record: Ricardo PLC

Near-term targetValidated Targets

Classification: 1.5°C
Target year: 2031

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

Cookstove (GLD11433)Gold Standard202522

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.22 credits in total

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SGS SA88%

Adecco Group AG92%

Peer median: 92%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 99%, against a peer median of 92%.

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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Related projects

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