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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

TMOthermofisher.comLatest disclosure 2024

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. reported about 9 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: Validated Targets.

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, close to the peer median of 92%.

Voluntary retirements

Registry records show about 1,900 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 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. compares with its industry peers on Scope 3.

Peers: companies in the SBTi industry "Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences", by Scope 3 share of the latest reported footprint.

CompanyScope 3 share%

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.This company94%
McKesson Corporation99%

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Reported emissions by year

Scope 1
Scope 2
Scope 3

FY2024

Scope 1, direct	315,8434%
Scope 2, purchased energy	241,1053%
Scope 3, value chain	8,401,72294%
Total	8,958,670

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

Source document: corporate.thermofisher.com

Scope 3 by category, 2024

15 categories itemized

C1Purchased Goods and ServicesLargest category4.9 Mt58%
C2Capital Goods277 kt3%
C3Fuel and Energy Related Activities105 kt1%
C4Upstream Transportation and Distribution1.1 Mt13%
C5Waste Generated in Operations48 kt1%
C6Business Travel166 kt2%
C7Employee Commuting240 kt3%
C8Upstream Leased Assets0 t0%
C9Downstream Transportation and Distribution0 t0%
C10Processing of Sold Products0 t0%
C11Use of Sold Products1.5 Mt18%
C12End-of-Life Treatment of Sold Products54 kt1%
C13Downstream Leased Assets0 t0%
C14Franchises0 t0%
C15Investments0 t0%

Climate targets

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

Status as published by the SBTi

Primary SBTi record: Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

Near-term targetValidated Targets

Classification: 1.5°C
Target year: 2030

Net-zero targetValidated Targets

Net-zero year: 2050

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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

Improved Forest Management (CAR1941)Climate Action Reserve20251,200
Improved Forest Management (ACR571)American Carbon Registry2025709
Cookstove (GLD4364)Gold Standard20253

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.about 1,900 credits in total

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Roche Holding AG96%

Peer median: 92%Scope 3 boundaries differ between reports, so compare shares with care.

Scope 3 position

Near the peer median

The company's Scope 3 share is 94%, 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.

Research summary

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Related projects

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