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UnitedHealth Group Incorporated

UNHunitedhealthgroup.comLatest disclosure 2024

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated reported about 18 million tCO₂e for 2024, and 98% 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 to Set Targets.

Where insetting fits

Scope 3 is 98% of the footprint, the part of the value chain that supplier emissions reductions can reach.

Peer position

Scope 3 is 98% of the footprint, close to the peer median of 100%.

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 UnitedHealth Group Incorporated compares with its industry peers on Scope 3.

Peers: companies in the SBTi industry "Banks, Diverse Financials, Insurance", by Scope 3 share of the latest reported footprint.

CompanyScope 3 share%

UnitedHealth Group IncorporatedThis company98%
BNP Paribas100%

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Reported emissions by year

Scope 1
Scope 2
Scope 3

FY2024

Scope 1, direct	105,7821%
Scope 2, purchased energy	265,6611%
Scope 3, value chain	17,977,60198%
Total	18,349,044

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

Source document: unitedhealthgroup.com

Scope 3 by category, 2024

9 categories itemized

C1Purchased Goods and Services7.8 Mt43%
C2Capital Goods216 kt1%
C3Fuel and Energy Related Activities46 kt<1%
C4Upstream Transportation and Distribution521 kt3%
C5Waste Generated in Operations35 kt<1%
C6Business Travel77 kt<1%
C7Employee Commuting145 kt1%
C11Use of Sold Products57 kt<1%
C15InvestmentsLargest category9.1 Mt51%

Climate targets

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

Status as published by the SBTi

Primary SBTi record: UnitedHealth Group

Near-term targetValidated Targets

Classification: 1.5°C
Target year: 2030

Net-zero targetCommitment to Set Targets

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: 100%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 98%, 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.

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Related projects

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