Public data, as of October 2026

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Waste Management, Inc.

WMwm.comLatest disclosure 2024

Waste Management, Inc. reported about 15 million tCO₂e for 2024, and 13% 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 13% of the footprint, the part of the value chain that supplier emissions reductions can reach.

Peer position

Scope 3 is 13% of the footprint, below the peer median of 86%.

Voluntary retirements

Registry records show about 2,200 credits retired for this company.

Emissions

How the reported footprint breaks down by scope and year.

Peer benchmark

How Waste Management, Inc. compares with its industry peers on Scope 3.

Peers: companies in the SBTi industry "Solid Waste Management Utilities", by Scope 3 share of the latest reported footprint.

CompanyScope 3 share%

Waste Management, Inc.This company13%
Renewi Limited90%

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Related projects

10 listed

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tCO₂e, GHG Protocol scopes
Source: published disclosure, FY2024

Reported emissions by year

Scope 1
Scope 2
Scope 3

FY2024

Scope 1, direct	13,223,30087%
Scope 2, purchased energy	108,9001%
Scope 3, value chain	1,953,50013%
Total	15,285,700

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

Source document: sustainability.wm.com

Scope 3 by category, 2024

11 categories itemized

C1Purchased Goods and Services352 kt18%
C2Capital Goods361 kt18%
C3Fuel and Energy Related Activities320 kt16%
C4Upstream Transportation and DistributionLargest category544 kt28%
C5Waste Generated in Operations26 kt1%
C6Business Travel19 kt1%
C7Employee Commuting146 kt7%
C9Downstream Transportation and Distribution154 kt8%
C11Use of Sold Products6 kt<1%
C13Downstream Leased Assets20 kt1%
C15Investments5 kt<1%

Climate targets

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

Status as published by the SBTi

Primary SBTi record: WM

Near-term targetValidated Targets

Classification: 1.5°C
Target year: 2031

Net-zero targetNot listed

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

Improved Forest Management (ACR499)American Carbon Registry20252,210

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 2,200 credits in total

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Attero Recycling Private Limitedn/a

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Peer median: 86%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 13%, against a peer median of 86%.

Disclosure coverage

2 of 6 disclose

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

Research summary

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Related projects

Decarbonization projects that name the company as a partner.

Emerging projects catalog, status as reported by each project

ProjectStatus

WM Alternative Fuel Fleet Transition and RNG AllocationOperational
WM 20 New RNG Facilities ProgramUnder construction
DeKalb RNG FacilityOperational
Salem RNG Facility at Opelika LandfillOperational
Okeechobee RNG FacilityOperational
WM Collection Fleet Alternative Fuel ConversionOperational
WM Fairless RNG FacilityOperational
WM DFW Renewable Natural Gas FacilityOperational
Centerpoint BioFuels PlantCancelled
Sierra BioFuels PlantOn Hold

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