Decarbonization progress in the mining sector

Leading mining companies are continuing to make progress in developing their operational decarbonization pathways, with time periods for achieving net zero shortening in some cases as well as more ambitious near-term targets. Several miners, including BHP, Vale and Anglo American, have made good progress towards their goals and achieved a reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions in recent years, while many of those whose emissions grew due to greater operational activity post COVID-19-related interruptions have still succeeded in reducing their greenhouse gas intensity. This whitepaper compares the operational decarbonization progress to date for leading miners, as well as benchmarking the targets for reducing scope 1 and 2 emissions and for net zero carbon emissions, and the current share of renewables in their electricity consumption. For more details, please download this whitepaper.