Smiths Group reports 15% year-on-year reduction in GHG emissions
The firm aims to have 25% of its suppliers by spend commit to science-based targets by 2027.
Smiths Group reduced its carbon footprint by 15% in the past year, with particular progress in Scope 3, according to its latest sustainability report.
The multinational engineering firm, which owns technical equipment brands such as John Crane, Smiths Detection, Flex-Tek and Smiths Interconnect, reported a total carbon footprint of 1,210,759 tonnes of CO2 equivalent for the year to July 2024 – down from 1,430,058 tonnes the previous year. Most of the decrease came from Scope 3, where emissions went down more than 15%, to 1.17 million tonnes of CO2.
