Protecting the environment

We’re committed to helping tackle climate change and reducing our impact on the environment. We’ve committed to be carbon neutral¹ by 2030 and have set a science-based target.

As an information services business, the main environmental impact we control is the carbon footprint of our offices, data centres and business travel. We’re also working to better understand and manage the climate impact of our supply chain and aim to reduce our environmental footprint further by eliminating the use of single-use plastic in our facilities as far as possible.

You can find our environmental reporting data, TCFD reporting and CDP response in the ESG reporting hub.

¹Includes all Scope 1 and 2 emissions, as well as Scope 3 emissions from purchased goods and services, business travel, and fuel-and-energy-related activities (which represent 83% of our baseline emissions in Scope 3). This is aligned with the boundaries covered by our science-based target approved by the Science-Based Target initiative (SBTi). Once emission reductions have been achieved in line with our science-based target, Experian will offset the remaining emissions within the boundaries of our science-based target to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030.

²Also known as ‘well-to-tank’, is an average of all the greenhouse gas emissions released into the atmosphere from the production, processing and delivery of a fuel or energy.

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Targets adopted by companies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are considered “science-based” if they’re in line with what the latest climate science says is necessary to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement — to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C above pre-industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit warming to 1.5 degrees C. These targets need to be developed in accordance with SBTi criteria and submitted to their scientific committee for validation.

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Scope 1 covers direct emissions from owned or controlled sources. (For example, gas consumption, diesel used in our generators and company vehicles).

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Scope 2 covers indirect emissions from the generation of purchased electricity, steam, heating and cooling consumed by the company.

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Scope 3 includes all other indirect emissions that occur in a company’s value chain.