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Bayer
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Verified credentials
SBTi Validated1.5°C
Decarbonisation trajectory · all scopes
Scope 3· base 2019 · 7.7M tCO2e
Headline intensities
·Values in USD ($)· normalised from EUR at FY avg rate
Peer cohort: — · lower is betterRevenue intensity
Carbon / $m revenue
—tCO2e / $m revenue
Carbon per million dollars of revenue. The legacy industry-standard reference (CDP, MSCI). Useful for cross-sector context, but distorted by margin — high-margin firms appear artificially efficient. Read alongside the operational and asset intensities for the full picture.
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Operational intensity
Carbon / $m OpEx
—tCO2e / $m OpEx
OpEx (operating expenditure) is the running cost of the business — staff, services, energy, materials. This shows how carbon-intensive operations are per million dollars of spend. Removes the margin distortion that revenue-based ratios introduce.
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Economic intensity
Carbon / $m EVIC
—tCO2e / $m EVIC
EVIC (Enterprise Value Including Cash) is the firm's total capital footprint — equity + debt + cash + minority interest. The EU's standard intensity measure (SFDR PAI 3) — answers: how much carbon does each million of capital deployed in this business produce?
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Asset intensity
Carbon / $m PP&E + leased
—tCO2e / $m PP&E
PP&E (Property, Plant & Equipment) plus leased real-estate assets is the firm's physical infrastructure on the balance sheet. This shows the carbon intensity of that physical footprint — uses Scope 1+2+3 for consistency with the other headline intensities. Surfaces stranded-asset risk for asset-heavy firms.
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Climate action evidence
83 records · 3 sourcesCarbon credits retired
2,789,302 tCO2e
83 retirements · FYNaN–NaN · third-party verified
By credit quality
- Durable removals667 tCO2e(0%)
- Nature-based removals684,611 tCO2e(25%)
- Avoidance / reductions1,929,413 tCO2e(69%)
- Unclassified174,611 tCO2e(6%)
Renewable electricity
No third-party REC retirements on file and no self-reported renewable share disclosed.
Sources
- · berkeley_voluntary_registry
- · CarbonPlan OffsetsDB
- · Puro.earth Registry
Registry retirements are direct evidence; commitments are forward-looking pledges. EPA snapshot covers FY2019–FY2020.
Strategy & approach
How the firm describes its decarbonisation approach in its own words — alongside the headline numbers above. Self-reported, page-cited.
Approach to renewable energy
40% global / 60% US electricity from renewables via Cat Creek Energy PPA
Bayer's collaboration with Cat Creek Energy will ensure 40% of Bayer's global electricity and 60% of U.S. electricity comes from renewable sources. In Germany, an agreement with Wuppertal public utility and investments in geothermal energy and zero-emission steam generation support the journey. Target: 100% renewable electricity procurement by 2029, supporting absolute 42% Scope 1+2 reduction by 2029 vs 2019.
Self-reported · FY2024 · p.3
Approach to carbon removals
Offset residual 10% emissions via forest conservation & agriculture credits
By 2030, remaining greenhouse gas emissions of own operations will be fully offset by purchasing certificates from verified climate protection projects, especially in forest conservation and agriculture. For Net Zero 2050, residual emissions (10%) will be offset through long-term carbon credits with long-term carbon capture, per SBTi standards. LEAF Coalition partnerships from 2022-2026 for tropical rainforest deforestation reduction credits.
Self-reported · FY2024 · p.7
Primary decarbonisation levers
- Crop protection environmental impact reduction (-30% by 2030)
Reduce treated-area-weighted environmental impact per hectare of global crop protection portfolio by 30% by 2030 vs 2014-2018 baseline. Achieved 13% reduction by 2024 (data 2019-2023). Levers include CropKey AI-designed molecules, precision application, seed treatment, biologics, drift reduction. Uses PestLCI and USEtox scientific consensus models.
- Site climate neutrality by 2030 (Scope 1+2)
Bayer aims to achieve climate neutrality at all its own sites by 2030, with 42% absolute Scope 1+2 reduction by 2029 vs 2019. Achieved 21.3% reduction by 2024. Conversion of sites to 100% renewable electricity by 2029. Investments in geothermal, zero-emission steam generation in Germany.
Dependent decarbonisation levers
- Supply chain Scope 3 decarbonization via TfS and supplier engagement
Scope 3 Decarbonization Accelerator program drives reduction across purchased goods (largest category 3.1), capital goods, fuel/energy, upstream transport, business travel. Updated SBTi-validated target: 25% reduction by 2029 vs 2019. Engagement via Together for Sustainability (TfS), PSCI, PACT/WBCSD, and CDP supply chain module. SiGREEN launched 2024 for PCF data exchange.
- On-field GHG reduction for farming customers (-30% by 2030)
Enable farming customers to reduce on-field GHG emissions per unit of crop produced by 30% by 2030 vs base-year intensity (726 kg CO2e/tonne across 17 crop-country combinations). Achieved 9% reduction by 2024, driven mainly by India-Rice. Levers: no-till/reduced tillage, cover crops, direct seeded rice, PRO Carbono programs in Brazil/Argentina, ForGround in US, Bayer Carbon Program in Europe.
- Direct Seeded Rice (DSR) — DirectAcres scaling to 1M hectares by 2030
DSR reduces water use by up to 40% and methane emissions by up to 45% vs traditional transplanted puddled rice. Brought to ~18,700 hectares in India in 2024, target 1 million hectares by 2030. Over 90% of participating Indian farmers achieved successful plant establishment in 2023. Plan to expand to Philippines in 2025.
Targets
Near-term
3 targets| Scope | Base | Target | Reduction | Alignment | Progress | Status |
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| Scope 1 + 2Absolute | 2019 | 2029 | −42% | 1.5°C | insufficient data | — |
| Scope 1 + 2 + 3Absolute | 2019 | 2024 | −20% | In corporate strategy | insufficient data | — |
| Scope 3Absolute | 2019 | 2029 | −25% | 0.0% reduction achieved vs 25% target (0% of the way there). Linear pace expects 12.5% by now. −0.0% reductionof −25% target · 0% there | Off track |
Long-term
1 target| Scope | Base | Target | Reduction | Alignment | Progress | Status |
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| Scope 1 + 2 + 3Absolute | 2019 | 2050 | −90% | 1.5°C | insufficient data | — |
Net zero
2 targets| Scope | Base | Target | Reduction | Alignment | Progress | Status |
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| Scope 1 + 2 + 3 | 2019 | 2050 | — | 1.5°C | absolute-value target | — |
| Scope 1 + 2 + 3 | — | 2050 | — | In corporate strategy | absolute-value target | — |
⚠ Some targets show progress vs the earliest extracted year as a baseline approximation. The real base-year value will be used once historical reports are extracted.
Progress · absolute tCO2e
no Scope 1 + 2 trajectory data
Scope 3 trajectory vs target
Scope 3 · 25% by 2029
ActualLinear1.5°C
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Latest news· last 5 of 19
full news log →- 2024Primary: Crop protection environmental impact reduction (-30% by 2030)
- 2024Scope 3 reduction target tightened to 25% by 2029 (SBTi-validated)
- 2024Aligned with SDGs 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 13, 15
- 2024CDP A List 2024 — Climate and Water
- 2024Australia-Cotton removed from on-field GHG intensity scope