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.

Top quartile

better than 75% of peers

best 5.35n=17 peersworst 191

Operational intensity

Carbon / $m OpEx

8.29tCO2e / $m

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.

Top quartile

better than 75% of peers

best 8.27n=15 peersworst 197

Economic intensity

Carbon / $m EVIC

4.49tCO2e / $m

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?

Top quartile

better than 75% of peers

best 2.53n=8 peersworst 268

Asset intensity

Carbon / $m PP&E + leased

131tCO2e / $m

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.

Above median

better than 69% of peers

best 27.9n=15 peersworst 14.8k

Workforce intensity

Carbon / FTE

0.24tCO2e / FTE

Carbon per FTE (full-time-equivalent employee) — the diagnostic measure for people-leveraged businesses where headcount, not capital, drives delivery. Captures the office, energy and travel footprint per person.

Below median

better than 39% of peers

best 0.01n=19 peersworst 3.22

Progress · absolute tCO2e

Scope 1 + 2 trajectory

ActualLinear1.5°C

No target available for this scope.

Scope 3 trajectory

ActualLinear1.5°C

No target available for this scope.

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Scope 3 limited to business travel only
Huron's reported Scope 3 covers only air and non-air business travel; other Scope 3 categories (purchased goods, employee commuting, etc.) are not calculated. Activity data is largely estimated/extrapolated rather than fully measured.
2023
Revised train travel emissions methodology (rail passenger-miles, EPA factors)
In 2023, Huron revised its methodology for calculating train travel emissions, updating from rail miles (2022) to rail passenger-miles using updated EPA emission factors. 2022 figures were not restated; if restated, 2022 Scope 3 would have been ~13% lower.
2023
Annual neutralization target for Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions via Climate Vault
Huron has a forward-looking target to neutralize Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions on an annual basis through collaboration with Climate Vault. Beginning in 2023, Huron neutralized its 2022 Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions via Climate Vault.
2023
Workforce expansion >70% since 2020 driving emissions growth
From 2020 to 2023, revenue grew at 17% CAGR and workforce expanded over 70%. Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions all increased from 2022 to 2023 due to higher electricity usage and expanded business travel.
2023
Plans to establish carbon-reduction targets in 2023
Huron stated that in 2023 it will be establishing carbon-reduction targets to continue progress on reducing emissions. As of the 2022 report, no specific quantitative reduction target or net-zero year had been set.
2022