Carbon Footprint

Tate & Lyle’s purpose is Transforming Lives Through the Science of Food. Our people believe passionately that, through our purpose, we can successfully grow our business and have a positive impact on society.

As part of our pillar on caring for our planet we live on and helping protect its natural resources for the benefit of future generations, we have established ambitious carbon reduction targets including a commitment that by 2050, we'll be carbon net-zero.¹

Our ambitious greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets, to be delivered by 2028, consistent with reductions required to limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, are the most ambitious goal of the Paris Climate Agreement.  Tate & Lyle’s new near-term science-based GHG emissions reduction targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), the corporate climate action organisation that rigorously validates companies’ climate targets. 

Tate & Lyle has committed to the following near-term GHG emissions reduction targets:

Energy and Industrial  

• Reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 38% by 2028 from a 2019 base year.¹

• Reduce absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions by 38% by 2028 from a 2019 base year.

Forests, Land and Agriculture (FLAG)

• Reduce absolute Scope 3 FLAG GHG emissions by 23% by 2028 from a 2019 base year.²

• No deforestation across our primary deforestation-linked commodities, with a target date of 31 December 2025.

In addition to the new GHG emissions targets, Tate & Lyle remains committed to delivering its other sustainability commitments and targets, including purchasing 100% renewable electricity for our operations by 2030 and net zero by 2050.

¹The target boundary includes land-related emissions and removals from bioenergy feedstocks.

²The target includes Forests Land and Agriculture (FLAG) emissions and removals.