Wells Fargo Announces Interim Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets for Oil & Gas and Power Sectors
May 04 2022 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
Targets align the company’s financial portfolios with the
companywide goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
Wells Fargo today announced its interim targets for reducing
greenhouse gas emissions attributable to its financing activities
in the Oil & Gas and Power sectors. The 2030 reduction targets
for these sectors, based on a 2019 baseline, are:
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- Oil & Gas sector: 26% reduction in absolute
emissions
- Power sector: 60% reduction in portfolio emissions
intensity
This is an important step in the company’s work to realize its
goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, including client
emissions attributable to its financing. The company intends to
reach this net-zero ambition by continuing to support and work with
its clients and providing the capital needed to meet the demands of
today while working to transition to a low carbon future.
The targets are detailed in CO2eMissionSM, Wells Fargo’s
methodology for aligning its financial portfolios to the goals of
the Paris Agreement and setting interim, emissions-based targets to
guide that alignment. This methodology takes a sectoral approach,
which recognizes that each sector of the economy is unique and will
have its own decarbonization pathway. CO2eMission is available on
this website. Wells Fargo’s approach is informed by the
target-setting guidelines of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA),
which the company joined in 2021.
The company expects to publicly report on the progress made
against the targets for Oil & Gas and Power and plans to set
additional targets for other key emitting sectors.
About Wells Fargo Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC)
is a leading financial services company that has approximately $1.9
trillion in assets, proudly serves one in three U.S. households and
more than 10% of small businesses in the U.S., and is a leading
middle market banking provider in the U.S. We provide a diversified
set of banking, investment and mortgage products and services, as
well as consumer and commercial finance, through our four
reportable operating segments: Consumer Banking and Lending,
Commercial Banking, Corporate and Investment Banking, and Wealth
& Investment Management. Wells Fargo ranked No. 37 on Fortune’s
2021 rankings of America’s largest corporations. In the communities
we serve, the company focuses its social impact on building a
sustainable, inclusive future for all by supporting housing
affordability, small business growth, financial health, and a
low-carbon economy. News, insights, and perspectives from Wells
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