NXP focuses on optimizing the efficiency of our manufacturing processes and implementing measures to abate process emissions where possible.
In 2024, we reached a significant milestone by completing the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) validation process. This validation reflects our commitment to climate action. Our validated targets include:
Navigating the complexities of semiconductor manufacturing — from managing diverse energy sources to addressing the use of high global warming potential (GWP) gases — is essential to delivering meaningful reductions in emissions and achieving NXP's ambitions concerning responsible energy usage.
We measure our carbon footprint in accordance with the GHG Protocol, a set of internationally recognized standards for quantifying and reporting GHG emissions. Our reporting encompasses all three of the protocols' defined categories: Scope 1 (direct emissions from owned or controlled sources), Scope 2 (indirect emissions, owned) and Scope 3 (upstream and downstream emissions across the value chain).
While our primary focus remains on decarbonizing Scope 1 and 2 emissions, we are also working to reduce our Scope 3 footprint, which is understandably larger, due to its value-chain impact. As a part of this commitment, we successfully validated Science-Based Targets (SBTs) for Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions during the year.
2024 Proportion of Scope 1, 2 and 3 Emissions
The GHG Protocol defines Scope 1 emissions as direct emissions from company-owned and -controlled resources, including process emissions (from onsite manufacturing) and stationary combustion (fuels, heating sources, etc.). Our Scope 1 emissions only include data from manufacturing sites, given that the non-manufacturing impact is negligible.
Our Scope 1 emissions include PFC emissions, HTF emissions, emissions from the consumption of fossil fuels and emissions of gases identified in the Kyoto Protocol, including Nitrous Oxide (N₂O) and Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF₆).
In 2024, our absolute Scope 1 emissions decreased by 31% compared to 2023. Since 2015, our efforts to optimize our processes, upgrade tools and install abatement equipment, along with lower loading of our factories, have lowered our absolute Scope 1 emissions by 68%.
The GHG Protocol defines Scope 2 emissions as indirect emissions from the generation of purchased energy supplied by a utility provider. At present, all of our Scope 2 energy use consists of electricity. Our Scope 2 emissions include data from both manufacturing and non-manufacturing sites.
Our efforts in the past ten years to conserve electricity, obtain renewable energy and optimize our process tools have produced a continuous decrease in Scope 2 emissions, even though many of our processing steps are more complex and require more electricity to run. Since 2015, our absolute market-based Scope 2 emissions have decreased by 40%. In 2024, our absolute Scope 2 emissions decreased by 13% compared to 2023.
2023 marked a significant milestone as we conducted our first comprehensive, detailed inventory of Scope 3 emissions for all 15 categories, in alignment with the GHG Protocol. Within the 15 categories defined by the GHG Protocol, three categories account for approximately 97% of NXP's total Scope 3 emissions. These are, in descending order of contribution: Category 11 - Use of Sold Products, Category 1 - Purchased Goods and Services and Category 2 - Capital Goods.
As a result of the ongoing implementation of energy-consumption reduction measures in our products, slight updates to our calculation methodologies and lower loading in our factories, our total absolute Scope 3 emissions decreased in 2024 compared to 2022, and 2023. In 2024, our total Scope 3 emissions amounted to a total of 9,756,145 tCO₂e and accounted for 93% of our total carbon footprint.
We are committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2035. To contribute to our ambitious goal, our cutting-edge facility in Nijmegen, NL, sets new manufacturing standards.
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