SBTi Target & Environmental Data

Evaluating Environmental Impact

As we advance our sustainability ambitions, we strive to find efficiencies while reducing our global electricity footprint and tracking greenhouse gas emissions.

Since 2022, we have reduced our global electricity footprint by 50K megawatt hours (MWh) compared to our 2019 baseline year. In 2024, we decreased our overall greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 29% against our 2019 baseline year.

31.9% Renewable Energy

Wherever possible, we strive to purchase renewable energy directly from utilities. In certain locations, we are also exploring the ability to generate renewable energy. In 2024, renewable energy made up 31.9% of our total energy purchases – up from 16.1% in our 2019 baseline year.

FOOTNOTES

The electricity data disclosed in this report refers to electricity that is measured and managed by Omnicom. Please see our CDP Climate Response for further energy details.

In 2024, our overall renewable electricity percentage decreased marginally compared to 2023. This change is related to our efforts to reduce total electricity consumption and the way we are able to source renewable energy. We continued to use a substantial amount of renewable electricity, and our commitment to renewables remains unchanged.

Scope 3 emissions include the indirect emissions of our supply chain partners that are not under our direct control; they are comprised of seven categories that are related to Omnicom’s business: Category 1: Purchased Goods and Services; Category 2: Capital Goods; Category 3: Fuel and Energy-Related Activities; Category 5: Waste Generated Operations; Category 6: Business Travel; Category 7: Employee Commuting; and Category 8: Upstream Leased Assets.

Scope 2 emissions increased by 3.5% from 2023 to 2024, primarily due to an increase of real estate square footage managed by Omnicom

Scope 3 emissions increased by 3.9% from 2023 to 2024, primarily attributed to an increase in business travel activity related to client service activities.

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Emission factors are updated annually by third-party issuing bodies like DEFRA (Department of Food and Rural Affairs), USEEIO (US Environmentally-Extended Input-Output) and others. We apply these factors from the effective date of issuance. The issuing bodies do not update the prior year’s factors to be consistent, which impacts the change in calculated emissions compared to prior years.

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All values are shown in terms of tons(t) of carbon dioxide (CO2 ) equivalent(e) and rounded up/down.