Every year, the Financial Times highlights European companies that, in recent years, have made the most progress in tackling climate change and have reduced their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

“It is gratifying to see our climate initiatives receiving recognition and that we have retained our position as one of Europe’s Climate Leaders. We have been successful in reducing our own emissions, in part by phasing out fossil fuel at our asphalt plants. We have set ourselves ambitious climate targets and will continue to offer innovative solutions to help reduce our own and our customers’ climate footprint,” says Susanne Lithander, CFO of NCC.

Ambitious climate agenda

NCC’s long-term target is to achieve net zero emissions by 2045. By 2030, emissions from own operations (Scope 1 and 2), as well as in the value chain (Scope 3), are to be reduced by 42 percent.* Earlier this year, NCC published a Climate Transition Plan aligned with the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C. NCC has reported GHG emissions to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) each year since 2010.

*Base year 2024, with the addition of reference values for 2020.

You can read more about our climate agenda in NCC’s Climate Transition Plan and Annual and Sustainability Report:

• Climate and energy | NCC
• Annual Reports | NCC

About the Financial Times list of Europe’s Climate Leaders

The list focuses on companies that have achieved reductions in both absolute greenhouse gas emissions and emissions intensity within Scope 1 and 2 over a five-year period (2019–2024). From a selection of approximately 2,000 European companies, 600 were included on the list, with NCC ranking 416 with 52 points out of 100.

Read more about the methodology on Statista’s website.