Low-carbon transition

Business model integration

From our operational impact, to the products and services we offer, to the clients and supply chain partners we engage with, we are aiming to integrate these priorities across the most relevant activities.

Decarbonising our own footprint

As an office‑based business that is not active in industrial activities, the Group’s operational GHG emissions footprint is relatively low. Nevertheless, the Group takes accountability for the operational environmental impacts that are in its direct control. Managing and reducing this footprint is a strategic priority, with objectives, actions and progress overseen by the Group Sustainability Committee (GSC). In line with this strategy, the Group has set reduction targets for 2030 covering its Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions, as well as its Scope 3 emissions from business travel, and is progressively implementing measures to deliver against these commitments. The business continues to examine different operational decarbonisation levers and their carbon‑abatement potential, as the basis for an evolving transition plan. This approach prioritises the most material emission sources, the most impactful intervention levers and the key enablers to support implementation. 

Progress and commitment to external initiatives

Carbon removal partnerships

Rothschild & Co’s ambition is to continue its efforts to reduce its operational GHG emissions as far as possible, and to effectively remove an equivalent amount of CO2 for all residual, unavoidable operational GHG emissions by 2030 with the help of high-quality long-term carbon removal solutions. To support these commitments, Rothschild & Co has signed several multi-year carbon-credit purchase agreements with companies that are developing innovative, impactful and scalable carbon removal solutions.