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Our approach to reducing our Scope 3 emissions

While Scope 3 emissions are always the direct emissions of another entity, Anglo American recognises the role we can play in helping to reduce the emissions intensity of our value chain and therefore reducing our Scope 3 emissions.

We are focused on collaborating with our highest-emitting customers and suppliers to work towards a common goal of emissions reduction through efficiency savings and technological advancements.

A critical part of our strategy to reduce our Scope 3 emissions is to help accelerate the decarbonisation of the steel industry through us prioritising the production and sale of premium iron ore, a key component in lower-carbon steelmaking.

Steel remains critical to development and industrialisation, as well as forming the foundation for low-carbon infrastructure. Our premium iron ore operations provide high iron ore content products, with a weighted average Fe content exceeding 65% in products sold during 2024, helping steel producers to minimise emissions while boosting productivity.

Through our customer strategy and focus on product quality, we continue to make progress in reducing the emissions intensity of our iron ore in steelmaking as we focus on sales to lower-emissions steelmakers and steelmaking processes.

Our ambition to reduce our Scope 3 emissions.

50% reduction by 2040
By 2040, to reduce our Scope 3 footprint by 50% against a 2020 baseline
Sustainable ocean freight
Carbon neutrality across our controlled ocean freight activities by 2040 and an interim 30% reduction in emissions by 2030

Since setting our ambition to reduce our Scope 3 emissions by 50% by 2040, we have worked to turn that ambition into a pathway for action.

Concentrated under four key pillars our focus so far has been on the processing and use of our products (Categories 10 and 11), our supply chain (Categories 1 and 2) and our ocean controlled freight (Category 9).

Decarbonising our value chain

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Decarbonising our value chain

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