Net zero by 2040

Our 2030 carbon reduction targets have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative as in line with reductions required to keep warming to 1.5°C, the most ambitious goal of the Paris Agreement.

By 2030, Vodafone will achieve net zero emissions from our own operations - including our direct emissions and emissions from the energy we purchase (Scope 1 and 2). For the very limited proportion of our emissions that we are not able to abate by our net zero target year, we will balance these with high quality carbon offsets to achieve net zero. We will also halve carbon emissions from Scope 3 sources, including joint ventures, all supply chain purchases, the use of products it has sold and business travel.

By 2040, Vodafone aims to achieve net zero emissions across our fulll value chain (Scope 3) - brining forward by ten years Vodafone’s original 2050 ambition to reach net zero across our full carbon footprint.

In 2019, Vodafone signed up to the Race to Zero campaign through the Business Ambition for 1.5C