Low-carbon transition
Priorities
- Advising our clients in navigating, retaining and realising value from the low carbon transition
- Identifying transition-related investment opportunities for our clients and investors
- Using our influence to promote transition-related technologies
- Managing inherent climate-related investment risks and impacts
- Decarbonising our own footprint
Targets
For additional information on these targets, please refer to the 2025 Sustainability Progress and Policy Statement.
reduction of absolute Scope 1&2 GHG emissions between 2023 and 2030
reduction of Scope 3 travel-related GHG emissions per FTE between 2023 and 2030
of eligible private equity portfolio by invested value with SBTi-validated targets by end of 2029 (100% by 2040)
of portfolio companies with objectives aligned with a 1.5°C scenario by 2030
2025 Sustainability progress and policy statement
More detailed information about the Group's strategy, performance and targets with regards to sustainability-related impacts, risks and opportunities.
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.
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.
CarbonCure
CarbonCure is a Canadian company that offers solutions that reduce and remove CO2 from the atmosphere through mineralisation in concrete.
Carbo Culture
Carbo Culture is a Finnish-Californian climate technology company with a scalable approach to carbon removal.
Capture6
Capture6 is based in California and New Zealand. Their processes use wastewater brine to capture CO2 from the atmosphere, while producing fresh water for local communities.
O.C.O Technology
O.C.O is a leader in Accelerated Carbonation Technology (ACT), a patented process that permanently stores CO2 by turning it into stable carbonate minerals.
NetZero
NetZero is a leading French start-up aiming to deploy large-scale biochar production in tropical areas to remove atmospheric carbon for hundreds of years.
