Target · Long-term · 3 — Other
2020 → 2050 · published 2025-03-06
British American Tobacco commits to reduce absolute scope 3 FLAG GHG emissions 72% by FY2050 from a FY2020 base year.* *The target includes FLAG emissions and removals.
SBTi company profile · UK
British American Tobacco (BAT)
Tobacco Corporate
Validated Targets
Data: Science Based Targets initiative Target Dashboard, as at 2026-10-08
LocationUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
RegionNorthern Europe
SectorTobacco
Organisation typeCorporate
Near-term statusValidated Targets
Near-term target1.5°C · 2030
Long-term statusValidated Targets
Long-term target1.5°C · 2050
Net-zero statusValidated Targets
Net-zero target year2050
Business Ambition for 1.5°CBA1.5 member
ISIN in SBTi dataYes
SBTi status reason: Expired commitment
Published records
Targets and commitments
The records below are reproduced from the Science Based Targets initiative Target Dashboard. A validated target is not evidence that emissions have fallen; progress requires the company’s reported emissions.
Target · Net-zero · 1+2+3 — Other
2020 → 2050 · 1.5°C · published 2025-03-06
British American Tobacco (BAT) commits to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across the value chain by FY2050.
Target · Near-term · 1+2 — Other
2020 → 2030 · 1.5°C · published 2025-03-06
British American Tobacco commits to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 50% by FY2030 from a FY2020 base year.* *The target boundary includes land-related emissions and removals from bioenergy feedstocks.
Target · Near-term · 3 — Other
2020 → 2030 · published 2025-03-06
British American Tobacco commits to reduce absolute scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services, upstream transportation and distribution, use of sold products, and end-of-life treatment of sold products 42% by FY2030 from a FY2020 base year.* *The target boundary includes land-related emissions and removals from bioenergy feedstocks.
Target · Near-term · 3 — Other
2020 → 2025 · published 2025-03-06
British American Tobacco commits that 20% of its suppliers by spend, covering purchased goods and services, will have science-based targets by FY2025.
Target · Near-term · 3 — Other
2020 → 2030 · published 2025-03-06
British American Tobacco commits to reduce absolute scope 3 FLAG GHG emissions 30.3% by FY2030 from a FY2020 base year.* *The target includes FLAG emissions and removals.
Target · Long-term · 1+2 — Other
2020 → 2050 · 1.5°C · published 2025-03-06
British American Tobacco commits to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 90% by FY2050 from a FY2020 base year.* *The target boundary includes land-related emissions and removals from bioenergy feedstocks.
Target · Long-term · 3 — Other
2020 → 2050 · published 2025-03-06
British American Tobacco commits to reduce absolute scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services, upstream transportation and distribution, use of sold products, end-of-life treatment of sold products, and investments 90% by FY2050 from a FY2020 base year.* *The target boundary includes land-related emissions and removals from bioenergy feedstocks.
Commitment — Validated Targets
Commitment — Validated Targets