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and summarised by spend type (such as business travel and the purchase of goods
and services) and by vendor. It also supports procurement data and emission factors
data in any currency.
• In addition to capturing scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, Sustainability Cloud can track
historical and real-time environmental, social and governance (ESG) data in the same
platform, allowing companies to have a 360-degree view of investor-grade data and
support best practices in impact disclosures.
Salesforce’s own scope 3 business travel emissions: influencing the
broader industry
Salesforce uses Sustainability Cloud to calculate its own emission data, and as a key
part of scope 3, Salesforce calculates the company’s business travel, which it has been
offsetting since 2019.
As travel fell to near zero last year, Salesforce saw an opportunity to reimagine
its business travel strategy and set a goal to reduce its annual business travel carbon
emission intensity (emission/$ revenue) by 50% relative to 2019. In conjunction with Patrick Flynn
the reduced travel commitment, Salesforce is helping to incentivise emerging clean
technologies and working with partners to lower barriers to scale and cost reduction.
Salesforce has joined leading environmental groups RMI and the Environmental Defense Learn more about Salesforce’s
Fund’s Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance (SABA) on a new initiative to help accelerate sustainability initiatives:
the path to climate neutral air transport by driving investment in high quality Sustainable Working with suppliers to set science-
Aviation Fuel (SAF). based targets of their own by 2024 is a
key part of Salesforce’s integrated climate
Driving a more sustainable supply chain through the customer- strategy that includes:
supplier relationship • Making climate an official part of the
As part of Salesforce’s 1.5 degree Science Based Target, Salesforce is actively working company public policy platform
with 250 of its top suppliers representing 60% of its scope 3 emissions to set science- • Reaching 100% renewable energy for
based targets of their own by 2024. As of 2020, suppliers representing 28% of its its global operations by 2022
emissions have set or committed to such goals of their own, putting Salesforce nearly • Delivering a carbon neutral cloud to
halfway to its goal. its customers
It’s more important than ever that companies understand their most sustainability- • Tapping into the full power of
oriented customers, and actively work with their vendors and suppliers to drive more Salesforce to support and mobilise
thoughtful sustainability practices across the supply chain. Businesses — big and small and the conservation, restoration and
across all industries — can create meaningful change by working together and taking bold growth of 100 million trees by the end
climate action beyond their four walls. of 2030. n

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