Airbus | Sustainability Performance

https://www.airbus.com

Designs and manufactures commercial aircraft, helicopters, and defense systems.

1970

France

10,001+ employees

Aviation & Aerospace

$10B+ in revenue

$1B - 10B in profitability

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Sustainability Ranking & Industry Benchmark

#4335

Overall

#265

in France

#12

in Aviation & Aerospace

Sustainability Maturity

Sustainability Intent

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Industry Rank

2 out of 60

Overview

Environmental

Carbon emissionsCarbon certificatesDigital emissionsEnergy consumptionWaste managementWater managementAir and land impactNature and biodiversityNature riskClimate risk

Social

Diversity and inclusionPay gapsHealth and safetyExternalities

Governance

TargetsSDG ImpactESG scores and exclusionsB-corp & CDP

Financial Data

Business performanceCapital & innovationAnalyst projectionsAsset manager exclusion

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CO2 scope 1 + 2

822.0K CO2e tonnes, 2025

Leading

Renewable energy

32% 2025

Aligned

Waste generated

388.1K tonnes, 2024

Critical

Female engagement

22% 2025

Critical

Externalities

131.7M $, 2025

Aligned

Market cap

143.4B $, 2026▲2.5% YoY

Revenue

82.9B $, 2025▲5.7% YoY

R&D intensity

4.29% 2025

Intensity

Greenhouse gas intensity Scope 1, 2 (tCO₂e /$M)

Energy consumption (direct) intensity (MWh /$M)

Industry Benchmark

9.9

B/M 16.9

46.9

B/M 52.9

Controversy level

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Airbus SE reached a EUR 3.6 billion (USD 4 billion) global settlement in January 2020 with the French PNF, UK SFO, and US DOJ resolving a 7-year cross-border bribery investigation under deferred prosecution agreements — the largest corporate bribery settlement in history at the time — covering alleged use of business partners to bribe officials in Ghana, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Malaysia, China, and other countries to win commercial aircraft and defense contracts.

Carbon emissions breakdown

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Energy consumption breakdown

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Biodiversity impact

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Waste management

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Water management

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Air pollution

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Land use

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Diversity & inclusion

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Pay gap breakdown

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Health & safety

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Externalities

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SBTi targets and commitments

Target	Status	Temperature alignment	Year
Near-term target	Targets set	1.5°C	2035
Long-term target	Not disclosed	-	-
Net-zero	Not disclosed	-	-
Business Ambition 1.5°C	Not disclosed	-	-

Target details

Airbus commits to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 63% by 2030 from a 2015 base year* **. Airbus also commits to reduce scope 3 GHG emissions from the use of sold products 46% per RPK by 2035 from a 2015 base year* **. *Non-CO2e effects which may also contribute to aviation induced warming are not included in this target. Airbus SE commits to report publicly on its collaboration with stakeholders to improve understanding of opportunities to mitigate the non-CO2e impacts of aviation annually over its target timeframe. **The target boundary includes biogenic emissions and removals from bioenergy feedstocks.

SDG impact (historical)

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Reporting

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Controversy level

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Airbus SE reached a EUR 3.6 billion (USD 4 billion) global settlement in January 2020 with the French PNF, UK SFO, and US DOJ resolving a 7-year cross-border bribery investigation under deferred prosecution agreements — the largest corporate bribery settlement in history at the time — covering alleged use of business partners to bribe officials in Ghana, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Malaysia, China, and other countries to win commercial aircraft and defense contracts.

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Carbon emissions

Renewable energy

Intensity

Female engagement

Digital Emissions

Waste

Controversy level

Carbon emissions breakdown

Carbon certificate projects

Energy consumption breakdown

Climate risk

Nature risk

Production loss

Revenue at risk

Assets exposed to sensitive locations

Biodiversity loss in km²

Biodiversity loss in CO2e

Potential species loss

Biodiversity impact

Waste management

Water management

Air pollution

Land use

Diversity & inclusion

Pay gap breakdown

Health & safety

Externalities

Revenue & EBITDA

Margin trends

R&D intensity

Return on invested capital

Analyst revenue estimates & actuals

Exclusions by region

Excluding institutions

Environmental policy coverage

SBTi targets and commitments

Target details

Sustainability targets and commitments

Overall score

Environment

Social

Governance

Exclusion screening

CDP Scores

SDG impact

SDG impact (historical)

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Sustainability employees

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Energy consumption breakdown

Climate risk

Nature risk

Production loss

Revenue at risk

Assets exposed to sensitive locations

Biodiversity loss in km²

Biodiversity loss in CO2e

Potential species loss

Biodiversity impact

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