56% As of year-end 2021, approximately 56% of our operations have achieved green building certifications toward our 60% goal by 2025 4 Set a goal to have the vast majority of plastic cards issued by American Express be made of at least 70% recycled or reclaimed plastic by the end of 2024 $3.1M in grants pledged toward our $10 million philanthropic goal to back low-carbon communities by 2025 4. Green building certified percentage is represented by the total square footage of leased or owned facilities actively occupied by American Express (excluding parking lot square footage) certified under a global or locally recognized third-party environmental building rating system as meeting their performance criteria (LEED, BREEAM, NABERS, GreenMark, HQE and Effinergie+). Committed to net-zero emissions by 2035 in alignment with the SBTi 2 2035 Became a TCFD Supporter and conducted qualitative climate risk analyses aligned with TCFD recommendations Progress and Highlights 100% Carbon neutral operations powered by 100% renewable electricity since 2018 3 3. Achieved carbon neutral operations for Scope 1 (direct emissions from sources owned or controlled by American Express), Scope 2 (indirect market-based emissions), and Scope 3 (waste and employee business travel, including third-party air, rail and rental cars) emissions through renewable energy credits, carbon offsets, and reduced GHG emissions. Operations include all our managed facilities, field sites, and data centers. Managed facilities are individual properties operationally managed by our global real estate team and housing critical business functions. Field sites are individual properties that are not operationally managed by our global real estate team but directly by our business units. They are typically smaller sites, less than 30,000 square feet (including airport lounges, foreign exchange kiosks, and sales offices) that are owned or leased by American Express. For more detailed data on our consumption of electricity, renewable energy, and Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions, please see the Environmental Performance Data Summary and Limited Assurance Statement of GHG Emissions in the Supporting Data: Our Commitment to Transparency section at the end of this report. 2. American Express is following the methodology of the SBTi for our commitment to net-zero by 2035, which covers all Scope 1 and 2 emissions and a minimum of two-thirds of total Scope 3 emissions in conformance with the GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard. 70% INTRODUCTION PROMOTING DE&I ADVANCING CLIMATE SOLUTIONS BUILDING FINANCIAL CONFIDENCE OUR ESG GOVERNANCE & OPERATING RESPONSIBLY SUPPORTING DATA OUR COMMITMENT TO ESG 40
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