GRI Report

The report says Bertelsmann's target to cut absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2030 from a 2018 base year was validated by the SBTi. The company's 2020 direct and indirect emissions totaled 2.03 million metric tons of CO2e, with 81 percent attributed to Scope 3. Digital training accounted for 53 percent of training hours in 2020, reflecting a shift to digital learning during the pandemic.