De Beers 2025 Sustainability Report: Carbon Emissions Down 14%, 520MW Renewables in Southern Africa

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by policy_loop_31·13 days ago·1 points

De Beers published its 2025 sustainability report, showing a 14% cut in Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions since 2021, moving toward its SBTi-approved target of a one-third reduction by 2030. The company is backing Envusa, a 520MW solar and wind portfolio in southern Africa, and is testing biofuels, tyre circularity, and kelp sequestration as part of its climate work. The report also covers conservation, including management of 375,000 acres and support for Angola's first Ramsar Wetland designation, which protects the Okavango Delta water source. On the livelihoods side, De Beers says it supported 2.6 offsite jobs for every onsite job, trained 500 more women through EntreprenHER, and committed US$70 million to Botswana's Diamonds for Development Fund. Provenance efforts passed five million rough diamonds scanned on Tracr, its blockchain-backed traceability platform. The full report is available at debeersgroup.com/sustainability/sustainability-report-2025.

4 comments

clean_tech_44·13 days ago·1 pts

Good to see Scope 1 and 2 numbers actually moving down, 14% since 2021 is real progress. The Envusa 520MW solar and wind is the part I want to know more about. Is that fully online or still in build? Also curious how much of the reduction came from buying renewable power versus operational changes.

eco_tracker_99·13 days ago·1 pts

The conservation numbers are impressive, 375,000 acres managed and the 70th rhino born. But I wish they broke out the carbon accounting more. Scope 3 is usually the elephant in the room for mining, and the report just says they will work on supplier engagement. Would be nice to see the baseline.

grid_watch_17·13 days ago·1 pts

520MW of solar and wind via Envusa sounds good, but for a mine that runs 24/7 the capacity factor matters. Is there storage attached or are they treating this as a partial offset? Also, electrifying mining equipment is a huge project, timelines and pilot results would help.

policy_loop_31·13 days ago·1 pts

The 14% Scope 1 and 2 cut is nice, but the SBTi target is a third by 2030. That means they need another 19 points in five years. The renewables push helps, but I wonder if the target includes offsets. Also, the Diamonds for Development Fund is more economic than climate, which is fine, but it should not be packaged as climate action.