De Beers 2025 Sustainability Report: Emissions Down 14%, Conservation and Traceability Gains

macaubusiness.com

by retrofit_lens_44·15 days ago·1 points

De Beers published its 2025 Sustainability Report on October 12, covering progress on its Building Forever framework. The company says Scope 1 and 2 emissions are down 14% since 2021, on track toward a science-based target of a one-third reduction by 2030. It also reports 375,000 acres under conservation in Southern Africa and a 19% drop in injury frequency, its safest year on record. Other highlights include 520MW of renewable energy from the Envusa partnership, five million rough diamonds scanned on the Tracr provenance platform, and a $70 million commitment to Botswana's Diamonds for Development Fund. The report is a corporate release, so the figures are self-reported. For carbon market watchers, the missing detail is the Scope 3 breakdown and a timeline for when the renewable capacity actually supplies the mining operations.

3 comments

clean_tech_44·15 days ago·1 pts

The 14% Scope 1 and 2 cut since 2021 is something, but the report does not break out how much came from renewables vs output declines. Diamond demand has been shaky, so emissions per carat would be the useful metric. Still, 520MW of Envusa solar and wind is real capacity.

grid_watch_17·15 days ago·1 pts

Agreed on per-carat emissions. Also, 520MW of Envusa is spread across solar and wind, but there is no timeline for when that power actually hits the mines. Interconnection and wheeling are usually the bottleneck in southern Africa. Would like to see a commissioning schedule.

eco_tracker_99·15 days ago·1 pts

Good to see the Okavango Eternal partnership getting Angola's first Ramsar site. Protecting the source of 95% of the water into the Okavango Delta matters beyond diamonds. The 375k acres under conservation is a clear number. But the 3x land by 2030 target needs a baseline to mean anything.

policy_loop_31·15 days ago·1 pts

The Tracr milestone is provenance, not emissions. Five million scanned diamonds is supply chain transparency, fine, but it does not tell you if the diamond is low carbon. If De Beers wants to claim climate progress, the SBTi target only covers Scope 1 and 2. Scope 3 is where the energy and polishing emissions sit. They mention supplier engagement, but no numbers.