At Mastercard, our first priority is continuously improving the environmental footprint of our offices and operations. The next step is ensuring our electronic payment solutions are built on a sustainable foundation by increasing the energy efficiency of our network and data centers and by investing in renewable resources. We also look to our supplier base.

Highlights

• Mastercard is first in the payments industry to receive external validation for our science-based target to reduce our Scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 20% by 2025 based on a 2016 base year.
• By the end of 2018, we had reduced our Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions by 42% from our base year (2016), and we are continuing to reduce emissions toward our 2025 target.
• We source renewable energy for 100% of our global operations, and we are committed to maintaining this goal on an ongoing basis, even as our energy footprint expands.
• In 2018, our on-site solar arrays generated 1,725,808 kilowatt-hours of renewable energy, or 9.6% of the electricity consumed at our technology headquarters in Missouri and at our global headquarters in Purchase, New York, outperforming our projected annual creation of 1.3 million kWh.
• 79% of our owned and operated facilities’ total square footage is either green-building certified or located in a building that achieved green certification in that area of the world. This includes our LEED Gold certified headquarters in Purchase and LEED Platinum data center in O'Fallon.
• To support our Scope 3 emissions targets, we are working with suppliers on their climate initiatives.
  In 2018, we invited suppliers that represented approximately 65% of our global procurement spend to report to the CDP. For 2019, we increased the proportion invited to approximately 85% of our global procurement spend to drive progress toward our 2025 science-based target reduction goal.
• In 2018, we exceeded our goal of recycling, diverting or composting 70% of waste generated in our owned facilities; We diverted 77% of waste from landfills. Based on this success, we have updated our 2019 goal and intend to recycle, divert or compost 80% of the waste generated in the facilities we own.
• We support our employees’ green transportation choices by providing bicycle allowances, shuttle-bus services and car-charging stations (including new stations added in 2018 at two of our U.S. offices and at our office in Belgium, plus charging stations available at other leased office spaces outside the U.S).