Sustainability
Bold climate action is the only way forward.
We are committed to sustainability and use the full power of Salesforce to help our customers achieve their environmental goals.
Our Path to a Sustainable Future.
At Salesforce, we bring our core value of sustainability to life by focusing on six priorities. We hope other organizations will be inspired to join us and use our plan as a blueprint for building a more sustainable future.
Salesforce uses Agentforce to scale sustainability outcomes
At Salesforce, we consider the planet a key stakeholder.
At Salesforce, we consider the planet a key stakeholder. We operate our business sustainably, invest in ecopreneurs and innovation, and actively engage with our customers and communities to accelerate our collective impact.
Frequently Asked Questions
Salesforce has been on its climate action journey for over a decade. Our core values — trust, customer success, innovation, equality, and sustainability — are inextricably linked to how we think and what we do around climate action.
We are at an “all-of-the-above” moment in the climate crisis. To meet the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5℃, companies must take comprehensive action to drive meaningful change toward a net zero, nature positive world.
Our Climate Action Plan outlines six sustainability priorities that we believe every company can adopt to accelerate our collective journey to net zero: Emissions Reduction, Carbon Removal, Trillion Trees & Ecosystem Restoration, Education & Mobilization, Innovation, and Regulation & Policy.
We also believe in transparent, re-performable, consistent, and verifiable disclosures. For over a decade, Salesforce has published its annual Stakeholder Impact Report, which includes our climate metrics and progress toward targets.
We are actively working to reduce our absolute emissions by 50% by 2030 by operationalizing carbon reduction programs across four key areas of our business, including infrastructure, business travel, real estate, and supply chain. Find out more in our Stakeholder Impact Report.
Salesforce is committed to advocating for clear and consistent, science-based climate policies that facilitate a just and equitable global transition to a net zero future. See our climate policy principles, nature policy principles, and climate justice policy principles to learn more about our policy priorities.
Today, there's both excitement about the growth of the voluntary carbon market and concern about the quality of carbon credits and their ability to deliver on their intended benefits. While not perfect, carbon markets are vital for financing climate solutions. They’re not a standalone solution but should be part of a comprehensive climate strategy. Salesforce believes in our collective ability to mitigate the risks of carbon markets and seize their immense potential. Read more about our carbon credit strategy here.
This table details the portfolio of carbon credits Salesforce purchased for its residual Scope 1, 2 (market-based), and 3 emissions in FY23.
Forests are the lungs of our planet. That’s why we are a founding partner of the trillion trees initiative, 1t.org, a global movement to conserve, restore, and grow healthy forest ecosystems globally by 2030. As part of our commitment to 1t.org, Salesforce set a goal to help fund the conservation, restoration, or growth of an additional 100 million trees by the end of the decade, and we’re proud to have helped fund more than 46 million trees in three short years. You can track our progress here.
The Trillion Trees movement aims to secure an additional trillion trees in biodiverse forests through conservation, restoration, and growth — not just planting new ones.
Global forest destruction is alarming, with about 10 million hectares lost yearly. Urgent action is needed to prevent the loss of rainforests, like the Amazon, where 18% deforestation risks converting it into savanna. Scientific research highlights the potential of restoring 2.2 billion acres (900 million hectares) of degraded land by growing 1–1.2 trillion trees. Adding more trees can include trees in cities, on farms through agroforestry, and by restoring existing forests and forest landscapes.
We need all businesses to use not only their influence, but also their core competencies to rapidly innovate to tackle climate change.
Suzanne DiBiancaChief Impact Officer, Salesforce
Take climate action
Climate Action Plan
Learn about our six sustainability priorities, which can be a blueprint for others to accelerate their net zero journeys.
Strategies for Net Zero Now
Hit the trail and create a Climate Action Plan for your business.
Plant the Seeds for a More Sustainable Future
Conserve, restore, and grow trees with 1t.org.
Go net zero now with Net Zero Cloud.
The planet needs climate action now, which is why at Salesforce we are committed to ambitious climate leadership solutions that create ripple effects. We’re on a mission to drive urgent action, and we hope you join us on the journey.
- Track, analyze, and report on environmental data, including supplier data across Scope 3 categories
- Set aggressive science-based targets and monitor the net zero achievement plan
- Share real-time, investor-grade dashboards with key stakeholders on net zero progress