2021 U.S.-Booked Air Volume: $13.5 million
Consolidated U.S. TMC: BCD
Business travel continued to fall sharply at pharma and diagnostics giant Roche, with a U.S.-booked air volume of $152 million in 2019 dropping to $26.3 million in 2020 and then a BTN-estimated $13.5 million in 2021. Emissions from business travel fell from 64,000 metric tons in 2020 to 15,000 in 2021. Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions decreased 30 percent year over year in 2021.
The company noted emissions from air travel reduced 72 percent in 2020 compared to 2019 and a further 76 percent in 2021 compared to 2020. Sales at Roche rose from 58 billion Swiss francs in 2020 to 63 billion in 2021. The company has 101,000 employees.