Samsung plans to reduce its GHG emissions intensity normalized by sales (metric tonnes of CO2 per KRW 100 million) by 50% until 2013 based on the level of 2008. Also, the company plans to reduce the GHG emissions by 24% compared to BAU (business as usual) by 2015 to meet the Korean government's mid-term GHG reduction target and policy.
The reduction target covers all production sites in Korea only, since this represents almost 90% of global GHG emissions in the company.