2030 Goal Progress

2030 Goal Progress

Cummins has been working to reduce its environmental impact for more than two decades, setting public-facing goals to drive progress. Click on each goal to see our progress so far:

Using natural resources in the most sustainable way

Doing our part to address climate change and air emissions

Create a circular lifecycle plan for every part to use less, use better, use again.

Reduce absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from facilities and operations by 50%.

Reduce scope 3 absolute lifetime GHG emissions from newly sold products by 25%.

Generate 25% less waste in facilities and operations as percent of revenue.

Reuse or responsibly recycle 100% of packaging plastics and eliminate single-use plastics in dining facilities, employee amenities and events.

Partner with customers to reduce scope 3 GHG emissions from products in the field by 55 million metric tons.

Reduce volatile organic compounds emissions from paint and coating operations by 50%.

Reduce absolute water consumption in facilities and operations by 30%.

Communities are better because we are there

Produce net water benefits that exceed Cummins’ annual water use in all Cummins regions.

Reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds from paint and coating operations by 50%.

2030 Progress:

• Transitioned to a low VOC waterborne paint
• Continued process controls and optimization

2030 Status: 35%

For more information, check out the 2023-2024 Sustainability Progress Report

Create a circular lifecycle plan for every part to use less, use better, use again.

2030 Progress:

• Introduced the digital design standard to guide lifecycle planning
• Implemented plan to establish lifecycle intent when a new part is created

2030 Status: Phase 1

For more information, check out the 2023-2024 Sustainability Progress Report

Reduce absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from facilities and operations by 50%.

2030 Progress:

• 24 onsite projects to increase the use of renewable energy
• 89 projects in facility efficiency
• 55 projects in manufacturing and compressed air improvement

2030 Status: 31%

For more information, check out the 2023-2024 Sustainability Progress Report

Reduce absolute water consumption in facilities and operations by 30%.

2030 Progress:

• 66 projects in facilities water reduction
• Aggressive preventative maintenance programs
• Tap alternative water sources and re-use water
• Xeriscape landscape
• Fire protection system recirculation

2030 Status: 14%

For more information, check out the 2023-2024 Sustainability Progress Report

Generate 25% less waste in facilities and operations as a percentage of revenue.

2030 Progress:

• 154 projects in facilities waste reduction
• Expansion of the Returnable Packaging Program

2030 Status: 11.2%

For more information, check out the 2023-2024 Sustainability Progress Report

Partner with customers to reduce Scope 3 GHG emissions from products in the field by 55 million metric tons.

2030 Progress:

• Customized engine parameters
• Optimized calibration settings
• Parts upgrades
• Insights through Cummins’ digital platforms to improve fuel economy

2030 Status: 34.4 million metric tons

For more information, check out the 2023-2024 Sustainability Progress Report

Reuse or responsibly recycle 100% of packaging plastics and eliminate single-use plastics in dining facilities, employee amenities and events.

2030 Progress:

• Launched single-use plastic elimination roadmap for dining facilities
• Introduced new packaging data management system
• Increased packaging material data collection efforts

2030 Status: Phase 1

For more information, check out the 2023-2024 Sustainability Progress Report

Produce net water benefits that exceed Cummins’ annual water use in all Cummins regions.

2030 Progress:

• 6.9 billion gallons of water in annual water benefits
• Active in 15 different countries

2030 Status: 3/7 regions

For more information, check out the 2023-2024 Sustainability Progress Report

Reduce Scope 3 absolute lifetime GHG emissions from newly sold products by 25%.

2030 Progress:

• Developed new low-carbon products and optmized product efficiency
• Anticipated energy infrastructure and policy to drive market change lagging

2030 Status: See narrative

For more information, check out the 2023-2024 Sustainability Progress Report