Decarbonizing our portfolio of solutions

We help our customers avoid emissions by advancing green and modernized grids, sustainable transport, and by leveraging intelligent technology to enable efficient and economical use of resources. 

In 2024, 76% of our net sales were from sustainable solutions that enable electrification, energy transition, electric grid resilience, increasing efficiency in ground and air transportation and improved air quality. Deemed clean tech by some stakeholders, these solutions align with the global aims for sustainable development in alignment with the UN SDGs. 

In 2021, we improved our methodology to better align with our financial reporting. We expect our reporting on the sustainability of our solutions will be further refined in the future to conform with pending regulatory reporting requirements on climate and sustainability disclosures. Because of the nature of these expectations and changing regulations across the globe, these numbers are subject to change. 

Our innovation strategy is advancing our commitment to cleaner, lower carbon technology and solutions. We are committed to being the best global citizen we can be while helping our customers achieve their sustainability goals at the same time.

What we’re doing:

• We are targeting $3 billion in sustainable research and development by 2030. Since 2020, Eaton has invested $1.7 billion in R&D to grow our sustainable positive impact solutions. 
• We have integrated our Positive Impact Framework into our new product introduction system to embed sustainable design into our core innovation processes.
  
• We are improving our carbon accounting for products, goods and materials and use to meet our customers’ needs and to drive faster results toward our targets.  
  
• We are part of the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Carbon Value Accounting working group that will publish a framework for credible accounting and reporting on avoided emissions—the carbon reductions our customers achieve through the use of our solutions and the contribution toward global net-zero carbon goals.