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Reaching Net-Zero Financed Emissions

As a global financial services firm, Morgan Stanley can play an important role in mobilizing the capital required to transition to a low-carbon economy.

In September 2020, Morgan Stanley announced our ambition to achieve net-zero financed emissions by 2050.

Our 2030 Interim Financed Emissions Targets include sector-specific targets for Auto Manufacturing, Aviation, Chemicals, Energy, Mining and Power. These targets cover our corporate relationship lending exposure and measure our progress against a 2022 portfolio baseline.

Morgan Stanley has set targets that are designed to strike an appropriate balance between being ambitious and credible while also being realistic about present near-term global challenges. For all sectors, we have established a target range, with the upper bound target referencing science-based climate scenarios that are in line with a 1.5°C outcome, and the lower bound referencing a 1.7°C scenario outcome.

We remain committed to engaging with clients to support their climate transition strategies and the broader global transition toward net-zero emissions by 2050.

For annual progress on our 2030 sector targets, review the latest 2025 Morgan Stanley Sustainability Report.

Our 2030 Targets

Sector In-Scope Emissions Metric 2022 Baseline Intensity 2030 Target 2030 Target Value

Auto Manufacturing		 Scope 1 + 2 and Scope 3 (Category 11) gCO2e/vehicle km 153 29% to 45% 84 to 109

Aviation		 Scope 1 gCO2e/revenue tonne km 872 13% to 24% 663 to 759

Chemicals		 Scope 1 + 2 kgCO2e/tonne produced 758 18% to 28% 546 to 622

Energy - End Use		 Scope 3 (Category 11) gCo2e/MJ 60.4 10% to 19% 48.9 to 54.4

Energy - Operational		 Scope 1 + 2 gCo2e/MJ 6.21 12% to 20% 4.9 to 5.4

Mining		 Scope 1 + 2 tCo2e/tonne CuEq 7.1 23% to 31% 4.9 to 5.5

Power		 Scope 1 kgCo2e/MWh 355 45% to 60% 142 to 195

1 As set out in our 2024 Sustainability Report, the Energy—Operational 2022 baseline was recalculated from 6.7 to 6.2 while maintaining the existing 2030 target range. The change was driven primarily by updated data and methodology enhancements. For more information, see page 32 in our 2024 Sustainability Report.

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS 

Certain statements herein, including expectations related to targets, goals, aspirations, objectives, initiatives, plans or approaches such as financed emissions targets, including interim targets, commitments and the achievement thereof as well as scenario analyses, may be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results or actions may differ from anticipated targets, goals, aspirations, objectives, initiatives, plans and approaches set forth in the forward-looking statements. These statements are not historical facts or statements of current conditions, but instead are based on management’s current expectations and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. These statements are not guarantees of future results or occurrences and involve certain known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict and are often beyond our control. In addition, this report contains statements based on hypothetical scenarios and assumptions, which may not occur or differ significantly from actual events, and these statements should not necessarily be viewed as being representative of current or actual risk or forecasts of expected risk.

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MATERIALITY 

The disclosures included on this page are being provided to the public in an effort to provide transparency into our sustainability initiatives and to further enhance our collective understanding of sustainability issues. Our approaches to the disclosures included on this page differ in significant ways from those included in mandatory regulatory reporting, including under SEC rules and regulations.

Information within this page may be presented from a different perspective or in more detail than disclosures mandated by our global regulators. In particular, while the foregoing discussion describes potential future events that may be significant or material (based on disclosure recommendations and broader definitions of materiality used by certain voluntary external frameworks and reporting guidelines or those in non-U.S. jurisdictions), the significance or materiality of those potential events should not be read as equating to or rising to the level of materiality as defined under U.S. federal securities laws, including as the concept is used in Morgan Stanley’s periodic filings with the SEC under the Exchange Act. In addition, any discussion of forward-looking statements on this page is not an indication that the subject or information is material to Morgan Stanley for U.S. federal securities laws and regulations reporting purposes. We continue to monitor the climate disclosure landscape and evolve our reporting accordingly.

USE OF THIRD-PARTY INFORMATION AND ESTIMATES

No reports, documents or websites that are cited or referred to on this page shall be deemed to form part of this report. In addition, certain information contained on this page has been derived from publicly available information released by third-party sources, which Morgan Stanley believes to be reasonable, although Morgan Stanley has only been able to complete limited validation. Third-party climate information may not reflect the latest or most accurate data. To the extent that such third-party information we use is subsequently determined to be erroneous or otherwise not in keeping with best practices, it may affect our disclosures. Additionally, in the absence of company-specific emissions data, some financed emissions will be estimated using emissions and activity factors provided by third-party sources or derived by Morgan Stanley. Certain third-party information, such as scope 3 emissions and emissions factors, may change over time as methodologies evolve and are refined or current data changes or is restated or new data is added. Our ability to measure progress toward our targets, goals, aspirations, objectives, initiatives, plans or approaches is subject to the quality and availability of such data, as discussed on this page. These and other factors could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in the estimates and beliefs made by third parties and by Morgan Stanley.

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