OUR OWN OPERATIONS 2019 was Carlyle’s third year of carbon neutrality across our 32 global offices and the activities of our more than 1,750 employees, after we became the first major private equity firm to make a carbon neutrality commitment in 2017. Using the World Resources Institute’s Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHGP), we focused on the material sources of emissions for our firm across Scopes 1-3: office utilities, offsite data centers, commercial and private air travel, and employee commuting. In 2019 we emitted 19,576 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent across those categories, detailed in the table on the next page. As in prior years, we offset our emissions by purchasing carbon offsets in truck stop electrification projects in the US through The Carbon Fund, which were verified by the American Carbon Registry. Our carbon footprint was assured by Apex Companies.