'Antithetic to innovation': Is SBTi's net zero standard too restrictive for smaller businesses?

Michael Holder
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As the Science Based Targets initiative prepares to downgrade companies that have failed to comply with its updated methodology, the group faces fresh warnings SMEs and high growth clean tech firms could struggle to verify their net zero goals

The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has been accused of setting unrealistic expectations for smaller businesses and clean tech firms, in a report today which argues the target-certifying body's...

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