Sainsbury's accelerated emissions targets validated by SBTi

Stuart Stone
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Supermarket has updated targets to cut Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 68 per cent and more than halve Scope 3 emissions by 2030

Sainsbury's has revealed that updated plans to decrease its greenhouse gas emissions beyond its initial 2030 goals have been verified by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The supermarket...

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