SBTi seeks 'real world feedback' to inform new forest, land, and agriculture standard

Michael Holder
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Standards-setter launches call for evidence to help inform development of new FLAG standard to help companies tackle emissions from food and farming commodity value chains

The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is seeking views and evidence to feed into the development of an updated Forest, Land and Agriculture (FLAG) standard, which aims to provide a framework for...

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