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Science-Based Targets Initiative

Science Based Targets Network branches out with call for companies to help design targets to stem nature's decline
Science Based Targets Network branches out with call for companies to help design targets to stem nature's decline

A new programme from the Science Based Targets Network aims to enable firms to adopt credible targets to support efforts to reverse the ongoing decline of nature

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  • 13 November 2020
Intrepid Travel touts flight-free trips in science-based climate plan
Intrepid Travel touts flight-free trips in science-based climate plan

Tour operator becomes first in the world to have its climate goals verified by the Science Based Targets initiative

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  • 28 October 2020
Royal Mail, Tesla, Next, and Rio Tinto among hundreds of companies urged by investors to set science-based climate goals
Royal Mail, Tesla, Next, and Rio Tinto among hundreds of companies urged by investors to set science-based climate goals

More than 1,800 companies have been asked to set science-based climate targets thanks to a major new push from 137 global investors

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  • 13 October 2020
Financing change: Science-based targets system launched for banks and investors
Financing change: Science-based targets system launched for banks and investors

As many as 55 banks and financial firms including Standard Chartered and Amalgamated Bank have already committed to setting climate targets under the new system

  • Investment
  • 01 October 2020
National Grid sets out raft of science-aligned 2030 climate targets
National Grid sets out raft of science-aligned 2030 climate targets

The energy giant is aiming to slash greenhouse gas emissions and air travel while electrifying most of its vehicle fleet by 2030

  • Energy
  • 01 October 2020
Climate Leadership Now: We Mean Business launches corporate climate action guide
Climate Leadership Now: We Mean Business launches corporate climate action guide

The guide outlines how corporate leaders can combine ambition, action and advocacy to drive progress towards the world's climate goals, according to WMB

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  • 25 September 2020
Science Based Targets for Nature: Companies urged to adopt new science-aligned green goals
Science Based Targets for Nature: Companies urged to adopt new science-aligned green goals

Following success of Science-Based Targets for CO2 emissions, firms offered guidance on measuring and tackling their impact on nature

  • Biodiversity
  • 22 September 2020
Tate & Lyle sweetens climate efforts with science-based CO2 targets
Tate & Lyle sweetens climate efforts with science-based CO2 targets

Firm's emissions plans make the grade

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  • 18 September 2020
Arup eyes net zero by 2030 as it unveils science-based climate targets
Arup eyes net zero by 2030 as it unveils science-based climate targets

The UK firm has pledged to drive down greenhouse gas emissions, buy offsets and apply a carbon levy of $40 per tonne to flights taken by employees

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  • 17 September 2020
Corporate action: SBTi unveils plans for global standard for net zero target setting
Corporate action: SBTi unveils plans for global standard for net zero target setting

New paper assesses a variety of existing net zero target setting practices and proposes conditions that effective targets must meet

  • Science
  • 15 September 2020
Brazil's largest aluminium producer sets 2050 science-based emissions target
Brazil's largest aluminium producer sets 2050 science-based emissions target

The aluminium sector is industry's fourth biggest CO2 emitter, following figures from the International Energy Agency

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  • 25 August 2020
Forest positive: Kingfisher pledges to plant more trees than it consumes
Forest positive: Kingfisher pledges to plant more trees than it consumes

The new target builds on commitments laid out in the firm's 2018 Sustainable Growth Plan

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  • 25 August 2020
Packaging firm Crown launches decade-long sustainability drive
Packaging firm Crown launches decade-long sustainability drive

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  • 07 August 2020
'We are not making abstract statements': BMW maps out 10-year climate plan backed by major EV push
'We are not making abstract statements': BMW maps out 10-year climate plan backed by major EV push

German car giant sets Science-Based Targets to cut lifecycle CO2 per vehicle manufactured by a third over the next decade, covering manufacturing and fuel consumption

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  • 29 July 2020
Legal giant CMS sets out its case for net zero emissions by 2025
Legal giant CMS sets out its case for net zero emissions by 2025

Company seeking approval from Science Based Targets initiative for 1.5C climate goals covering its business and value chain

  • Net Zero Now
  • 24 April 2020
AECOM serves up science-based climate action goals
AECOM serves up science-based climate action goals

Infrastructure and engineering firm's 2025 climate targets validated by Science-Based Targets Initiative

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  • 14 April 2020
What does it really mean to be a climate leader in the corporate sector?
What does it really mean to be a climate leader in the corporate sector?

Once the immediate coronavirus threat has passed, corporates must ramp up their climate efforts, argues WWF's Seán Mallon

  • Management
  • 02 April 2020
Pandora sparkles with carbon neutral commitment
Pandora sparkles with carbon neutral commitment

Company becomes first jewellery firm to join Science Based Targets Initiative with pledge to become 'carbon neutral' by 2025

  • Management
  • 31 January 2020
Sainsbury's promises to go net zero by 2040
Sainsbury's promises to go net zero by 2040

Supermarket giant is to set Science-Based Target in line with 1.5C of warming, as CEO Mike Coupe pledges to 'put environmental impact at the forefront of every decision we make'

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  • 28 January 2020

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