Science-Based Targets Initiative

Management

Lidl GB unveils plan to become 'carbon neutral' by next year

Leading supermarket announces plans to slash its own emissions 80 per cent by 2030 and work with suppliers to develop ambitious decarbonisation strategies

clock 12 July 2021 • 2 min read

Management

Pinsent Masons pledges to halve carbon emissions by 2030

Global law firm joins Science Based Targets Initiative with pledge to halve emissions and switch to 100 per cent renewable power

clock 30 June 2021 • 2 min read

Technology

Cleaner kitchens: Magnet and Beko cook up green plans

Magnet signs up to science based climate target, as Beko debuts new 'eco-friendly' appliances

clock 28 June 2021 • 3 min read

Investment

'Dramatic ambition gap': No major G7 stock index aligned with Paris Agreement climate goals

Companies in the leading stock indexes of the G7 economies are on average planning for almost 3C of warming, despite growing numbers of net zero emission pledges

clock 10 June 2021 • 3 min read

Biodiversity

Catering giant Compass plots plant-based food shift in 2030 net zero drive

Compass Group joins UN Race to Zero campaign as it promises to 'help build more sustainable food system'

clock 10 May 2021 • 4 min read

Buildings

British Land targets 'stretching' science-based CO2 cuts across £10bn property portfolio

One of the UK's biggest property firms secures approval for science-based targets to more than halve CO2 across its portfolio and value chain by 2030

clock 26 March 2021 • 2 min read

Management

Sold on climate action: Auctioneer Christie's eyes science-based net zero goal

Firm claims it is the first auction house to apply for accreditation for its decarbonisation plan from the Science-Based Targets initiative

clock 05 March 2021 • 2 min read

Science

Study: Firms with science-based targets have slashed emissions a quarter since Paris Agreement

Firms that have set targets are ahead of schedule to meet them, a new analysis of the efficacy of the Science-Based Targets initiative has shown

clock 26 January 2021 • 4 min read

Science

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

clock 13 November 2020 • 1 min read

Rail

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

clock 28 October 2020 • 3 min read