The SBTi defines and promotes best practice in science-based target setting. Offering a range of target-setting resources and guidance, the SBTi independently assesses and approves companies’ targets in line with its strict criteria. Companies report that adopting a science-based target: Boosts profitability; Improves investor confidence

The SBTi mobilizes the private sector to take the lead on urgent climate action. The SBTi enables companies and financial institutions to understand how much and how quickly they must decarbonize to prevent the worst impacts of climate change. …

Hundreds of businesses around the world are already working with the SBTi. Science-based targets provide companies with a clearly-defined pathway for reducing their emissions in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement.

More than a thousand businesses around the world are already working with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Join them today. Science-based targets provide companies with a clearly-defined path to reduce emissions in line with the Paris Agreement goals.

When a company submits a target, the SBTi Target Validation Team thoroughly assesses the target to ensure it is conforms with SBTi Criteria and aligned with climate science. If the target is in conformance, it is validated and marked on our Target Dashboard as ‘Targets set’.

To be in line with SBTi Criteria, companies must set scope 3 targets. These are supplier engagement targets and/or reduction targets that collectively cover at least 67% of total scope 3 emissions - if these emissions represent over 40% of their total scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions.

The SBTi mobilizes the private sector to take the lead on urgent climate action. The SBTi enables companies and financial institutions to understand how much and how quickly they must decarbonize to prevent the worst impacts of climate change. …

Dec 2, 2024 · The Beta version of the SBTi’s target dashboard shows companies and financial institutions that have set science-based targets, or have committed to developing targets.

The SBTi is undertaking a major revision of the Corporate Net-Zero Standard according to the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Development of SBTi Standards. Discover more Key components of the Corporate Net-Zero Standard

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is a corporate climate action organization that enables companies and financial institutions worldwide to play their part in combating the climate crisis.