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SBTi Glossary
The SBTi Glossary provides a list of terms and definitions, and of acronyms used in the SBTi's technical resources.
SBTi Getting Started Guide
A quick, simple, step-by-step flow chart that allows companies to understand how to set near-term and net-zero science-based targets for their specific situation.
SBTi Corporate Near-Term Criteria
The criteria companies' targets must meet in order to be approved as science-based by the SBTi.
SBTi Corporate Net-Zero Standard Criteria
The Net-Zero Standard Criteria include all criteria that must be met for net-zero target(s) to be validated by the SBTi. This document also includes recommendations which are important for transparency and best practice but are not required.
SBTi Corporate Net-Zero Standard
The SBTi’s Corporate Net-Zero Standard (also referred to as the Net-Zero Standard) provides guidance, criteria, and recommendations to support corporates in setting net-zero targets through the SBTi.
Aviation Science-Based Targets Setting Guidance V1
The Guidance and Target Setting Tool is for passenger and cargo airlines, as well as companies that use aviation services.
Buildings Sector Science-Based Target-Setting Criteria V1
The SBTi's groundbreaking science-based decarbonization framework for companies and financial institutions in the buildings value chain. The framework sets 1.5°C-aligned emissions reduction targets for the buildings industry to overcome current climate challenges and create a net-zero future.
Buildings Sector Criteria in Brief
A summary of the SBTi's Buildings Sector Science-Based Target-Setting Criteria, providing an overview and key steps for target-setting.
Cement Science-Based Target Setting Guidance V1
This document provides the scientific basis for cement sector-specific 1.5ºC decarbonization pathways, as well as guidance on target setting. This includes detailed guidance on how to deal with processes that are specific to the cement and concrete sector, sector-specific GHG accounting criteria and recommendations, examples on how different types of companies can use the tools, and guidance for submitting a target for validation.
Electric Utilities Science-Based Targets Setting Quick Start Guide V1
Guidance to support electric utilities companies setting 1.5C-aligned science-based targets. This guidance covers all electric utilities that generate power.
Financial Institutions' Near-Term Criteria (FINT) V2
V2 of SBTi’s Financial Sector Science-Based Targets GuidanceThe Guidance allows FIs – including banks, investors, insurance companies, pension funds and others – to set science-based targets to align their lending and investment activities with the Paris Climate Agreement.
Forest, Land and Agriculture Science-Based Target-Setting Guidance V1.1
The SBTi’s FLAG Guidance provides the world’s first standard method for companies in land-intensive sectors to set science-based targets that include land-based emission reductions and removals.
Forest, Land and Agriculture Getting Started Guide V1.3
Support to determine the submission if your company is required to submit FLAG science-based targets.
FLAG Guidance in Brief
A summary of the SBTi's FLAG Sector Science-Based Target-Setting Guidance, providing an overview and key steps for target-setting.
Land Transport Guidance V1.1
Transport emissions account for a quarter of global CO2 emissions, and land transportation is responsible for around three quarters of these. Companies in this sector can set science-based targets using SBTi’s Land Transport Guidance.
Maritime Transport Sector Science-Based Target-Setting Guidance V1.1
This guidance document provides guidelines on emissions target setting and accounting for the maritime transport sector. The document serves as an accompaniment to the SBTi Maritime Transport Tool, describing how to use the tool, the way it is structured, the rationale behind the carbon budget included in the tool, and the way a variety of maritime industry-specific conditions and constraints are addressed in the tool.
Private Equity Sector Science-Based Target Guidance V1
To enable wide adoption of science-abased targets by private equity investors, the Science Based Targets initiative developed this guidance for private equity firms to set targets for their operations and investment portfolios aligned with the reductions needed to stay in line with well-below 2 degrees Celsius and 1.5 degrees Celsius climate scenarios.
Steel Science-Based Target-Setting Guidance V1
The purpose of this guidance document and accompanying tools is to provide companies with the resources they need to set 1.5°C-aligned near- and long-term climate targets at a corporate level.
Steel Guidance in Brief
A summary of the SBTi's Steel Sector Science-Based Target-Setting Criteria, providing an overview and key steps for target-setting.
Supplier Engagement Guidance
The SBTi's Guidance to support companies to engage their supply chains to set science-based targets.
Beyond Value Chain Mitigation (BVCM) reports
The SBTi's two reports "Above and Beyond: An SBTi report on the design and implementation of BVCM" and "Raising the Bar: An SBTi report on accelerating corporate adoption of BVCM" support the design and implementation of beyond value chain mitigation (BVCM) strategies and mobilize increased action from corporations.
Sectoral Decarbonization Approach Report
A method for setting corporate emission reduction targets in line with climate science.
E-learning course on Setting Science-Based Targets
This e-learning course will guide you in the process of setting a science-based target (SBT) in support of a net-zero future. It aims at introducing the initiative, breaking down and illustrating the complexities and benefits around SBTs, and showcasing their benefits as well as the business case.
E-learning course on the Net-Zero Standard
In this 20-minute, interactive e-learning course delivered by the UN Global Compact Academy and the Science Based Targets initiative, you will discover how the Net-Zero Standard provides a common, robust, and science-based understanding of net-zero; receive guidance on how to set science-based net-zero targets consistent with limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C; and align your company's near- and long-term targets with climate science.
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View AllIn 2017, we became the first company globally to set new, science-based targets in line with the 1.5 degree trajectory recommended in the Paris Climate Accord. Jason Tarry Tesco UK and ROI CEO
