Science-based Targets (SBTs) are targets that show companies and financial institutions a clear pathway to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to prevent the worst effects of climate change. They classify as “science-based” as they follow the latest climate science insights on how to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement – ensuring that global warming…
The message of the SBT Initiative is clear: global emissions need to be halved by 2030. This great challenge needs a collective approach, through setting SBTs with supplier engagement targets. For most companies and their widespread supply chains, the scope 3 emissions are representing the majority of the companies GHG-inventory. For better reduction efforts, corporations…
The debate on an ambitious climate target (Science-Based Targets) has increased among internationally active companies since the UN climate summit in Paris (COP21). The Paris Agreement marks a turning point for climate policy. Companies have a key role to play in achieving the COP21 goals. They have the opportunity to make an appropriate contribution to…
Science Based Targets (SBTs) are reduction targets calculated on a scientific basis to ensure global warming from the pre-industrial era is limited to well below 2°C, ideally 1.5°C. Developing SBTs and committing to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) will allow companies to gain competitive advantages by reducing costs related to CO2 emissions and help score SBT points…
Unternehmen, die daran interessiert sind, ihre CO2-Emissionen in Richtung ‚Net Zero‘ zu bringen, sollten den neuesten Bericht der Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) berücksichtigen, der im September dieses Jahres veröffentlicht wurde. Darin werden der Ausgleich und die Neutralstellung von CO2-Emissionen als wirksame Instrumente für den Übergang zu einem „Net Zero“-Status anerkannt und fünf mögliche Strategien zur Erreichung…
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) are a set of 17 goals and 169 specific targets (Figure 1) as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This agenda aims to provide peace and prosperity for all people and for the entire planet. All 17 goals are connected, built on a holistic approach and…
Science Based Targets (SBTs) are reduction targets calculated on a scientific basis to ensure global warming from the pre-industrial era is limited to well below 2°C, ideally 1.5°C. Developing SBTs and committing to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) will allow companies to gain competitive advantages by reducing costs related to CO2 emissions and help…
Auch in diesem Jahr sind wieder tausende Unternehmen zur Berichterstattung im CDP Climate Change Programm aufgefordert – sei es von Investor- oder Kundenseite. Die Unternehmen müssen eine Vielzahl an Fragen zu ihren CO2-Emissionen, Klimarisiken und -chancen, wie auch Reduktionszielen und -strategien beantworten. Bis zum 29. Juli 2020 müssen diese Informationen zu Klimawandel und Corporate Social Responsibility in das ORS…
On September 23, 2019, the Climate Action Summit took place in New York, where leaders from governments, businesses and civil society announced significant and far-reaching steps to combat climate change. “The best science, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, tells us that any temperature rise above 1.5 degrees will lead to major and…
DFGE introduces a new interactive Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) tool which enables companies to both set up science-based emission targets (SBTs) and develop a strategy on how to meet them at the lowest costs. More and more companies quantify their greenhouse gas emissions (Carbon Footprint), report them publicly (e.g. via CDP) and set up science-based emission targets…
