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- Climate & Nature
Lancet Report Links India's Fossil Fuel Subsidies to Rising Climate Health Costs
The 2025 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change finds that climate change is killing one person every minute globally, costing the world economy $1.09 trillion in lost labour productivity and p…
- Climate & Nature
First Veredas Dialogue Highlights Systemic Barriers to Climate Finance Alignment
The first Veredas Dialogue, held at the Bonn Climate Change Conference on June 9-10, 2026, examined how to align global financial systems with climate goals without weakening developed countries' obli…
- ESG Movers
Oil India Signs Collaboration Framework with Canada's PTRC on Carbon Capture
Oil India Limited has signed a collaboration framework with the Petroleum Technology Research Centre of Canada to advance work in CO2 capture, utilisation, and storage. The partnership supports India-…
- Sustainable Finance
Amazon Expands Carbon Credit Sourcing Service to UK in First International Rollout
Amazon announced the expansion of its carbon credit sourcing service to the UK, making it available to UK-based suppliers, enterprise customers and Climate Pledge signatories seeking access to high-qu…
- Standards & Frameworks
SBTi Releases Corporate Net-Zero Standard Version 2.0 With Best-Efforts Framework
The Science Based Targets initiative published Corporate Net-Zero Standard Version 2.0, introducing a best-efforts compliance framework allowing companies to remain certified even if targets are not f…
- Standards & Frameworks
SBTi Releases Five-Year Review Guidance as Early Corporate Targets Approach Renewal Deadlines
The Science Based Targets initiative has published mandatory Five-Year Review Guidance, a step-by-step Review Manual, and an updated Commitment and Target Statuses document to support companies whose …
- Standards & Frameworks
SBTi Explains Core Differences Between Near-Term and Net-Zero Climate Targets
The Science Based Targets initiative has published an explainer distinguishing near-term science-based targets — which cover emissions reductions over five to ten years — from net-zero targets, which …
- Standards & Frameworks
SBTi 2022 Report Records Surge in Corporate Science-Based Target Adoption
The Science Based Targets initiative's 2022 Monitoring Report found that more companies and financial institutions set science-based targets that year than in the previous seven years combined. The re…
- Standards & Frameworks
SBTi Publishes Key Term Definitions for Financial Institutions Net-Zero Standard
The Science Based Targets initiative has released a glossary of key terms for the Financial Institutions Net-Zero Standard, providing clarity on concepts including clean energy exposure, fossil fuel e…
- Climate & Nature
DHL Commits €160 Million to Logistics Decarbonisation and Infrastructure in France
DHL Group announced plans to invest approximately €160 million (USD $186 million) in France between 2026 and 2027, with a significant portion directed toward sustainability initiatives including elect…
- Standards & Frameworks
SBTi Releases Non-Substantive Usability Updates to Corporate Net-Zero Standard
The Science Based Targets initiative has published minor revisions to its Corporate Net-Zero Standard V1.3 and Corporate Near-Term Criteria V5.3, effective September 15, 2025, with the changes intende…
- Standards & Frameworks
SBTi FLAG Guidance Sets 2025 Deadline for Corporate No-Deforestation Commitments
The Science Based Targets initiative's Forest, Land and Agriculture guidance requires companies in land-intensive sectors to commit to halting deforestation across all supply chain emissions by 31 Dec…
- Standards & Frameworks
SBTi Services Launches Fully Digitised Target Validation Portal for Corporate Submissions
SBTi Services has launched an upgraded Validation Portal that digitises the entire science-based target submission journey for corporates, replacing spreadsheet-based forms with an interactive digital…
- Standards & Frameworks
More Than 260 Companies Hold Validated Forest Land and Agriculture Science-Based Targets
More than 260 companies worldwide have set validated Forest, Land and Agriculture science-based targets through the SBTi, with a further 1,000 companies committed to setting one, according to SBTi dat…
- Climate & Nature
CDP Splits Into Commercial and Charitable Entities with Permira Investment
Environmental disclosure platform CDP announced a major restructuring and a significant investment from private equity firm Permira, splitting into a commercial business focused on data products and d…
- Standards & Frameworks
SBTi Services Prepares Fully Digitised Portal Replacing Spreadsheet Target Submissions
SBTi Services announced a major upgrade to its Validation Portal in May 2025, ahead of a June 18 launch date, to fully digitise the corporate science-based target submission process and replace spread…
- Standards & Frameworks
SBTi Opens Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2.0 for Target Validation from February 2027
The Science Based Targets initiative has published the Corporate Net-Zero Standard Version 2.0, with target validation under the new framework opening on February 1, 2027. More than 11,000 companies h…
- Standards & Frameworks
SBTi Launches 2026–2030 Strategy Focused on Corporate Climate Implementation
The Science Based Targets initiative has unveiled its 2026–2030 strategic plan, marking a shift from facilitating target-setting to actively supporting companies in implementing their net-zero commitm…
- Standards & Frameworks
SBTi Consults on Automotive Net-Zero Standard Covering 20 Percent of Global Emissions
The Science Based Targets initiative launched a public consultation on its draft Automotive Sector Net-Zero Standard on 12 June 2025, with the feedback window running until 11 August 2025. The standar…
- Standards & Frameworks
SBTi Publishes New Guides to Help Financial Institutions Set Net-Zero Targets
The Science Based Targets initiative has released two new resources — a Financial Institutions Getting Started Guide and an Insurance Underwriting Explanatory Note — to help banks, insurers, asset man…
- Standards & Frameworks
SBTi Releases Draft Rules on Carbon Credits in Net-Zero Standard V2
The Science Based Targets initiative published the first draft of its updated Corporate Net-Zero Standard Version 2 for public consultation in March 2025, with environmental attribute certificates amo…
- Standards & Frameworks
SBTi Updates Forest and Land Agriculture Guidance After GHG Protocol Standard Release
The Science Based Targets initiative has published Version 1.2 of its Forest, Land and Agriculture Target-Setting Guidance, introducing updated implementation timelines and revised no-deforestation re…
- Standards & Frameworks
SBTi Finds Indian Companies Shifting From Climate Ambition to Implementation
The Science Based Targets initiative reports that Indian corporate leaders are increasingly focused on how to implement credible climate transition plans rather than debating whether to act, following…
- Standards & Frameworks
SBTi Surpasses 10,000 Validated Companies Across Nearly 100 Countries
The Science Based Targets initiative has reached a milestone of more than 10,000 companies with validated science-based targets, representing firms from nearly 100 countries and 52 sectors. The milest…