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- Standards & Frameworks
SBTi Publishes Mandatory Five-Year Target Review Guidance for Corporates
The Science Based Targets initiative has released the Mandatory Five Year Review Guidance and an updated Commitment and Target Statuses document to support companies in meeting their five-year target …
- 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 Launches First 1.5C Science-Based Decarbonisation Guidance for Global Steel Sector
The Science Based Targets initiative released the world's first science-based decarbonisation framework for iron and steelmakers, requiring direct emissions to fall by more than 91% by 2050 relative t…
- Standards & Frameworks
SBTi Gains ISEAL Community Membership in Milestone for Standard-Setting Credibility
The Science Based Targets initiative has been approved as an ISEAL Community Member, a global membership body that defines and promotes good practices for sustainability systems and standards. The app…
- 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…
- 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 Draft Standard Introduces Formulas for Corporate Climate Progress Assessment
The Science Based Targets initiative's draft Corporate Net-Zero Standard Version 2 proposes standardised formulas that companies must use to assess and publicly report progress against their climate t…
- Standards & Frameworks
SBTi Draft V2 Standard Separates Scope 1 and 2 Targets for Companies
The Science Based Targets initiative's draft Corporate Net-Zero Standard Version 2, released for public consultation in March 2025, proposes mandatory separation of scope 1 and scope 2 emission target…
- Standards & Frameworks
SBTi Opens Pilot Testing for Revised Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2
The Science Based Targets initiative launched a two-phase pilot test of its draft Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2 in June 2025, inviting companies of all sizes and regions to participate. The pilot sur…
- 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 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 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 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 Buildings Criteria Becomes Mandatory for Real Estate Companies
The Science Based Targets initiative's Buildings Sector Target-Setting Criteria became compulsory from 28 February 2025 for companies that own, develop, manage or finance real estate with significant …
- Standards & Frameworks
SBTi Separates Validation and Standard-Setting Entities as Governance Overhaul Begins
The Science Based Targets initiative announced the structural separation of its target validation services from its standard-setting function, adopting recognised best practice for assurance bodies. F…
- Standards & Frameworks
SBTi Overhauls Target Dashboard with New Identifiers and Data Structure
The Science Based Targets initiative launched an updated version of its Target Dashboard on 11 March 2025, consolidating data into a single interface and introducing new unique identifiers for compani…
- Standards & Frameworks
SBTi Recruits Experts to Revise Timber and Wood Fibre Emissions Pathway
The Science Based Targets initiative has opened applications for a technical partner and expert working group members to support the revision of its Timber and Wood Fibre emissions pathway, with appli…
- Standards & Frameworks
SBTi Publishes Draft Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2 for Global Consultation
The Science Based Targets initiative released the first draft of its revised Corporate Net-Zero Standard for public consultation on 18 March 2025, with the feedback window running until 1 June 2025. T…
- Standards & Frameworks
SBTi Reports 87% Rise in Validated Corporate Climate Targets in 2022
The Science Based Targets initiative validated 1,097 new companies in 2022, an 87% increase on 2021, with Japan leading by country and China recording 194% growth. Companies with science-based targets…
- ESG Movers
Hindustan Zinc signs Sulfozyme MoU for sustainable zinc recovery at industrial park
Hindustan Zinc Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sulfozyme Agro India under its Zinc Industrial Park initiative at Khankhala, Bhilwara, Rajasthan. The partnership targets sustainab…
- ESG Movers
Meta and CleanMax partner on 900 MW renewable energy capacity in India
Meta Platforms and Clean Max Enviro Energy Solutions Limited have announced a renewable energy partnership covering approximately 900 MW of capacity in India. The deal includes development of 837 MW o…
- Climate & Nature
Copernicus Confirms May 2026 Was Second Warmest May in Recorded History
The Copernicus Climate Change Service has confirmed that May 2026 was the second warmest May on record globally, with a global average surface air temperature of 15.81°C — 1.42°C above the pre-industr…
- Climate & Nature
India Tells Bonn Climate Talks No New Obligations Beyond Agreed Mandates
India has told the 64th session of UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies in Bonn that no new issues or obligations beyond agreed mandates should be added to UN climate negotiations, as civil society groups push fo…
- Climate & Nature
Rajasthan Dust Storms Collapse 15-20 Towers Causing 500-600 MW Renewable Energy Loss
Severe dust storms and thunderstorms that swept across Rajasthan between late May and early June collapsed 15–20 transmission towers near Chandan and Pokhran, disrupting major 400-kilovolt and 220-kil…