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  • Ditch 1.5°C focus given likely overshoot, NBIM tells SBTi

    15 December 2025

    Likely "overshoot" of an aim to keep warming within 1.5°C should mean the widely used Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) abandons its focus on the alignment target in favour of a less ambitious one, according to Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM).

  • Corporates looking for 'SBTi Plus' approach to transition plan assessment

    20 August 2025

    SBTi assessments are widely used, but corporates are looking to provide extra layers of credibility. Ahren Lester reports

  • SBTi calls for corporates to test its overhauled standards

    20 June 2025
  • SBTN launches targets for seafood sector

    20 March 2025

    The Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) has launched science-based targets for the seafood sector, its first regarding an ocean theme.

  • People Moves, 10 January: SBTi, S&P, Impax, Natixis, HSBC, Morningstar Sustainalytics ... and more

    10 January 2025
  • SBTi appoints EY's David Kennedy as new CEO

    08 January 2025

    The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has appointed David Kennedy as its new chief executive, to lead the organisation and its target validation subsidiary.

  • SBTN unveils first companies to adopt targets

    30 October 2024
  • Financial institutions begin piloting dedicated SBTi standard

    22 August 2024

    A group of 40 financial institutions has started piloting a dedicated standard for setting Science Based Targets, using a draft published by the initiative last month.

  • Judging the credibility of transition plans, part two

    29 July 2024

    Investors preparing for a wave of transition plan disclosures face a complicated task to determine 'what good looks like', Michael Hurley writes

  • SBTi consults on draft net zero standard for financial institutions

    26 July 2024