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  • SBTi consults on draft net zero standard for financial institutions

    26 July 2024
  • SBTi CEO steps down

    02 July 2024

    Luiz Amaral has stepped down as chief executive of The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

  • TransitionArc launched to 'supercharge' transition plan analysis

    27 June 2024

    CDP, Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) and the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) have collaborated with Climate Arc to launch a "one-stop tool to assess corporate transitions" that a senior executive said would "supercharge" such analysis.

  • SBTi updates criteria to enable 'ambitious' near-term targets

    29 May 2024

    The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has released criteria updates and resources for financial institutions to set "ambitious" near-term emission-reduction targets to keep warming to 1.5°C as well as the introduction of fossil fuel finance criteria.

  • SBTi gives carbon credits update in corporate net zero standard revision

    13 May 2024

    The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has explained how it intends to incorporate views on environmental attribute certificates (EACs), including carbon credits, into a major revision of its Corporate Net-Zero Standard.

  • SBTi clarifies carbon credit stance amid staff unrest

    15 April 2024

    The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has published a clarification on its stance on the use of environmental attribute certificates (EACs) - such as voluntary carbon credits - after criticism from staff and the industry.

  • SBTi warms to offsets, in massive move for voluntary carbon market

    10 April 2024

    The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has said it will take a more accommodative stance towards carbon credits, in a move one observer described as a "massive" moment for the voluntary carbon market.

  • People Moves, 15 March: Low Carbon, Persefoni, New Forests, CDP, EdenTree, SBTi ... and more

    15 March 2024
  • Permira targets 100% of portfolio to have SBTi-validated targets by 2040

    01 February 2024
  • SBTi asks financial institutions to pilot net zero and fossil fuels criteria

    28 November 2023