Archive

  • SBTN prepares to launch first corporate targets for nature

    16 January 2023

    A trial of a corporate target-setting framework for nature is set to be launched by the Science Based Targets Network (SBTN), in an important step towards creating a nature-based equivalent of the climate-focused Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

  • Nordea warns on gap between portfolio emissions reduction and 'real world impact'

    18 November 2022

    There is a widening disconnect between emissions reductions in investors' portfolios and the decarbonisation of the real economy, the head of sustainability at Nordea Life & Pensions has warned.

  • Science-based targets for nature consultation launched

    16 September 2022
  • CA100+ investors welcome SBTi validation of ČEZ targets

    18 July 2022
  • A third of economy commits to SBTi, but SMEs remain a challenge

    12 May 2022

    SBTi has "gone mainstream" because of the attention it receives from companies, but recruiting small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) remains a challenge, the organisation's CEO has said.

  • Banks 'resisting SBTi fossil fuel phase-out goals'

    27 April 2022

    Some banks in the US and Asia continue to resist the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi)'s proposed timeline for phasing out financing for fossil fuels, a member of the think tank has said.

  • Private equity firms reach 'tipping point' in net-zero targets

    22 April 2022

    European private equity firms have reached a critical threshold in the number setting science-based decarbonisation targets, a member of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has said.

  • GFANZ lamented for 'no clear signs it has achieved anything'

    21 April 2022

    A group of civil society organisations has written to Michael Bloomberg and Mark Carney to demand the $138 trillion financial sector coalition they co-chair to step up its game, in a letter that complained the initiative had shown no signs that it has achieved anything.

  • SBTi calls for end to coal financing by 2030

    12 April 2022

    Financial institutions should phase out financing for coal by 2030 and oil & gas by 2040, the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has said.

  • EU standard proposals could 'shrink pool' of green bonds, says HSBC

    11 April 2022

    The additional EU Green Bond Standard (GBS) criteria proposed by an influential committee run the risk of "shrinking the pool" of green bond issuers and projects by being overly complicated and restrictive, according to HSBC.