The SBTi's long-awaited draft standard points to a potential compromise between corporates and green groups, but several important issues are still yet to be resolved After protracted and at times ...

Climate-certification organisation Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) has met with an angry response from its own staff ...

Climate-certification organisation Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) has set out changes to its net-zero requirements for business, opening its proposals for public consultation. The SBTi ...

The Standard was first launched in October 2021, on the eve of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, and has subsequently gained significant popularity.Around 1,500 businesses have had targets approved ...

Version 2.0 requires companies to develop and make publicly available a climate transition plan within 12 months following validation of their targets by SBTi and which should provide a roadmap of ...

The changes by the SBTi come amid signs of waning climate ambition from many companies, led by those in the United States, where businesses are facing political and legal pressure to drop climate ...

The SBTi confirmed that it will be hosting a round of public consultations on the Standard in the coming weeks. This will last for at least 60 days, per the initiative’s process requirements. In ...