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  • SBTi regrets 'misinterpretation' over offsets statement

    22 April 2024

    The Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) has sought to take the heat out of the furore surrounding its change of stance towards offsets, arguing its announcement was misinterpreted.

  • 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 board faces resignations and staff ire after change to carbon credit stance

    12 April 2024

    The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) Board of Trustees has come under fire for changing its stance on corporate use of carbon credits for Scope-3 emissions reduction targets, which has been described as a "major departure" from existing policy.

  • 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
  • EMK Capital 'first' PE firm to gain SBTi approval

    22 November 2023
  • TNFD developing 'mission critical' free nature data facility

    11 August 2023

    Work has begun on development of a global, publicly accessible facility to provide nature-related data that could help investors, according to a group led by the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD).

  • SBTN launches corporate science-based targets for freshwater and land

    24 May 2023

    Corporates can begin to prepare science-based targets for nature for the first time as the Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) has launched criteria for setting freshwater and land objectives.