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  • 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.

  • 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.