Science Based Targets Network

🚀 We are thrilled to announce the main 2024 release of updated technical guidance and new enabling resources for companies to set science-based targets for nature, informed by our trail-blazing cohort of pilot companies! 🎉 These updates enhance the feasibility and practicality of our methods while maintaining ambition and scientific rigor. ✅ New resources to improve accessibility and drive action have also been introduced, including a comprehensive corporate manual that serves as an entry-point into the technical guidance. 📝 SBTN’s target validation pilot highlighted key benefits of target-setting and reinforced that SBTN is closing a critical gap in corporate sustainability, including: 🌟 Increases ambition and drives science-based action on nature. 🤝 Provides credibility and a common language to advance engagement with stakeholders. 🧭 Acts as a trusted compass for companies to get to the right solutions. Stay tuned for more from us in September, when we'll share key pilot outcomes and lessons learned to pave the way for the next generation of targets. 🌍 👉🏽 Explore the latest resources: https://lnkd.in/gSzA6Yb9 🌱✨ #SBTN #ScienceBasedTargets #ForNature #NaturePositive

⏰ This week is the deadline for companies that want to be at the forefront of setting ambitious #ScienceBasedTargets #ForNature! Submit your interest in upcoming target validation services by Friday 30 August. 👇 #SBTN and the GCA Accountability Accelerator have opened a call for Expressions of Interest from companies interested in using the upcoming target validation services, to evaluate their readiness to set targets, as well as to inform validation team resourcing. 📢 This comes as we release our updated methods and supporting guidance, following the conclusion of the corporate pilot. We also look forward to sharing full outcomes and insights next month.🔎 ➡️ Learn more, including about the criteria for target submission: https://lnkd.in/eP-_Kr-a 🔗 Read about the new target validation host: https://lnkd.in/ejNhDd8d 🎯 Explore the new pilot summary report: https://lnkd.in/eQ-H9ndV 🆕 Discover all of our latest guidance via our online target-setting guide: https://lnkd.in/eQ-H9ndV #NaturePositive #SafeAndJust #ScienceBased #NatureAndClimate #GlobalCommons #Accountability #AccountabilityAccelerator

📢 Welcome IMPACT LABS.earth to our Corporate Engagement Program Impact Labs 4 Earth is an impact consultancy firm leveraging digital, technology, and innovation. Find out more about joining the program: https://lnkd.in/dxNpKH5

📢📅 The deadline is fast approaching for companies that want to be at the forefront of setting ambitious #ScienceBasedTargets #ForNature! You can submit interest in upcoming target validation services by 30 August. 👇 #SBTN and the GCA Accountability Accelerator have opened a call for Expressions of Interest from companies interested in using the upcoming target validation services, to evaluate their readiness to set targets, as well as to inform validation team resourcing. This comes as we release our updated methods and supporting guidance, following the conclusion of the corporate pilot. We also look forward to sharing full outcomes and insights next month.🔎 ➡️ Learn more including criteria for target submission: https://lnkd.in/eP-_Kr-a 🔗 Read more about the new target validation host: https://lnkd.in/ejNhDd8d 🎯 Read the new pilot summary report, with detailed insights and outcomes to follow later this year: https://lnkd.in/eQ-H9ndV 🆕 Explore all of the latest guidance via our online target-setting guide: https://lnkd.in/eQ-H9ndV #NaturePositive #SafeAndJust #ScienceBased #NatureAndClimate #GlobalCommons #Accountability #AccountabilityAccelerator

Would you like our #ScienceBasedTargets #ForNature technical guidance to be explained in simpler language? Then you should read our NEW Corporate Manual! 🔎📙🌱 It's a comprehensive entry-point into our technical methods, with a focus on clarity, that we have published in response to corporate demand to make the target-setting process as accessible and actionable as possible.🙌 This resource is intended to help corporate sustainability experts and nature leads set science-based targets for nature, distilling much of our technical guidance to date (as of July 2024) with a focus on clarity and simple language.🎉 The Corporate Manual lays the groundwork for target setting by: ✅ helping prepare you for conversations with leadership to gain buy-in, ✅ to allocate necessary resources, and ✅ to brief staff or consultants. 🔗 Read it now: https://lnkd.in/erNHZ2B5 #SBTN #NaturePositive #SafeAndJust #ScienceBased #NatureAndClimate #EcologicalEmergency #GlobalCommons

Less than one week to go until the Earth Commission’s virtual session for World Water Week, ‘Water security within just planetary boundaries’ (26 Aug, 16:00-17:00 CEST). For this year’s #WorldWaterWeek, the Earth Commission will be convening an event on living within #SafeAndJust water boundaries. The session will hear from experts, including Earth Commissioner Prof. Taikan Oki, Ben Stewart-Koster and Lan Wang-Erlandsson, discussing the latest conceptual advancements, modelling techniques and research insights into safe and just #EarthSystemBoundaries, with a specific focus on freshwater. Learn more about #WWWeek and register for the session here: https://lnkd.in/dUs5ykZm

🎯 What are the benefits of setting science-based targets for nature? Our target validation pilot has underscored significant advantages, reinforcing that the targets are closing a critical gap in corporate sustainability. ⬇️ Our forward-thinking cohort of companies reported several key advantages of target-setting: 🌟 Increases ambition and drives science-based action on nature 🤝 Provides credibility and a common language to advance engagement with stakeholders 🧭 Acts as a trusted compass for companies to get to the right solutions ➡️ Dive into our pilot summary report to explore more details on the benefits and learnings from this initiative: https://lnkd.in/eQ-H9ndV #Sustainability #CorporateResponsibility #ScienceBasedTargets #Nature #EnvironmentalImpact #SBTN

We welcome PVH Corp to our Corporate Engagement Program! PVH Corp. is an American clothing company which owns brands such as Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Warner's, Olga and True & Co. Find out more about joining the program: https://lnkd.in/dxNpKH5

Are you ready to take the first step in the 5-step process for setting #ScienceBasedTargets #ForNature? 👣👇 All of your company’s economic activities have an impact on nature, for example, by transforming land, extracting resources, or releasing harmful emissions to the environment. ⚠️ In Step 1, your company determines which environmental impacts it needs to address – and which are highest priority to get started with first. 🌱 By following the Step 1 technical guidance you will achieve two objectives. First, you will gain a broad understanding of which of your economic activities, and the environmental pressures they generate, are material enough to warrant setting science-based targets for nature. Second, you will collect the relevant operational and environmental data on these activities, which will be required to apply the methods outlined in subsequent steps. Explore Step 1️⃣: Assess: https://lnkd.in/eb3WsS3s #SBTN #ScienceBasedTargets #ForNature #NaturePositive

🌍 Exciting news for 2024 World Water Week! The SBTN Freshwater Hub will be hosting a session titled "Science-based targets for nature: Local Data, Global Ambition." This session will help companies, civil society organizations, and policymakers understand how to bridge the gap between local data and nature target-setting for global supply chains. Hear firsthand from companies that piloted the first science-based targets for nature, discussing the benefits they realized and the data gaps they encountered. We'll also discuss the latest updates to our methods and share new tools to help companies set credible nature targets. 📅 Join us on August 25 in-person or online! More info 👇 https://lnkd.in/eGrKmTCX #WWWeek #SBTN #ForNature #NaturePositive