Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is a joint partnership between Carbon Disclosure Project, the United Nations Global Compact, World Resources Institute and the Worldwide Fund for Nature. Science-based targets provide a clear pathway for companies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change. Science-based targets give companies a clearly defined path to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with limiting global warming to 1.5°C. They define how much and how quickly a business must reduce its emissions to be in line with the Paris Agreement goals.

The different sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions: Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions is a way of categorising the different kinds of carbon emissions a company generates in the course of running its business.

• Scope 1 emissions are defined as direct emissions from owned or controlled sources, such as vehicles, generators and boilers.
• Scope 2 emissions are indirect emissions produced on the company’s behalf including the electricity or energy purchased for heating and cooling buildings
• Scope 3 emissions cover all emissions generated in the company’s value chain as a result of procuring goods and services. Scope 3 represents most of our total GHG emissions.