This document provides an overview of the key findings from a report developed by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) regarding the conceptual foundations for setting science-based net-zero targets in the corporate sector. Some of the main points discussed include:
- Net-zero emissions must be achieved by 2050 to limit global warming to 1.5°C according to the IPCC. Corporate net-zero targets vary in their approaches and definitions.
- Science-based net-zero targets for companies require deep reductions in value chain emissions consistent with 1.5°C pathways, as well as offsetting any remaining emissions through carbon removal by 2050.
- Compensation and carbon removal can play a
In a joint effort, CDP, the UN Global Compact, WRI and WWF launched the Science Based Targets initiative to engage companies in setting ambitious GHG reduction targets as a response to the urgent call of the IPCC to decarbonize the economy. Ecofys was commissioned as consultancy partner to support the development of a new methodology to guide companies in setting science-based targets.
In this webinar Giel Linthorst will present the developed methodology, called the Sectoral Decarbonization Approach (SDA). Next to this, he will also present the results of applying this SDA-methodology to various multinational companies and highlight some specific cases.
Thomas Sterner deltog i arbetet med IPCC:s tredje delrapport i den femte rapporten om klimatförändringarna. Fores anordnade tillsammans med Mistra Swecia och Mistra Indigo ett seminarium där bland annat Thomas Sterner deltog och presenterade de viktigaste slutsatserna från den tredje delrapporten.
Video från seminariet finns här: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGYGU07Bdec&list=UUswRg-zqyKXceYXwtZXNeiA
In a joint effort, CDP, the UN Global Compact, WRI and WWF launched the Science Based Targets initiative to engage companies in setting ambitious GHG reduction targets as a response to the urgent call of the IPCC to decarbonize the economy. Ecofys was commissioned as consultancy partner to support the development of a new methodology to guide companies in setting science-based targets.
In this webinar Giel Linthorst will present the developed methodology, called the Sectoral Decarbonization Approach (SDA). Next to this, he will also present the results of applying this SDA-methodology to various multinational companies and highlight some specific cases.
Thomas Sterner deltog i arbetet med IPCC:s tredje delrapport i den femte rapporten om klimatförändringarna. Fores anordnade tillsammans med Mistra Swecia och Mistra Indigo ett seminarium där bland annat Thomas Sterner deltog och presenterade de viktigaste slutsatserna från den tredje delrapporten.
Video från seminariet finns här: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGYGU07Bdec&list=UUswRg-zqyKXceYXwtZXNeiA
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Foundations for Net Zero Target Setting Using a Science Based Approach
1. DISCLOSURE INSIGHT ACTION
FOUNDATIONS FOR SCIENCE-BASED
NET-ZERO TARGET SETTING IN
THE CORPORATE SECTOR
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
SEPTEMBER 2020
DEVELOPED BY
2. Foundations for Science-based Net-zero Target Setting in the Corporate Sector | 2
HIGHLIGHTS
The scientific community has clearly stated the need to
reach net-zero global CO2 emissions by mid-century in
order to limit global warming to 1.5°C and to reduce the
destructive impacts of climate change on human society
and nature.
As public awareness of the need to reach net-zero
emissions at the global level has grown, the number of
companies committing to reach net-zero emissions has
increased rapidly in recent years.
The growing interest in net-zero targets represents an
unparalleled opportunity to drive climate ambition from
companies. However, it also creates the pressing need
for a common understanding on what net-zero means
for companies and how they can get there, so that the
growing momentum behind net-zero targets translates
into action that is consistent with achieving a net-zero
world by no later than 2050.
For the past five years, the SBTi has pioneered translating
climate science into a framework that allows companies
to set ambitious climate targets, and that allows for
independent assessment of these targets based on a
set of robust criteria and transparent validation protocols.
As of August 2020, close to 1,000 companies are setting
science-based GHG emission reduction targets through
the Science Based Targets initiative.
Acknowledging the growth in net-zero target setting, the
SBTi is developing a science-based framework for the
formulation and assessment of net-zero targets in the
corporate sector.
This paper provides the initial conceptual foundations for
science-based net-zero target setting. These foundations will
be translated into specific criteria and guidance following a
transparent and balanced multi-stakeholder process.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CONTEXT
In 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) confirmed that in order to limit global
warming to 1.5°C, the world needs to halve CO2
emissions by around 2030 and reach net-zero CO2
emissions by mid-century. In addition, the IPCC stresses
the need for deep reductions in non-CO2 emissions across
the economy to achieve this limit.
The IPCC defines net-zero as that point when
“anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases to the
atmosphere are balanced by anthropogenic removals
over a specified period”. The Paris Agreement sets out
the need to achieve this balance by the second half of this
century.
The concept of net-zero has risen in prominence ever
since, as countries, cities, companies and others are
increasingly committing to reaching this ambitious goal.
As of July 2020, a quarter of global CO2 emissions and more
than half of the global economy were covered by net-zero
commitments, according to the Race to Zero campaign led
by the High-Level Climate Action Champions in the run up
to COP 26.
Corporate net-zero targets are being approached
inconsistently, making it difficult to assess these
targets’ contribution to the global net-zero goal. A close
examination shows that corporate net-zero targets to date
differ across three important dimensions: (1) the range of
emission sources and activities included; (2) the timeline,
and most importantly; (3) how companies are planning
to achieve their target. The three most common tactics
in corporate net-zero strategies are: eliminating sources
of emissions within the value chain of the company (i.e. a
company’s scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions); removing CO2
from the atmosphere; and compensating for value chain
emissions by helping to reduce emissions outside of the
value chain (e.g. through the provision of finance). Without
a common understanding, today’s varied net-zero target
setting landscape makes it difficult for stakeholders to
compare goals and to assess consistency with the action
needed to meet our global climate and sustainability goals.
3. Foundations for Science-based Net-zero Target Setting in the Corporate Sector | 3
ABOUT THIS PAPER
This paper provides a conceptual foundation for setting
and assessing corporate net-zero targets based on
robust climate science. The paper explores the scientific
literature that informs how the global economy can reach
a state of net-zero emissions within the biophysical limits of
the planet and in line with societal climate and sustainability
goals.
This paper intends to provide clarity on key concepts,
rather than a definitive set of criteria or detailed
guidance. Some of the key questions explored in this
paper include: What does it mean to reach net-zero
emissions at the global level? What can be inferred from
mitigation scenarios that are consistent with limiting
warming to 1.5ºC? What does it mean to reach net-zero
emissions at the corporate level? What is the role of
decarbonisation and offsetting in science-based corporate
net-zero strategies?
Translating planetary climate science into actionable
criteria at the level of an individual company requires
some normative decisions that do not directly emerge
from the science. Recognising this, the SBTi will build
on this paper with a transparent and inclusive multi-
stakeholder process to develop actionable criteria,
detailed guidance and technical resources to support
companies with the formulation and implementation of
science-based net-zero targets.
The recommendations shared in this paper should be
implemented in consideration of broader social and
environmental goals, in addition to climate mitigation.
While the analyses in this paper have been designed
primarily to ensure that corporate net-zero targets are
consistent with climate science, we acknowledge that this
is only one of the dimensions that need to be considered
by corporates when developing their climate and
sustainability strategies.
KEY FINDINGS
What is the underlying science behind
science-based net-zero targets?
Researchers have explored a wide range of scenarios that
limit warming to 1.5°C. Generally speaking, the lower the
level of near-term emissions abatement in a pathway, the
higher the need to remove carbon from the atmosphere at
a later time to stabilise temperatures at a certain level.
While some level of atmospheric carbon removal is
necessary and can be achieved in synergy with other
social and environmental goals, the deployment of
negative emission technologies at a large scale is subject
to a number of uncertainties and constraints, including
potential adverse effects on the environment and
trade-offs with other Sustainable Development Goals.
Acknowledging these risks and trade-offs, the analysis
presented in this paper is based on mitigation pathways
that limit warming to 1.5ºC with limited reliance on the
deployment of carbon dioxide removals at scale.
These pathways achieve rapid and profound reductions in
CO2 and non-CO2 emissions in the first half of the century
while scaling up measures to remove carbon from the
atmosphere to neutralise the impact of emission sources
that remain unavoidable.
What does it mean to reach net-zero
emissions at the corporate level?
To reach a state of net-zero emissions for companies
consistent with achieving net-zero emissions at the global
level in line with societal climate and sustainability goals
implies two conditions:
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Companies setting science-based net-zero targets are
expected to attain a level of reduction in value-chain
emissions consistent with the depth of abatement
achieved in scenarios that limit warming to 1.5°C with no
or limited overshoot. How this is translated into specific
criteria to define the scope of net-zero targets and
expectations for different sources of emissions in the
value-chain, will be defined in the next phase of this
process.
How are residual emissions defined?
According to scenarios that limit warming to 1.5ºC with
no or limited overshoot, most of the emissions that our
economy generates today will have to be eliminated by
mid-century. However, there are some residual emissions
that remain unabated by the time net zero is reached.
Some of these emissions continue to be reduced
throughout the second half of the century, after net-zero is
reached, while others remain unabated throughout the 21st
century due to technical or economic constraints.
Mitigation pathways can help determine the level of
residual emissions for different activities and sectors of the
economy at different points in time.
What is the role of offsetting in science-
based net-zero targets?
This paper differentiates between actions that companies
take to help society avoid or reduce emissions outside
of their value chain (compensation measures) and
measures that companies take to remove carbon
from the atmosphere within or beyond the value chain
(neutralisation measures). Both, neutralisation and
compensation measures are being used by companies to
offset emissions. Generally speaking, offsetting can play
two roles in science-based net-zero strategies:
1. To achieve a scale of value-chain emission reductions
consistent with the depth of abatement achieved in
pathways that limit warming to 1.5°C with no or limited
overshoot and;
2.
To neutralise the impact of any source of residual
emissions that remains unfeasible to be eliminated
by permanently removing an equivalent amount of
atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Companies may reach a balance between emissions and
removals before they reach the depth of decarbonisation
required to limit warming to 1.5ºC. While this represents
a transient state of net-zero emissions, it is expected that
companies will continue their decarbonisation journey until
reaching a level of abatement that is consistent with 1.5ºC
pathways.
What is the level of abatement expected
in science-based net-zero targets?
Mitigation pathways that limit warming to 1.5°C without
relying on unsustainable levels of carbon sequestration
require a profound and far-reaching abatement of GHG
emissions across the economy. Scenarios with a 66%
probability of limiting warming to 1.5°C reach a level of
abatement of about 90% of all GHG emissions by mid-
century. The level of emissions abatement for different
activities and emission sources in these scenarios depends
on the technical and economic feasibility to abate them.
While some emission sources are fully eliminated before
mid-century (e.g. deforestation, power generation),
other activities are decarbonised at a slower pace (e.g.
industrial process CO2 emissions) or have some remaining,
unavoidable emissions (e.g. some non-CO2 emissions from
agriculture).
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1. In the transition to net-zero: Companies may opt
to compensate or to neutralise emissions that are
still being released into the atmosphere while they
transition towards a state of net-zero emissions;
2. At net-zero: Companies with residual emissions
within their value chain are expected to neutralise
those emissions with an equivalent amount of carbon
dioxide removals;
Both compensation and neutralisation measures by
companies can play a critical role in accelerating the
transition to net-zero emissions at the global level.
However, they do not replace the need to reduce value-
chain emissions in line with science.
What is the role of nature-based climate
solutions in science-based net-zero
strategies?
The accumulation of carbon and other GHGs in the
atmosphere is driven not only by energy, industrial and
agricultural processes, but also by the loss of carbon
contained in soils and in terrestrial ecosystems. The
IPCC has determined that up to 13% of anthropogenic
emissions are due to deforestation and land-use change.
From a climate mitigation perspective, the loss of nature
is not only causing further accumulation of carbon in the
atmosphere, but also decreasing the ability of our natural
systems to reduce atmospheric carbon concentrations.
With this dual role, nature can and must play a critical
role in climate mitigation strategies. It is an undeniable
priority that ambitious action must be taken to eliminate
deforestation and to halt nature loss. In addition, protecting,
restoring and enhancing ecosystems can improve our
ability to withdraw carbon from the atmosphere. Mitigation
pathways that limit warming to 1.5°C with no or limited
overshoot reduce net carbon emissions from land-use
change to zero by 2030. After that, the land system
becomes a net carbon sink.
In line with this, nature-based climate solutions can play
the following key roles in corporate science-based net-
zero strategies:
1. As part of a company’s emissions abatement plan:
Companies with land-use intensive business models
(e.g. due to consumption or production of agricultural
commodities) must aim to eliminate deforestation
from their supply chains by no later than 2030.
2. As a compensation measure: Companies in
all sectors can catalyse action that preserves or
enhances existing carbon stocks as part of an
effort to compensate emissions as they transition
toward a state of net zero emissions. It is strongly
recommended that companies prioritise interventions
with strong co-benefits and that contribute to
achieving other social and environmental goals.
3. As a neutralisation measure: Companies with
emissions that are not feasible for society to abate
can resort to nature-based carbon sequestration
measures to counterbalance the impact of unabated
emissions. Interventions that contribute to restoring
natural ecosystems are preferred, and companies
should avoid interventions with the potential to create
additional land-use pressure.
In all cases, land-based mitigation strategies should follow a
robust mitigation hierarchy and should adhere to strict social
and environmental safeguards. As stated above, nature-based
climate solutions used as compensation and neutralisation
measures do not replace the need to reduce value-chain
emissions in line with science.
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What is the difference between net zero
targets and GHG emission reduction targets,
if both are science-based?
Science-based GHG emission reduction targets ensure
that companies reduce their emissions at a rate that is
consistent with the level of decarbonisation required to
limit warming to 1.5ºC or well-below 2ºC.
Science-based net-zero targets go beyond this. Building
on science-based GHG emission reduction targets,
they ensure that companies also take responsibility for
emissions that have yet to be reduced, or that remain
unfeasible to be eliminated.
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Initial recommendations for corporate net-zero target setting
On the basis of the analysis conducted in this paper, the following initial recommendations are provided for
companies seeking to set and implement robust net-zero targets. These recommendations will be followed
by development of more detailed guidance and criteria that the SBTi will develop using an inclusive and
transparent multi-stakeholder process:
1. Boundary: A company’s net-zero target should cover all material sources of GHG emissions within its
value chain.
2. Transparency: Companies should be transparent about the sources of emissions included and excluded
from the target boundary, the timeframe for achieving net-zero emissions, the amount of abatement and
neutralization planned in reaching net-zero emissions, and any interim targets or milestones.
3. Abatement: Companies must aim to eliminate sources of emissions within its value-chain at a pace and
scale consistent with mitigation pathways that limit warming to 1.5°C with no or limited overshoot. During
a company’s transition to net zero, compensation and neutralization measures may supplement, but
not substitute, reducing value chain emissions in line with science. At the time that net zero is reached,
emissions that are not feasible for society to abate may be neutralized with equivalent measure of CO2
removals.
4. Timeframe: Companies should reach net-zero GHG emissions by no later than 2050. While earlier target
years are encouraged, a more ambitious timeframe should not come at the expense of the level of
abatement in the target.
5. Accountability: Long-term net-zero targets should be supported by interim science-based emission
reduction targets to drive action within timeframes that are aligned with corporate planning and
investment cycles and to ensure emission reductions that are consistent with Paris-aligned mitigation
pathways.
6. Neutralization: Reaching net-zero emissions requires neutralizing a company’s residual GHG emissions
with an equivalent amount of carbon removals. An effective neutralization strategy involves removing
carbon from the atmosphere and storing it for a long-enough period to fully neutralize the impact of any
GHG that continues to be released into the atmosphere.
7. Compensation: While reaching a balance between emissions and removals is the end goal of a net-
zero journey, companies should consider undertaking efforts to compensate unabated emissions in the
transition to net-zero as a way to contribute to the global transition to net-zero.
8. Mitigation hierarchy: Companies should follow a mitigation hierarchy that prioritizes eliminating sources
of emissions within the value chain of the company over compensation or neutralization measures.
Land-based climate strategies should prioritize interventions that help preserve and enhance existing
terrestrial carbon stocks, within and beyond the value chain of the company.
9. Environmental and social safeguards: Mitigation strategies should adhere to robust social and
environmental principles, ensuring amongst others, protection and/or restoration of naturally occurring
ecosystems, robust social safeguards, and protection of biodiversity, amongst others.
10. Robustness: Compensation and neutralization measures should: (a) ensure additionality, (b) have
measures to assure permanence of the mitigation outcomes, (c) address leakage and (d) avoid double-
counting.
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Areas for further development
Following publication of this paper, the SBTi intends to
develop the following outputs following a robust and
transparent process:
l Criteria for the formulation of science-based net-zero
targets in the corporate sector;
l A validation protocol to assess net-zero targets
against the set of criteria to be developed as part of
this process;
l Detailed guidance for science-based net-zero target
setting in the corporate sector, including guidance for
credible claims.
To support the next phase of this process, further research
and consultation is planned to address some of the key
technical questions, including:
l Understanding suitable residual emissions for
different sectors of the economy: At the sector
or activity level, how much emissions abatement is
needed, and which emissions sources are infeasible
to abate in scenarios that limit warming to 1.5C?
l Interim targets: What are credible transition
pathways that are consistent with limiting warming to
1.5°C, and how should the use of transition pathways
differ by emissions scope for each company?
l Neutralization mechanisms: What factors need to be
considered to effectively counterbalance the impact
of a source of emissions that remains unabated?
l Compensation mechanisms: What are effective
mechanisms through which companies can
accelerate the transition to net-zero beyond their
value chain? What factors should be considered in
deploying compensation tactics?
l Claims: What are the conditions that a company
needs to meet to claim that they have reached net-
zero emissions?
9. Read the full paper at:
sciencebasedtargets.org/net-zero
This report was developed by CDP on behalf of the Science
Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
The Science Based Targets initiative mobilizes companies
to set science-based targets and boost their competitive
advantage in the transition to the low-carbon economy. It
is a collaboration between CDP, the United Nations Global
Compact, World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World
Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), and one of the We Mean
Business Coalition commitments. The initiative defines
and promotes best practice in science-based target
setting, offers resources and guidance to reduce barriers
to adoption, and independently assesses and approves
companies’ targets.
Primary authors:
Alberto Carrillo Pineda, CDP
Andres Chang, CDP
Pedro Faria, CDP
Editorial contributions and review from:
Alexander Farsan (WWF), Brad Schallert (WWF),
Brett Cotler (CDP), Charlotte Bloomestijn (B Team/Shell),
Christa Anderson (WWF), Christopher Weber (WWF),
Cynthia Cummis (WRI), Emily Hickson (B Team),
Frances Seymour (WRI), Heidi Huusko (UN Global Compact),
Jennifer Austin (COP 26), Jenny Gleed (CDP), John Sottong
(WRI), Kelly Levin (WRI), Kevin Kennedy (WRI), Lisa Grice
(Anthesis), Martha Stevenson (WWF), Matt Ramlow (WRI),
Nate Aden (WRI), Nicolette Bartlett (CDP), Paola Delgado
(WWF), Ramiro Fernández (COP 25), Rodrigo Cassola (CDP),
Sarah Savage (CDP), Stephan Singer (CAN), Tim Juliani
(WWF), Tom Coleman (CDP), Tom Dowdall (CDP),
Yelena Akopian (WRI)
We would also like to thank everyone who participated in the
consultation survey to help strengthen this paper.
Disclaimer: This research paper explores a selection of
technical concepts related to corporate climate action and
their relevance for corporate net-zero targets. The paper is not
intended to provide a fully formalized framework for corporate
net-zero targets, nor to comprehensively address all relevant
dimensions of corporate climate targets and strategies. The
Science Based Targets initiative will build on the conceptual
foundations established in this paper to develop detailed
criteria and guidelines to formulate, assess, and implement
science-based corporate net-zero targets, following a
transparent and inclusive process.