The Science Based Targets initiative champions science-based target setting as a powerful way of boosting companies’ competitive advantage in the transition to the low-carbon economy. Since officially launching in June, 2015, up to 23 June 2017: 279 Companies Part of SBTi Call to Action 157 Committed companies have submitted targets 51 Approved and listed targets 2.6 Companies joining the initiative on average every week

2. Since the industrial revolution man made greenhouse gas emissions have increased dramatically.

3. At current rates our emissions will raise global temperatures to between 4 and 6 degrees Celsius
over the course of this century. Resulting in catastrophic floods, droughts, rising sea levels and
extreme weather events.

4. In order to avoid the most disruptive consequences of climate change world governments have
agreed to limit warming to well below two degrees Celsius, which means dramatically reduced
annual emissions to the point of net greenhouse gas removal from the atmosphere during the
second half of the century.

5. There is a yawning gap between our current emissions path and the one we need to be on. Last
year more than 180 national governments gathered in Paris to write a global climate change
agreement. Each government presented a plan for reducing emissions within its boarders.
Combined these plans help close the emissions gap but not entirely.

6. The private sector must take action now to help close the emissions gap and lead the transition to
a low-carbon economy. Climate scientists have found that total future emissions must stay below a
trillion metric tons carbon dioxide to have a likely change of limiting warming to well below 2
degrees Celsius.

7. Companies can help the worst impacts of climate change by aligning their emissions reduction
targets with the global carbon budget. This is called a science based target.

8. Science based targets provide companies with a transparent and credible foundations for their
corporate climate action plans. To achieve ambitious emissions cuts business decide whether to
use efficiency improvements, cleaner energy, new low carbon business models and / or other
company specific solutions.

9. The science-based targets initiative supports companies by providing guidance, target setting
methods, and recognition for actions that align with a global 2 degree pathway.

10. To learn how your company can get involved visit
www.sciencebasedtargets.org