Resources for retail suppliers: setting a target
Setting an emissions target
Science-based targets provide companies with a clearly defined pathway to continue business as usual, while reducing their environmental impact. Targets adopted by companies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are considered “science-based” if they are in line with what the latest climate science says is necessary to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement — to limit global warming to well-below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C.
Reducing GHG emissions, which fuel climate change, can seem daunting — but it doesn’t have to be. There are time-tested and cost-effective enterprise strategies that are designed to help address this challenge. So, what’s stopping your company from taking the next step and setting a target?
We’ve assembled a collection of resources, tools, case studies and initiatives to help get you started:
Entry-level basics
Next-level resources
Organizations and Initiatives
We Mean Business coalition
Initiative
EPA Center for Corporate Climate Leadership
Initiative
WWF's work on climate and energy
Initiative
Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)
Initiative
Host an EDF Climate Corps Fellow
Initiative
CDP
Initiative
BSR
Initiative
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF+Business)
Initiative
Conservation International (CI)
Initiative
The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
Initiative