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What are science-based targets?

The term science-based targets most commonly refers to goals that organisations develop for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. 

There are more than a dozen popular ESG frameworks, but there is currently no consensus about which set of ESG standards is the best.

First, a very warm welcome to our new website.

From plastic novelties, costumes and decorations, items around the different seasonal celebrations and festivities are often bought to allow maximum convenience which comes with an invisible price tag - single use plastic that is not recycled.

There hasn’t been a huge ‘fanfare’ about it, but we feel this milestone should be celebrated, particularly as it was nearly an opportunity missed through continued delays from the negotiating down of key recycling targets and Brexit.

Before I go into Step 4 – here is a quick recap on previous steps 1 – 3, the links to which are available at the end of this blog:

• Step 1 – Develop the sustainability baseline and accurate picture of ‘Now’. We are talking materiality, risk analysis business case for sustainability, direct and in-direct impacts.
• Step 2 – Policy and strategy building. What are you committed to achieving? By when? How are you going to do it?
• Step 3 – Management systems and reporting frameworks. The topic of my last blog, which looked at ways to measure and monitor progress effectively.

Do I use video, or don't I?

Most of us have used online platforms such as Teams and Zoom for calls for a while now; but exactly that - for calls.

In my last blog I covered Step 2, the policy and strategy building stage.

The main thrust of that blog was around the importance in investing in the process, taking time to do your strategic thinking and getting it down on paper. Everything flows from the policy position; which should articulate the material issues and how you are going to approach them.

In my previous blog I talked about the importance of developing the sustainability baseline; this involved looking at materiality, data quality and data analysis.

I also talked about the importance of getting buy-in to the plan early on from the C-suite or senior managers where appropriate. If you don’t get this, you probably need a better, more financially focused plan.