SBTi updates requirements for financial sector climate targets

Cecilia Keating
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Standards body said revisions to guidelines and criteria would enable financial institutions to set near-term emission reduction targets in line with a 1.5C scenario

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has today unveiled a raft of revisions and resources designed to help financial institutions set ambitious near-term emissions reduction targets, including the...

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