Increased transparency is needed for corporate science-based targets to be effective

Increased transparency is needed for corporate science-based targets to be effective | Nature Climate Change

Companies rarely disclose underlying calculations for their science-based emission reduction targets and the targets themselves lack important details. Increased transparency is necessary to assess justice implications, evaluate the sufficiency of aggregate emission reductions and hold companies accountable for actions on their targets.

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Acknowledgements

We thank N. Foster, undergraduate student at Concordia University, for extracting the data for Fig. 1 from SBTi’s dataset. This research was funded by Købmand Niels Erik Munk Pedersen Fonden (A.B.) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada (M.H.).

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A.B. is a remunerated member of the Technical Council of the Science Based Targets initiative. The other authors declare no competing interests.

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Bjørn, A., Matthews, H.D., Hadziosmanovic, M. et al. Increased transparency is needed for corporate science-based targets to be effective. Nat. Clim. Chang. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01727-z
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