Set a target
Join over 4, 000 business leaders taking ambitious climate action. Follow this process to set science-based targets, cut your company's greenhouse gas emissions and future-proof your business today.
Register online and submit a letter to commit to setting a science-based target, or to have your existing targets independently verified.
If your company is a Small or Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME), please skip this step and proceed to step 3. We define an SME as an independent, non-subsidiary company with fewer than 500 employees.
Register online using the SBTi commitment process. Please note Small and Medium enterprises must instead use the streamlined route for SMEs.
Submit the standard commitment letter. We encourage companies to commit to net-zero and automatically join the Business Ambition for 1.5°C and the Race to Zero. Please note oil and gas companies, airports, or companies with >50% coal or at risk of non-parent approach are not able to join the Race to Zero at this point in time. For any queries, please contact Race to Zero at [email protected]
All committed companies are recognized as "Committed" on our website and partner website We Mean Business.
Once committed, your company has 24 months to submit their targets to the SBTi.
Develop your target(s) in line with our science-based criteria.
- We offer comprehensive guidance to assist your company in this process.
- We encourage companies to begin with an overview of the target development process in the SBTi How-To Guide or Net-Zero Getting Started Guide, followed by reviewing the requirements of target setting in the SBTi Criteria and Recommendations or Net-Zero Standard Criteria. To understand these requirements in more depth, companies should then review the Target Validation Protocol and use the target setting tool or the net-zero tool to begin developing targets.
- Some sectors also have sector-specific guidance and requirements.
- You have 24 months from signing your commitment letter to submitting your target.
N.B. From 15 July 2022, the SBTi will only accept 1.5°C-aligned targets. More information can be found in our FAQs here
Submit your target for validation.
Submit the relevant form for your organization and target type:
- Corporate near-term target submission form. Read our blog on the top tips for completing the near-term submission form.
- SBTi Net-Zero Target Submission Form Part I (Word), SBTi Net-Zero Target Submission Form Part II (Excel) and Net-Zero target-setting tool
- Financial institutions near-term target submission form
- Streamlined route for SMEs
To avoid delays, we encourage you to review the available resources carefully and complete the form clearly and accurately.
Our team of technical experts will review your submission, validate it against our science-based criteria and communicate their decision with in-depth feedback.
We offer a range of costed target validation services:
- Near-term science-based target validation, including a second submission for validations that are not accepted and are re-submitted within six months: $9,500
- Target updates for companies wishing to align their targets with our new minimum ambition level of 1.5°C or to update or edit previously approved targets: $4,750
- Near-term science-based target submission for small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): $1,000
- Net-zero target submissions: $9,500
- Near-term science-based target update + Net-zero target submission – Package Rate: $12,750
- Near-term science-based target submission + Net-zero target submission – Package Rate: $14,500
- Net-zero target submission for SMEs: $1,000
- Financial institution target submission: $14,500
Companies headquartered in developing countries may be exempt from validation service fees.
Learn more about our pricing structure.
Upgrade your target
Complete this form to voluntarily update your existing science-based target to a 1.5°C pathway.
Resources
Announce your target and inform your stakeholders.
- Once we have approved your target, we will publish it on our Companies taking action page and partner websites.
- We publish targets one month after approval, unless otherwise instructed. Your target must be made public within six months of approval, or it will require revalidation to ensure it is in line with the latest science-based criteria.
- Your company will receive a welcome pack with advice on how to communicate your new target.
Disclose your progress.
- Following approval, you should disclose your companies' emissions annually and monitor progress on reaching your target.
- Recommendations for reporting include disclosure through CDP, annual reports, sustainability reports and your company’s website.