UPDATE – SBTi opens door to carbon removal and introduces fresh Scope 3 emissions rules in new draft standard

Published 09:37 on March 18, 2025  /  Last updated at 14:16 on March 18, 2025  / and /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

The Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) plans to allow companies to buy carbon removal credits to account for residual emissions in the near as well as long term, and also to scrap fixed-target setting boundaries for Scope 3 emissions, but the use of other voluntary carbon offsets was not included in a new draft of the organisation's Corporate Net-Zero Standard.
The Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) plans to allow companies to buy carbon removal credits to account for residual emissions in the near as well as long term, and also to scrap fixed-target setting boundaries for Scope 3 emissions, but the use of other voluntary carbon offsets was not included in a new draft of the organisation's Corporate Net-Zero Standard.


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