Resources
Here you will find the latest guidance from the Science Based Targets Network for companies to take ambitious and measurable action for nature.
Onboarding support for companies
- Corporate Engagement Program – Information on joining our Corporate Engagement Program
- Service Providers – Get expert help setting science-based targets for nature
- Overview – Overview of onboarding materials and resources to get companies ready
- Corporate insights – Find out how companies are preparing to set science-based targets for nature
- Overview of science-based targets for nature – Interactive overview of science-based targets for nature for sharing
- Initial Guidance for Business (2020) – Foundational framework and key concepts for setting science-based targets for nature
- Data needs table – Resource to readily identify step-by-step data needs for companies
Target-setting guidance for companies
- Guide for Readers – Steps 1-3 technical guidance overview
- Stakeholder Engagement Guidance – Local stakeholder engagement guidance to assist companies in target setting (beta)
- SBTN Glossary – Glossary of terms used in Steps 1-3
- Biodiversity overview – Short paper summarizing the coverage of biodiversity within the first science-based targets for nature and next steps
- Data needs table – Resource to readily identify step-by-step data needs for companies
- Data and tool criteria – General resource informing the rationale for selected data and tools for target-setting
- Overview – Introduction to Step 1: Assess
- Technical Guidance – Technical content to complete Step 1: Assess
- Step 1 Toolbox – Tools to support companies in completing Step 1
- Materiality Screening Tool – Tool to aid in initial corporate sector-level screening of environmental impacts
- High Impact Commodity List – A list of most common environmental impacts associated with the production of major commodities
- Overview – Introduction to Step 2: Prioritize
- Technical Guidance – Technical content to complete Step 2: Prioritize
- Overview – Introduction to Step 3: Set & Disclose Targets
- Freshwater Technical Guidance – Technical content to complete Step 3: Set freshwater targets
- Freshwater FAQs – Technical FAQs for Step 3: Set freshwater targets
- Land Technical Guidance – Technical content to complete Step 3: Set land targets (beta)
- Land Technical Guidance – Supplement
- Land FAQs – Technical FAQs for Step 3: Set land targets
- Natural Lands Map Document – Technical document relating to the natural lands map
- Natural Lands Map – Identifies natural lands across the world to support no conversion of natural ecosystems target-setting
- Biodiversity Paper – Short paper summarizing the coverage of biodiversity within the first science-based targets for nature and next steps
- Climate targets (via SBTi) – Guidance to set science-based emissions reduction targets through Science Based Targets initiative
- Target validation – Submitting your targets for validation
- Overview – Introduction to Step 4: Act
- Response options – Potential response options, or actions, companies could take in support of freshwater and land target implementation
- Overview – high-level guidance from the Initial Guidance for Business (2020)
Guidance for cities
- Science-based climate targets: A guide for cities – This new guide supports cities worldwide to develop science-based climate targets and provides guidance on updating existing targets.
- Metas climáticas basadas en cienca: Una Guía para ciudades – Descarga la guía – español
- Metas Baseadas Na Ciência: Um Guia Para as Cidades – Baixe o guia – português
- 科学的气候目标: 城市指南 – 下载指南 – 普通话
- 都市・自治体のための 気候SBT(Science-Based Target) 設定ガイド – ガイドをダウンロード – 日本語
- 下載指引 – 繁體中文版
Translated guidance for companies
- Guía de inicio de Empresas – Descarga la guía – español
- Guide préliminaire à destination des entreprises – Télécharger le guide – français
- Guia Inicial para Empresas – Baixe o guia – português
- 初步指南 – 下载指南 – 普通话
- 企業のための初期ガイダンス – ガイドをダウンロード – 日本語
Partner Resources
- Joint target-setting guidance – Co-authored guidance on target-setting highlighting alignment for companies