Resources
Here you will find the latest guidance from the Science Based Targets Network for companies to take ambitious and measurable action for nature.
We regularly update this section so if you can’t find a resource, please check back or contact us. You can also explore our technical guidance through our new target-setting guide.
Onboarding support for companies
Target-setting guidance for companies
- Corporate Manual – A new manual providing a practical overview of all existing technical guidance
- Technical FAQs – Provides answers to common technical questions beginning with Steps 1 & 2
- Biodiversity overview – How SBTN's methods support biodiversity
- Stakeholder Engagement Guidance – Local stakeholder engagement guidance to assist companies in target setting
- SBTN Glossary – Glossary of terms used in Steps 1-3
- Data and tool criteria – General resource informing the rationale for selected data and tools for target-setting
- Self Assessment Tool – Step 1 & 2 Self Assessment Tool
- Summary of data requirements for the SBTN methods – A summary of data requirements for the SBTN methods
- Assessing your environmental impacts – Introduction and technical guidance overview
- Technical Guidance – Method to complete Step 1: Assess (V1.1)
- 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 (V1.1)
- High Impact Commodity List – A list of most common environmental impacts associated with the production of major commodities (V1.1)
- Illustrative case study – Brings to life the data collection and analysis process (V1.1)
- Step 1 & 2 Data Template (beta)
- Prioritizing your environmental impacts – Introduction and technical guidance overview
- Technical Guidance – Method to complete Step 2: Prioritize (V1.1)
- Illustrative case study – Brings to life the data collection and analysis process (V1.1)
- Setting freshwater targets – Introduction and technical guidance overview
- Freshwater Technical Guidance – Technical content to complete Step 3: Set freshwater targets (V1.1)
- Stakeholder consultation for model selection
- Illustrative case study – Brings to life the freshwater target-setting process (V1.1)
- Corporate water stewardship and freshwater SBTs – Overview and Alignment and interoperability between leading approaches
- Freshwater – Technical FAQs – FAQs for SBTN Freshwater Guidance
- Setting land targets – Introduction
- Land Technical Guidance – Technical content to complete Step 3: Set land targets (V1.0)
- Land Technical Guidance – Supplement – Supplement to Version 1.0
- Natural Lands Map Document (V0.3) – 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
- SBTN Natural Lands Map – Technical Documentation – Technical document relating to the natural lands map
- Land – Technical FAQs – FAQs for SBTN Land Guidance
- Step 3 Land Data template (Beta) (Dropbox) – Step 3 Land data template (Beta)
- Setting ocean targets – Overview
- Step 3 Ocean Technical Guidance – Draft for Public Consultation
- Ocean Target 1 Draft Submission form
- Ocean Target 2 Draft Submission form
- Ocean Target 3 Draft Submission form
- Ocean Consultation Feedback Form (Google Form)
- Ocean Consultation Feedback Document (Google Doc)
- Biodiversity overview – How SBTN's methods support biodiversity
- 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
- Overview of Step 4: Act – Overview of Step 4: Act
- Response Options Database
- Overview of Step 5: Track – Overview of Step 5: Track
- Target validation – Submitting your targets for validation
- Validation Pilot Summary Report – Insights from the 2023-2024 corporate pilot
- Step 1 & 2 Validation Submission Form v1.1 – For companies to develop their Steps 1 & 2 analysis and submit them for validation (v1.1)
- Step 1 & 2 Submission Form v1.0 – For companies to develop their Steps 1 & 2 analysis and submit them for validation (v1.0)
- Validation Requirements & Recommendations v1.0 – For 2023 methods
- Validation Requirements & Recommendations v1.1 – For 2024 methods
- Claims Guidance v1.0 – First version of the SBTN Claims Guidance
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
Archive
- Technical Guidance (V1.0) – Method to complete Step 1: Assess (V1.0)
- Materiality Screening Tool (V1.0) – Tool to aid in initial corporate sector-level screening of environmental impacts (V1.0)
- High Impact Commodity List (V1.0)
- Technical Guidance (V1.0) – Method to complete Step 2: Prioritize (V1.0)
- Freshwater Technical Guidance (V1.0) – Technical content to complete Step 3: Set freshwater targets (V1.0)
- Technical FAQs for Step 3: Set targets – Freshwater (beta)
- Land Technical Guidance (beta) – Technical content to complete Step 3: Set land targets (beta)
- Land Technical Guidance – Supplement (beta)
- Technical FAQs for Step 3: Set targets – Land (beta)
- Biodiversity Paper
- Data needs table – Resource to readily identify step-by-step data needs for companies
- Stakeholder Engagement Guidance (beta)