Guy Rickard
Setting the Bar High Enough, Part 2: What Exactly Is a Science-Based Target?
New Metrics / In this series of articles, the team at the Carbon Trust outlines the reasons for businesses to adopt science-based targets on climate change. Read part one. To put it simply, a carbon emissions target is defined as science-based if it is in line with the scale of reductions required to keep global temperature increase below 2°C compared to pre-industrial temperatures. - 5 years ago
Setting Yourself Up for Failure? The Challenges of Environmental Target-Setting
Organizational Change / Companies often set targets for memorable milestones and landmark years, such as 2015 or 2020, as this makes it easier to communicate and refer to them — there are 17 companies in the FTSE 100 that will be held to account in 2015 for meeting the targets that they themselves publicly set for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. - 6 years ago