Science Based Targets initiative

Textile Exchange has released a new guidance, urging brands and retailers to go beyond greenhouse gas emissions and establish more holistic impact goals, unlocking the critical progress toward more sustainable raw material production that can come from this approach.

The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) review of the Corporate Net-Zero Standard virtually trashes the current mechanism of carbon credits, underscoring why it faced a backlash not just from industry but also its own staff.

It’s been a newsy April for greenwashing. What does an activist think-tank have to say about it all? texfash.com talks to Todd Paglia, Executive Director of the unrelenting and unapologetic nonprofit Stand.earth.

Has the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) buckled to pressure from carbon market players and corporate interests to allow companies to meet scope 3 targets with carbon credits? texfash.com probes.

A just released primer for the textile-apparel-fashion industry provides an introduction to science-based targets for nature, helping organisations in the sector to enable an equitable and nature positive future.

In a step to help the global textiles and apparel industry ramp up its efforts on facilitating collective action across the industry to deliver the 45% reduction needed by 2030 to limit global warming to 1.5°C, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has launched a Decarbonization Guide for its members.

The Forest, Land and Agriculture (FLAG) Science Based Target Setting Guidance from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) provides businesses in land-intensive sectors such as food, agriculture and forestry with the tools to play their part in preventing the catastrophic impacts of climate change.

Shein, which has been facing severe criticism for its fast fashion overdrive and the lack of transparency both in its activities and supply chains, has announced ambitious emission reduction targets for 2030, and also allocated $7.6 million in programmatic funding to the Apparel Impact Institute.

Global luxury retail giant Burberry has received approval from  Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for its net zero emissions target. The approval, the company says, confirms that Burberry’s aim to attain net-zero emission by 2040 is based on the latest climate science and meets the urgent need to keep warming to 1.5°C – in line with the Paris Agreement.

You can count them on your fingertips — the number of brands globally that have made some progress in meeting approved emissions reductions targets or commitments with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). A texfash.com exclusive.