Science Based Targets for Financial institutions: Target Validation Criteria Deep Dive
by World Resources Institute (WRI)
Date and Time: Thursday, January 14, 2021 | 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Location: Online
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The finance sector is key to unlocking the system-wide change needed to reach net-zero emissions and limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures. In October, the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) released a new framework that, for the first time ever, allows financial institutions to set science-based targets that align lending and investment activities with the Paris Agreement.
This webinar will provide an in-depth explanation of this new framework. In order to help financial institutions and other stakeholders better understand this framework and how to prepare science-based target submissions, we will discuss the target validation criteria for financial institutions and offer an overview of the SBTi's recommendations for financial institutions. A Q&A portion will be available for participants to ask questions.
Speakers:
- Nate Aden, Senior Associate, WRI
- Chendan Yan, Research Associate, WRI
Contact:
- Elizabeth Bridgwater, Intern, Communications & Digital Marketing, Business Center |
WRI's Center for Sustainable Business
Science Based Targets Initiative
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