Science-Based Target Setting & Decarbonisation

Many organisations know where they want emissions to be by 2030 or 2050. The more difficult question is what needs to change next quarter:

• Which investments reduce emissions most effectively?
• Which operating decisions influence progress?
• How should reductions be prioritised when capital is limited?
• Who is accountable for delivery?

Without clear answers to those questions, climate targets remain aspirations rather than management tools.

We help organisations translate long-term emissions ambitions into practical programmes that influence investment, operations, procurement, and corporate planning.

Building Targets That Reflect Operational Reality

Science-based targets provide a recognised framework for aligning corporate emissions reductions with climate science. Developing those targets, however, requires more than selecting a percentage reduction. It requires an understanding of how emissions arise across the organisation, how they are expected to change over time, and where meaningful reductions are achievable.

We support organisations throughout the target development process, including:

• Emissions baseline assessments
• Reduction pathway modelling
• Target formulation
• Technical documentation
• SBTi submission support

The objective is not simply to establish an approved target but to establish one that the organisation can realistically deliver.

From Targets to Transition Plans

Targets describe where an organisation intends to go. Transition plans explain how it gets there.

We develop practical decarbonisation pathways that connect emissions reductions with business decisions across:

• Operations
• Energy management
• Procurement
• Supply chains
• Buildings and facilities
• Capital investment programmes

This helps organisations understand:

• Where emissions reductions are most achievable
• Which investments have the greatest influence
• How operational decisions affect long-term emissions trajectories
• Where commercial and operational trade-offs may arise

The result is a transition plan that can be integrated into business planning rather than managed separately from it.

Looking Inward Before Looking Elsewhere

Many organisations continue to evaluate carbon offsets as part of their transition strategy. Increasingly, however, attention is shifting towards opportunities to reduce emissions within the value chain itself.

This approach, commonly referred to as insetting, strengthens the relationship between sustainability investment and operational performance.

We help organisations identify and evaluate insetting opportunities, where investment decisions can deliver measurable emissions reductions within the organisation's own activities and supply chains.

When Climate Targets Become Management Information

A climate target becomes valuable when it begins influencing everyday business decisions:

• Capital allocation.
• Procurement.
• Asset management.
• Operational planning.
• Investment prioritisation.
• Performance management.

That is the point at which emissions targets move beyond sustainability reporting and become part of how an organisation is managed.

We help organisations build transition programmes that connect climate ambition with operational execution. Progress is measured not by the targets that are announced, but by the decisions that change because those targets exist.

Better information. Better decisions.

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