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            Set Emissions Reduction Targets

            You can set quantitative targets that align with SBTi's science-based criteria to reduce your company's emissions and get closer to a net zero future.

            Required Editions

            Available in: Lightning Experience
            Available in: Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions
            Permission Set Needed
            To enter and modify data:

            Net Zero Cloud Manager

            OR

            Net Zero Cloud Admin
            Important
            Important Only the user who created the records or who has Modify All Records access to the records can view or modify the record. Users who don’t have View All Records access to the records can’t see the records in the lookup fields. To enable a user to have View All Records access to the records, your Salesforce administrator must enable the View All Records access for the user on the required object. For more information about setting permissions, see Troubleshoot Object and Record Access Issues.

            For more information, see SBTi's science-based criteria. The targets can include emissions reduction, increased use of renewable energy, or increased supplier engagement.

            You can align your company's emissions reduction targets with what science tells us.

            To create commitments:

            1. From Science-Based Targets, click Set Target.
            2. On Set Emissions Reduction Targets, click New.
            3. Enter a record name.
            4. Select a category, whether it’s science-based or other.
            5. Select an emissions activity that defines the scope of the target. For more information, see Emissions Activities and Their Emissions Scope Categories.
            6. Select an emissions reduction commitment record for the target. If an emissions reduction commitment record doesn’t exist, you can create it.
            7. Select the type of target that you want to set:
              • Emissions Reduction Target: Indicates a target to reduce the amount of greenhouse gasses (GHGs) emitted to the atmosphere.
              • Renewable Energy Target: Indicates a target to increase the amount of renewable energy production or consumption; for example, moving from fossil-fuel based onsite-generation of energy to renewable energy sources can significantly reduce a company’s direct operational emissions.
              • Supplier Engagement Target: Indicates a target to increase the adoption of SBTs among the company’s suppliers or customers; for example, getting the energy-intensive suppliers to set SBTs, and in effect reduce the company’s scope 3 emissions.
              • Net Zero Emissions Target: Indicates a target to achieve a balance between the GHGs put into the atmosphere and those taken out.
              • Custom: Indicates associating with a climate program other than SBTi, or defining your own target type.

              You can create only one target for each combination of target type and emissions activity within a commitment. For example, you can create only one scope 1 emissions reduction target within a commitment.

            8. If the target type is Custom, enter the name of the custom target type.
            9. Select the target level and its related business region or business line.
            10. Select the target setting method that you want to use to calculate the target:
              • Absolute Contraction: A method to achieve a linear absolute reduction in the GHG emissions in the target year, relative to the base year. Using this method, a company reduces emissions at the same rate year-on-year, irrespective of the company’s performance, size, sector, or base year emissions. As per SBTi, the minimum annual linear reduction for targets in line with the 1.5°C climate commitment is 4.2%. To align a target to a well-below 2°C commitment, the required annual linear reduction is 2.5%. This method is applied for scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions.
              • Sectoral Decarbonization: A sector-specific method in which the global carbon budget is divided by sector, and then the total emissions reductions are allocated to companies based on their sector’s budget. The target is calculated relative to a specific business metric, such as production output of the company (tCO2e per tonne product produced). This method is applied for scope 1 and 2 emissions.
              • Physical Intensity: A sector-specific method that is best suited for use within sectors that create a uniform product, such as in steel or cement sectors. This method is applied for scope 3 emissions.
              • Economic Intensity: A sector-specific contraction method in which a company’s share of emissions is determined by its gross profit, considering that the sum of gross profits of all companies of that sector equals the global GDP. The target is calculated relative to financial performance of the company (tCO2e per value added). A target must result in at least 7% year-on-year reduction of emissions per unit value added. This method is best suited for use within sectors whose products vary and are difficult to directly compare against each other, such as retail or chemical sectors. This method is applied for scope 3 emissions.
              • Other: Use an alternate method.

              Net Zero Cloud target calculation uses the Absolute Contraction method. For other methods, you must compute the targets outside Net Zero Cloud and then capture the calculated target in your target record.

            11. If the target setting method is Custom, enter a name for the custom target setting method.
            12. Select the annual emissions inventory that holds the emissions inventory for the base year.
            13. Select the absolute contraction percentage to be used to calculate the targets using the SBTI's absolute contraction method:
              • Select 4.2% Annual Linear Reduction when the category is Science-Based, the target setting method is Absolute Contraction, and the Emissions Reduction Commitment’s commitment type is 1.5° Celsius.
              • Select 2.5% Annual Linear Reduction when the category is Science-Based, the target setting method is Absolute Contraction, and the Emissions Reduction Commitment’s commitment type is Well Below 2° Celsius.
              • Select Custom to set an even more aggressive target.
            14. If the absolute contraction percentage is Custom, enter the custom absolute contraction percentage to be used.
            15. If the target setting method is Sectoral Decarbonization or Economic Intensity, then compute the targets outside Net Zero Cloud and enter the calculated targets in the Intensity (Sectoral Decarbonization or Economic Intensity) Methods section.
            16. Specify the target year for which the emissions reduction target is set. You can calculate the target year by adding the number of years for which the target is set to the base year. Typically, the target year is five years or more than the base year.
            17. Select an application that’s used to calculate the emissions target. You can select Net Zero Cloud, SBTi tool, or a custom tool.
              • If the target method is Absolute Contraction and the target emissions calculator is Net Zero Cloud, then the target year emissions and the target emissions change percentage values are calculated.
              • If the target method is any other method, or the target emissions calculator is an SBTi tool or any other tool, then complete the calculations externally and manually enter the values.
              • If the target method is Custom and the target emissions calculator is Other, then enter the values for the key performance indicator (KPI). For example, if the other target KPI is Renewable Energy Electricity Percentage, enter the values for Other Target KPI in Base Year, Other Target KPI in Target Year, and Other Target KPI Change Percentage.
            18. Save your changes.

            Follow these steps to complete setting your targets:

            • Review the emissions target record and share it with your internal stakeholders for their review and approval.
            • Download the target submission form for the associated commitment program to which you’re committing. For SBTI, download the form from SBTi Target Submission Form. You can use the information from the carbon footprint, commitment, inventory, and target records to fill the target form.
            • After the emissions target is approved by internal stakeholders, submit your commitment to your commitment program. For SBTi, use SBTi’s Target Validation Booking System.
            • After your commitment is approved by your commitment program, your approved targets are published on their website. For SBTi, your company’s targets are published on sciencebasedtargets.org, as well as on their partner websites We Mean Business and UN Global Compact.
            • Report your GHG emissions and progress against your targets through annual reports to the commitment program and on your company’s website.
             
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