MEDIA ADVISORY FROM UN GLOBAL COMPACT
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COP26, GLASGOW, UNITED KINGDOM, United Kingdom
Companies commit to science-based emissions reductions in race to deliver the Paris Agreement
What: Press conference with Sanda Ojiambo, CEO and Executive Director, UN Global Compact and Alberto Carrillo Pineda, Managing Director of the Science Based Targets Initiative on results of the Business Ambition for 1.5°C campaign to rapidly scale corporate climate ambition.
Where: Giant’s Causeway, Zone H.
Watch online at https://unfccc-cop26.streamworld.de/program
When: 1245-1315 GMT on Wednesday 10th November
Notes to Editors
About the “Business Ambition for 1.5°C — Our Only Future” campaign
The Business Ambition for 1.5°C campaign is an urgent call to action for companies to set science-based emissions reduction targets in line with a 1.5°C, net-zero future. Launched in May 2019 by the SBTi in partnership with the UN Global Compact and We Mean Business, it is backed by a global coalition of UN agencies, business and industry leaders. For more information please visit the campaign website.
About the Science Based Targets initiative
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is a global body enabling businesses to set ambitious emissions reductions targets in line with the latest climate science. It is focused on accelerating companies across the world to halve emissions before 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions before 2050. The initiative is a collaboration between CDP, the United Nations Global Compact, World Resources Institute and the World Wide Fund for Nature and one of the We Mean Business Coalition commitments. The SBTi defines and promotes best practice in science-based target setting, offers resources and guidance to reduce barriers to adoption, and independently assesses and approves companies’ targets. www.sciencebasedtargets.org @sciencetargets
About the United Nations Global Compact
As a special initiative of the UN Secretary-General, the United Nations Global Compact is a call to companies everywhere to align their operations and strategies with Ten Principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. Our ambition is to accelerate and scale the global collective impact of business by upholding the Ten Principles and delivering the Sustainable Development Goals through accountable companies and ecosystems that enable change. With more than 13,000 companies and 3,000 non-business signatories based in over 160 countries, and 69 Local Networks, the UN Global Compact is the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative — one Global Compact uniting business for a better world.
For more information, follow @globalcompact and visit our website at unglobalcompact.org
For interview requests, please contact: communications@sciencebasedtargets.org
Alex Gee, United Nations Global Compact +44 7887 804594
Rosie Williams, Science Based Targets initiative