Road Testing Workshop: SBT Methods for Financial Institutions

The Science Based Targets initiative invites you to Road Testing Workshop: SBT Methods for Financial Institutions.

The workshop will be held in conjunction with Climate Week NYC 2019 and the United Nations Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit.

Please register at your earliest convenience. Capacity is limited, and registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Registrants must be able to attend in person. Refreshments and lunch will be provided.

Workshop objectives:

• Inform financial institutions and other stakeholders on the feedback received through the SBTi method road-testing process for financial institutions;

• Gather detailed additional feedback from road testers on draft science-based target-setting methods for financial institutions;

• Collect input on options to address key technical issues such as data availability and accuracy, approaches to insure targets lead to GHG emissions reductions, and value of emissions-based and capacity-based metrics for target setting and internal decision-making.

Agenda

9:30 - 9:45 am
Tea/coffee and registration

9:45 - 10:00 am
Welcome and review workshop agenda

10:00 – 11:00 am
Plenary session:

• Overview of SBTi-Financed framework development process

• Summary of road tester feedback

• Presentation from financial institutions on their road testing experience

• Q&A

• Instructions for break-out groups

11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Breakout sessions on discussion questions
All participants are expected to join breakout discussions

12:00 – 12:45 pm
Buffet lunch

12:45 – 2:00 pm
Plenary session:

• Breakout sessions report back

• Discuss next steps in SBT-Finance framework development process and opportunities to provide further input.

The workshop will conclude at 2:00 pm.

Questions? Contact Yelena Akopian at yakopian@wri.org.