JSR Corporation’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets have been approved by Science Based Targets initiative（SBTi）
JSR Corporation (hereinafter “JSR”; Representative Director, CEO and President: Tetsuro Hori) is pleased to announce that the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets of our group companies, including subsidiaries, have been officially approved as science-based targets (SBT)1 by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)2, which is an international climate change initiative.
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https://sciencebasedtargets.org/target-dashboard
JSR will continue to reduce GHG emissions through its efforts to lower the environmental impact of its business activities.
1 Science-based targets align with the goals of the Paris Agreement, which aim to keep the global temperature rise well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5°C.
2 The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is a joint international initiative by CDP, the United Nations Global Compact, the World Resources Institute (WRI), and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).