Target Zero Carbon: acting accordingly with what climate science tells us
Science-Based Targets & Climate Action Luxembourg Task Force
The latest IPCC reports are alarming and insist on the need for a drastic and rapid reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on a human scale. IMS wants to encourage its member organizations to reduce their GHG emissions in order to limit global warming to a maximum of 2° and ideally 1.5°.
To do this, we have launched a Task Force based on the methods of the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi), an international initiative that certifies that companies' reduction targets are in line with what climate science recommends. The Task Force's goal is to go beyond carbon offsetting and focus on our members' activities and their impact.
Drawing on collective intelligence, the experience of companies already committed to reducing their emissions and the support of experts, the Task Force aims to bring out ambitious reduction trajectories and concrete solutions among its participants.
To demonstrate their climate ambition, IMS encourages participants to have their targets validated by the SBTi. IMS also expects that the climate action of the 40+ participating organizations will inspire other organizations to set a new standard in the Grand Duchy and beyond.
The Task Force met several times to discuss these issues;
The first workshop allowed the participating organizations to take stock of their respective progress in terms of GHG reduction and to share their desires and expectations from the Task Force.
The second workshop was an opportunity for the Task Force member organizations to learn more about the definition and implementation of climate targets, to understand the different key concepts (carbon neutrality, the different scopes...) all illustrated by concrete cases.
The Task Force participants had the opportunity to participate in a workshop "la Fresque du climat", which allows a scientific and accessible method to help raise awareness on climate change and the need to act.
SBTi in-depth and alternatives
This workshop helped the participants to better understand the stakes of a commitment in the SBTi program as well as the possible alternatives thanks to the testimony of two companies well advanced in the process.
In order to reduce its environmental impact, it is necessary to know its carbon footprint. This workshop allowed participants to better understand the methods of calculating GHG emissions and to give concrete ways to evaluate them.
The fifth workshop of the Task Force addressed the setting of targets in terms of greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction. The theoretical basis was discussed as well as the process to reach one's own GHG reduction targets.
This workshop was dedicated more specifically to scope 3 GHG emissions. How to define them? How to reduce them? These were the questions that this workshop tried to answer.
Mobilising employees and management
Mobilising employees as well as management is key to achieving sustainable and ambitious GHG emission reductions. One way to do this is to use the appreciative approach. This workshop explored this method and provided an opportunity to understand it in practice through the testimony of a company that has successfully applied the process.
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