TY - GEN
T1 - THE SUSTAINABLE IMPACT OF THE USE OF SCIENCE BASED TARGETS IN ORGANISATIONS
AU - Carvalho, Afonso
AU - Sá, José Carlos
AU - Correia, Florbela
AU - McDermott, Olivia
AU - Dinis-Carvalho, José
AU - Fonseca, Luís
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 System Safety: Human - Technical Facility - Environment. All Rights Reserved.
PY - 2023/12/1
Y1 - 2023/12/1
N2 - Due to the increase in gas emissions and the growth of environmental problems globally, companies are striving to reduce their emissions and waste products in order to become more sustainable and preserve the environment. In order to solve this problem, an initiative called Science Based Targets has been created with the aim of defining targets and paths for companies to follow in order to reduce their carbon footprints. This article will analyse the impact that adherence to this initiative has had on companies' sustainability. To obtain the data, a survey was sent to Portuguese companies. It was concluded that in general Science Based Targets contribute to the sustainable development of organisations, however it is still a very recent initiative which has had low uptake by Portuguese companies.
AB - Due to the increase in gas emissions and the growth of environmental problems globally, companies are striving to reduce their emissions and waste products in order to become more sustainable and preserve the environment. In order to solve this problem, an initiative called Science Based Targets has been created with the aim of defining targets and paths for companies to follow in order to reduce their carbon footprints. This article will analyse the impact that adherence to this initiative has had on companies' sustainability. To obtain the data, a survey was sent to Portuguese companies. It was concluded that in general Science Based Targets contribute to the sustainable development of organisations, however it is still a very recent initiative which has had low uptake by Portuguese companies.
KW - Portugal
KW - Science Based Targets
KW - Survey
KW - Sustainability
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85182934318
U2 - 10.2478/czoto-2023-0025
DO - 10.2478/czoto-2023-0025
M3 - Conference Publication
AN - SCOPUS:85182934318
T3 - System Safety: Human - Technical Facility - Environment
SP - 231
EP - 239
BT - System Safety
PB - SCIENDO
T2 - 12th International Conference on System Safety: Human - Technical Facility - Environment, CZOTO 2023
Y2 - 14 December 2023 through 14 December 2023
ER -
