The company said the approval confirms that its short-term goals for 2030 align with the decarbonization point needed to keep global temperatures below 1. 5°C above pre-industrial temperatures, as set out in the Paris Agreement on climate change.
“According to the United Nations, it is still possible to restrict global temperature to 1. 5°C, but we are getting dangerously close to that threshold. That’s why corporations want to act urgently to reduce carbon emissions at scale,” said Andrew Boyd, Chief Sustainability Officer. in Perfetti Van Melle.
As a member of the confectionery industry, Perfetti Van Melle has also assessed and approved its Forests, Lands and Agriculture (FLAG) targets through the SBTi. The objectives of the FLAG are expressed for corporations in land-intensive sectors and come with land logging. emissions-based emissions (e. g. , from land conversion) and carbon removal (e. g. , agroforestry). This absolute target will enable Perfetti Van Melle to reduce FLAG GHG emissions by 30. 3% in scope 3 to 2030, with a base year of 2021.