Tate & Lyle greenhouse gas reduction goals approved as science-based targets

Announced in May 2020, Tate & Lyle’s commitment to a 30% absolute reduction in Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 is in line with the Paris Agreement’s central aim to keep a global temperature rise this century well below 2°C. The company’s commitment to reduce emissions from the value chain (Scope 3) by 15% over the same period meets the SBTi’s criteria for ambitious value chain goals.

Tate & Lyle is one of only around 65 food and beverage operators globally to have its environmental commitments approved by SBTi, a collaboration between CDP, the United Nations Global Compact, World Resources Institute, and the World Wide Fund for Nature.

Nick Hampton, Tate & Lyle CEO, said: “At Tate & Lyle, we are passionate about making our contribution to lowering greenhouse gas emissions and minimising the worst effects of climate change. That's why, inspired by our purpose Improving Lives for Generations, we have set ourselves ambitious environmental targets that are aligned to what the latest climate science is telling us we need to do. We are committed to working actively across our supply chain to help improve our environment and shape a better world.”

Sara Leeman, Environment Lead at Tate & Lyle, added: “To make the necessary reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, manufacturers like us must look beyond our factory gates to our value chain and commit to collaboration. With the approval of our science-based targets, we are delighted to have a unifying framework enabling our employees, suppliers and customers to work together to achieve shared sustainability goals backed by climate science.”

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Notes to editors

• Tate & Lyle’s environmental commitments are set out here.


• Tate & Lyle’s approved science-based target wording:
  Tate & Lyle PLC commits to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 30% by 2030 from a 2019 base year.* Tate & Lyle PLC also commits to reduce absolute scope 3 GHG emissions 15% over the same target period.
  
  *The target boundary includes biogenic emissions and removals from bioenergy feedstocks.


• On 12 December 2015 in Paris, parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change reached a landmark agreement to combat climate change and to accelerate and intensify the actions and investments needed for a sustainable low carbon future. The Paris Agreement central aim is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius. More information here.


• More information on the Science Based Targets initiative here.

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