Accelerate, The Business Pact for Climate and Nature

BITCI’s Low Carbon Pledge, which was established in 2018, is the first dedicated pledge generated by Irish business to set industry standards on sustainability and reduce carbon usage. These Pledge signatories are committed to setting Science Based Targets (SBTs) no later than December 2024 across their entire carbon footprint (Scope 1, 2, & 3). Our latest report published in Sept 2023, found 50% of Pledge signatories have fully set SBTs and had them approved by the Science Based Target Initiative. A further 31% have formally committed to setting SBTs. This means that 81% of the signatories are well progressed to setting science-based targets by the end of 2024.

Building on the success of the Low Carbon Pledge, BITCI are now working on a research project to design the next iteration of the Low Carbon Pledge. We hope to raise the ambition of the Low Carbon Pledge by focusing on greater action and exploring how nature can be incorporated.