- American Cleaning Institute provides comments on key global benchmark for climate action
The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) submitted comments to Science Based Targets (SBTi) draft Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2, a global benchmark for businesses committed to ambitious climate action. SBTi is revising this standard to support more companies setting targets and making corporate climate action more effective, to accelerate the pace of decarbonization.
Among the key points raised in comments to SBTi, ACI:
- Recommends that SBTi recognize market-based accounting approaches used in the reduction of scope 1 emissions from low carbon products towards decarbonization targets.
- Asked for additional clarity on timelines and reporting requirements.
- Encouraged guardrails that would prevent double counting, or other actions that could undermine direct supply chain decarbonization.
“ACI commends SBTi for its willingness to hear a variety of perspectives during this consultation period,” said Nathan Sell, Director, Sustainability, American Cleaning Institute. “As the cleaning products industry is working towards reducing emissions throughout the supply chain, it is important to activate a variety of decarbonization levers that will allow us to make the net-zero transition.”
Read ACI’s full comments.
The American Cleaning Institute® (ACI – www.cleaninginstitute.org) is the Home of the U.S. Cleaning Products Industry® and represents the $60 billion U.S. cleaning product supply chain. ACI members include the manufacturers and formulators of soaps, detergents, and general cleaning products used in household, commercial, industrial and institutional settings; companies that supply ingredients and finished packaging for these products; and chemical distributors. ACI serves the growth and innovation of the U.S. cleaning products industry by advancing the health and quality of life of people and protecting our planet. ACI achieves this through a continuous commitment to sound science and being a credible voice for the cleaning products industry.