Target Setting

Banking, Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, Publications, Target Setting | 12 May 2026

This report provides an overview of how financial institutions are developing decarbonization targets for maritime shipping, a hard-to-abate sector that underpins global trade. Drawing on the Poseidon Principles and evolving net-zero frameworks, the report sets out key methodological choices for banks, including the use of carbon intensity metrics aligned with IMO trajectories, definitions of emissions scope, and approaches to portfolio coverage and data quality.

Banking, Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, PRB Guidance, Principles for Responsible Banking, Publications, Target Setting | 03 October 2025

The Guidance for Climate Target Setting for Banks outlines key principles to underpin the setting of credible, robust, impactful and ambitious targets for achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goals in alignment with the Paris Agreement.

Banking, Impact Centre, PRB Implementation, Principles for Responsible Banking, Publications, Target Setting | 19 March 2025

Impact management explained, step by step! The Impact Protocol provides a step-by-step overview of how to analyse and manage bank…

Banking, Pollution & Circular Economy, Principles for Responsible Banking, Publications, Target Setting | 18 July 2024

This report is aimed at providing a general overview on operationalising the interlinkages between circular economy and climate, nature, pollution, and healthy and inclusive economies, encouraging banks to embed circularity into internal policies and processes, engage with clients in their transition to circular business models, redirect financial flows towards circular solutions and opportunities, and advocate for mainstreaming circularity.

Banking, Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, Principles for Responsible Banking, Publications, Target Setting | 13 March 2024

'The Guidelines for Climate Target Setting for Banks - Version 2' outline key principles to underpin the setting of credible targets in line with the science and achieving the most ambitious temperature goals of the Paris Agreement.

Banking, PRB Guidance, Principles for Responsible Banking, Publications, Social, Target Setting | 21 February 2024

The new PRB guidance, "Driving Impact on Financial Health and Inclusion: From Setting Targets to Implementation", supports financial institutions prioritising financial well-being by creating common definitions for Financial Health and Inclusion, proposing a Pathway to Impact, and offering standard indicators and methodologies for strategy development and implementation. It provides practical tools to set impactful targets and create robust strategies to promote financial well-being, and tailor action plans to meet the unique needs of individuals and businesses.

Adaptation Finance, Banking, Climate Change, PRB Guidance, Principles for Responsible Banking, Publications, Target Setting | 28 November 2023

The new Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) Climate Adaptation Target Setting guidance aims to help banks accelerate their efforts on managing climate-related impacts and financing climate adaptation, by setting adaptation targets using the PRB impact framework.

Banking, Nature, PRB Guidance, Principles for Responsible Banking, Publications, Target Setting | 22 November 2023

This guidance aims at helping the banking industry align with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and address the critical issues of nature and biodiversity loss.

Banking, Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, Principles for Responsible Banking, Publications, Target Setting | 18 September 2023

To support Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) member banks in developing targets, the Alliance has developed this short paper to provide clarification on the Guidance for Climate Target Setting for Banks outlining how the Alliance views the treatment of offsetting in relation to member commitments.

Banking, PRB Implementation, Principles for Responsible Banking, Publications, Target Setting | 08 November 2022

Signatory banks of the Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) align their business strategy and practice with the UN Sustainable Development…