Arsenal Football Club, Danone, ING, Lenovo, McLaren Racing, and Ørsted among the companies
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This demonstrates that corporate climate action continues to scale globally.
The number of companies with science-based targets validated by the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) globally has reached 10,000. Some of the world’s most recognizable names have set targets including the likes Arsenal Football Club, Danone, ING, Lenovo, McLaren Racing, and Ørsted. The milestone reflects the growing scale of corporate climate action across sectors and regions.
Altogether, the 10,000 companies represent more than 40% of global market capitalization and include many of the world’s leading businesses, spanning nearly every major sector, region, and company size. Headquartered across all continents and in more than 90 countries, they reflect the growing mainstream adoption of science-based target setting across the global economy.
Reaching 10,000 validated companies reinforces the SBTi’s role at the forefront of corporate climate ambition, supporting credible, accountable climate action at scale. It is also a significant achievement for the companies themselves, whose climate leadership is helping to accelerate the transition to a net-zero economy.
While European-headquartered companies still make up a substantial share of the 10,000, growth in Asia has accelerated in recent years. Japan now has the highest number of validated companies globally—over 2,000—followed by the United Kingdom, the United States, and China.
The SBTi validated its first company in 2015, its 1,000th in 2021, and now at the beginning of 2026, has reached its 10,000th after validating more than 2,800 new companies in 2025.
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