# How do I check whether a company really has an SBTi-validated target?

Canonical: https://senseible.earth/answers/check-if-supplier-has-sbti-target

Search the company on the SBTi Target Dashboard at sciencebasedtargets.org. A validated target is listed with its wording, scopes and date. A commitment only means the company has promised to set one. Check the exact legal entity, because a parent's target may not cover the supplier you buy from.

## Read the status, not the press release

- A validated target: the dashboard lists the target, its classification, the scopes it covers and its wording.
- A commitment: the company has said it will set a target within the SBTi's deadline. Nothing is validated yet.
- A commitment that was removed or has lapsed: treat any claim of an SBTi target as unsupported.
- Not listed: no SBTi target or commitment under that name. Read the dashboard's own legend for the exact status labels.

## Checks beyond the status

1. Match the legal name and country. Indian subsidiaries often trade under a group name that has a target.
2. Read the target text: near-term or net-zero, base year, target year, and which scopes it covers.
3. Check whether it was set on the SME route, and which scopes the entry lists.
4. Note the date; older targets may have been set under earlier criteria.
5. Ask for the company's latest published emissions and its progress against the target.

## Red flags in a supplier's claim

- "SBTi approved" with no dashboard entry.
- A commitment presented as a validated target.
- A parent company's target quoted for a separate legal entity without confirmation that it is included.
- Credits presented as progress toward the target. The SBTi does not count credits as reductions.

## What Senseible does here

Senseible keeps your suppliers' invoices in a Scope 3 evidence trail, so a supplier's target claim can sit next to the activity data you buy from them.

- [Can carbon credits count toward an SBTi target](https://senseible.earth/answers/can-carbon-credits-count-toward-sbti-target)
- [SBTi supplier engagement targets](https://senseible.earth/answers/sbti-supplier-engagement-target-for-suppliers)
- [Supplier due diligence](https://senseible.earth/supplier-due-diligence)

Sources: [SBTi Target Dashboard and guidance on company statuses](https://sciencebasedtargets.org)

Last reviewed 2026-10-18. Dashboard status labels and SBTi criteria change; recheck the dashboard legend on sciencebasedtargets.org.