SCIENCEBASEDTARGETSDRIVING AMBITIOUS CORPORATE CLIMATE ACTIONSETTING 1.5'C-ALIGNED SCIENCE-BASED TARGETS:QUICK START GUIDE FORELECTRIC UTILITIESJUNE 2020DEVELOPED BYWITH SUPPORT FROMCDPGuidehouseDISCLOSURE INSIGHT ACTIONACKNOWLEDGMENTSThis guidance was developed by CDP on behalf of the Science Based Targets initiative with support fromGuidehouse.The Science Based Targets initiative mobilizes companies to set science-based targets andboost their competitive advantage in the transition to the low-carbon economy.It is a collaboration betweenCDP.the United Nations Global Compact.World Resources Institute(WRI)and the World Wide Fund forNature (WWF)and one of the We Mean Business Coalition commitments.Guidehouse is a specialized,global professional services firm.With over 700 consultants.Guidehouse'sglobal Energy.Sustainability.and Infrastructure segment is the largest in the industry.We collaborate withand serve as trusted advisors to utilities and energy companies.large corporations.investors.NGOs,and thepublic sector to help them thrive in the rapidly changing energy.resources,and infrastructure environment.We lead through our insights and excel at strategy.transformation,and implementation,creating more sus-tainable and resilient countries.governments.companies.cities.and infrastructure.During the development of this work,we also had the advice of the SBTi Scientific Advisory Group andstakeholders participating in a public consultation webinar in March 2020.20Primary authors:Andres Chang.CDPJeroen Scheepmaker.GuidehouseOskar Krabbe.GuidehouseAnnemarie Kerkhof.GuidehouseWe would like to thank Fernando Rangel Villasana(WWF).Nate Aden (WRI),and Mariana Heinrich (WBCSD)for their contributions to this publication.Supported by:PORTICUS