SCIENCEBASEDTARGETSCEMENT SCIENCEBASED TARGET SETTINGGUIDANCEDRAFT FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATIONMarch 2022Cement Science Based Target Setting Guidance Draft for public consultationsciencebasedtargets.org@ScienceTargets/science-based-targetsinfo@sciencebasedtargets.orgPARTNER ORGANIZATIONSSCIENCEBASEDTARGETSCDPUnited NationsWORLDGlobal CompactINSTITUTEWWECONTENTS1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY32 INTRODUCTION32.1 Overview of the development process43 DEVELOPMENT OF CEMENT DECARBONIZATION PATHWAYS63.1 Overview of the Sectoral Decarbonization Approach(SDA)63.2 Choice of emissions scenarios for 1.5C83.3 Definition of the sector covered by the pathway113.4 Sector carbon intensity pathways124 HOW TO SET SCIENCE BASED TARGETS FOR CEMENT AND CONCRETECOMPANIES144.1 Overview of target setting steps for companies144.2 Overview of cement-specific criteria and recommendations144.3 GHG accounting rules174.4 Near-temm and long-term targets204.5 Scopes required204.6 Target-setting methods214.7 Combined-scope targets224.8 Criteria on Scope 3 emissions for cement companies235 GUIDANCE FOR CALCULATING SCOPE 3 EMISSIONS246 GUIDANCE ON SOME CEMENT/CONCRETE-SPECIFIC PROCESSES256.1 Natural recarbonation256.2 Industrial mineralisation256.3 CCU,CCS and BECCS276.4 Optimizing cement use in concrete and buildings277 GUIDANCE ON TARGET SETTING FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMPANIES287.1 Guidance for including concrete produced by cement companies in SBTs287.2 Guidance for non-clinker-producing cement companies to set SBTs287.3 Guidance for non-clinker/cement-producing concrete companies to set SBTs297.4 Guidance for other potential users of cement SDA:e.g.,construction companies308 USING THE TARGET SETTING TOOLS318.1 Combined and separate targets31Cement Science Based Target Setting Guidance Draft for public consultationsciencebasedtargets.org@ScienceTargets/science-based-targetsinfo@sciencebasedtargets.org