# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818 of 17 July 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards minimum standards for UK Climate Transition Benchmarks and UK Paris-aligned Benchmarks, Article 6: Companies setting and publishing GHG emission reduction targets

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Administrators of UK Climate Transition Benchmarks and administrators of UK Paris-aligned Benchmarks may increase in those benchmarks the weight of the issuers of the constituent securities that set and publish GHG emission reduction targets, where the following conditions are fulfilled:
(a)the issuers of the constituent securities publish consistently and accurately their Scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions;
(b)the issuers of the constituent securities have reduced their GHG intensity or, where applicable, their absolute GHG emissions, including Scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions, by an average of at least 7 % per annum for at least three consecutive years.
For the purposes of the first subparagraph, Scope 3 GHG emissions shall be construed in accordance with the phase-in implementation period set out in Article 5.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/1818/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1818/article-6
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