Emma Watson

Head of Standards at Science Based Targets Initiative

Speaker

Emma is responsible for the Science Based Targets initiative’s Standards Team. The Standards Team develops and maintains SBTi's cross-sector standards, which includes near-term science-based targets, the Corporate Net-Zero Standard, and the emerging Net-Zero for Financial Institutions and Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) Standards. Emma led the development of the Corporate Net-Zero Standard - the first standard for setting corporate net-zero targets in line with climate science.

Prior to joining the SBTi, Emma was the lead for science-based targets at Accenture’s Carbon Intelligence – a service which she developed and brought to market.

Emma is a member of the Race to Zero Expert Peer Review Group, an advisor to the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero and sits on the Standards Committee for the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative. She has an MSc in Carbon Management and BSc with Honours in Environmental Science, both from the University of Edinburgh, and is based in London.