--- title: SBTi, Scope 2 and Renewable Electricity Sourcing | GreenPowerHub description: Learn how SBTi target work connects to Scope 2 electricity, supplier engagement and renewable certificate sourcing workflows with GreenPowerHub. --- SBTi guide # Understand SBTi targets and connect renewable electricity work to practical sourcing. The Science Based Targets initiative focuses on setting and validating emissions targets. GreenPowerHub helps with one practical part of the work: renewable electricity certificate market coverage, RFQs, market context, marketplace activity, and supplier Scope 2 sourcing workflows. [Open Scope 2 sourcing guide](https://www.greenpowerhub.com/scope-2?hsLang=en) [Check certificate markets](https://www.greenpowerhub.com/platform/certificate-markets?hsLang=en) 60+ countries supported across certificate markets. SBTi context **From target ambition to renewable electricity workflow** Target context **Near-term, net-zero, and supplier engagement** Electricity work **Market-based Scope 2 and supplier Scope 2 action** GPH workflow **Coverage, RFQ, market data, marketplace, trade workflow** Choose your route ## Which SBTi-related electricity question are you working through? SBTi target work is broader than certificate sourcing. Use GreenPowerHub where renewable electricity markets and supplier electricity programs become practical execution work. Scope 2 ### Translate electricity targets into sourcing criteria Connect market-based Scope 2 questions to countries, certificate systems, origins, vintages, technologies, volumes, and documentation. [Open Scope 2 guide](https://www.greenpowerhub.com/scope-2?hsLang=en) Supplier engagement ### Use supplier electricity as one Scope 3 lever When supplier electricity is in scope, route teams toward coverage lookup and sourcing workflows instead of broad accounting claims. [Open Scope 3 guide](https://www.greenpowerhub.com/scope-3-emissions?hsLang=en) BVCM ### Keep beyond value chain action separate Understand where BVCM sits beside science-based target achievement before making climate contribution claims. [Open BVCM guide](https://www.greenpowerhub.com/beyond-value-chain-mitigation?hsLang=en) Public GreenPowerHub metrics Used by buyers, sustainability teams, traders, utilities, and service providers working across renewable certificate markets. **60+** Countries supported across certificate markets **700+** Companies registered **100+ TWh** Energy certificates traded SBTi and execution ## SBTi work needs target setting and accounting discipline before certificate sourcing. SBTi target setting is broader than any single certificate purchase. It involves emissions inventories, target boundaries, validation, annual progress, and review of claims. GreenPowerHub supports the renewable electricity execution layer. Teams can use the platform to check certificate market coverage, structure RFQs, compare market context, engage marketplace opportunities, and move qualified activity into trade workflow. Certificate sourcing does not by itself guarantee SBTi approval or compliance. The practical role is to support market-based Scope 2 work and supplier electricity engagement when the underlying accounting and claim are reviewed. [Open Scope 2 guide](https://www.greenpowerhub.com/scope-2?hsLang=en) [Create a structured RFQ](https://www.greenpowerhub.com/platform/rfq?hsLang=en) ### SBTi-related sourcing criteria - Which SBTi standard or guidance applies - Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 target boundaries - Countries and facilities included in the electricity footprint - Location-based and market-based Scope 2 reporting needs - Certificate system, origin, vintage, technology, and documentation - Supplier engagement needs for Scope 3 purchased goods and services GreenPowerHub workflow ## Move from an SBTi-related electricity need to a sourcing workflow. GreenPowerHub can help once the target, accounting, or supplier-engagement work creates a concrete renewable electricity requirement. 1. 1 **Define the need** Clarify whether the work supports Scope 2 sourcing, supplier Scope 2 engagement, or a broader target-setting process that needs separate review. 2. 2 **Check market fit** Use certificate market coverage to understand which systems, countries, and origins may be relevant for the electricity footprint. 3. 3 **Build comparable RFQs** Specify origin, vintage, technology, volume, delivery, labels, documentation, and response deadlines so suppliers quote against the same scope. 4. 4 **Manage next steps** Compare market context, engage marketplace opportunities, and move selected activity into trade workflow and documentation follow-up. Platform routes ## Connect SBTi-related electricity work to GreenPowerHub product workflows. Use these pages once target-setting work becomes a country, certificate, supplier, or procurement workflow. Coverage ### Certificate markets Search country and certificate system coverage before building a sourcing route. [Check coverage](https://www.greenpowerhub.com/platform/certificate-markets?hsLang=en) RFQ ### Structured sourcing Turn renewable electricity certificate needs into comparable supplier responses. [Create RFQ](https://www.greenpowerhub.com/platform/rfq?hsLang=en) Marketplace ### Marketplace workflows Explore supply, demand, counterparties, and opportunity workflow when market activity is relevant. [Explore marketplace](https://www.greenpowerhub.com/platform/marketplace?hsLang=en) Market context ### Market reports Use market context before RFQs, supplier conversations, and procurement decisions. [Explore reports](https://www.greenpowerhub.com/platform/market-reports?hsLang=en) Standards context ## SBTi, GHG Protocol, and BVCM guidance are connected but not interchangeable. GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance defines market-based reporting with contractual instruments. SBTi target setting and validation bring additional target-level expectations that should be reviewed separately. Scope 3 and supplier engagement work can involve supplier electricity, but GreenPowerHub is not a full Scope 3 accounting system. Use it when supplier renewable electricity sourcing becomes a practical workstream. SBTi's Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2 process is in progress as of May 2026. Public claims should avoid presenting draft requirements as final and should be reviewed before launch. [SBTi Net-Zero Standard V2 development](https://sciencebasedtargets.org/developing-the-net-zero-standard) [SBTi Target Dashboard](https://sciencebasedtargets.org/target-dashboard) [GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance](https://ghgprotocol.org/scope-2-guidance) [SBTi BVCM guidance](https://sciencebasedtargets.org/beyond-value-chain-mitigation) FAQ ## SBTi and renewable electricity questions ### SBTi basics What is SBTi? The Science Based Targets initiative develops standards, guidance, and validation services for companies setting greenhouse gas emissions targets in line with climate science. Does GreenPowerHub validate SBTi targets? No. GreenPowerHub is not an SBTi validator or climate accounting platform. It supports renewable electricity certificate sourcing workflows that may be useful after a company has defined its target, footprint, and claim requirements. Which SBTi questions can GreenPowerHub help with? GreenPowerHub can help when SBTi target work creates practical questions about Scope 2 electricity, supplier engagement, renewable electricity certificates, and beyond value chain mitigation boundaries. ### Renewable electricity fit Can renewable electricity certificates support SBTi-related Scope 2 work? Renewable electricity certificates can support market-based Scope 2 reporting when the certificate, geography, timing, tracking, and claim fit the relevant guidance. They do not automatically guarantee SBTi approval or claim eligibility. Do GreenPowerHub certificates automatically satisfy SBTi requirements? No. GreenPowerHub helps teams find certificate markets, structure RFQs, compare market context, and manage sourcing workflows; companies still need to review their accounting, target boundaries, and public claims. How does SBTi connect to supplier engagement? Supplier engagement can include helping suppliers understand and act on their own electricity footprint. GreenPowerHub can support the renewable electricity sourcing part through country coverage, RFQ, market data, marketplace, and trade workflow. How does SBTi connect to beyond value chain mitigation? BVCM sits outside a company's own value chain and should be treated separately from science-based target achievement. Use the BVCM guide for the boundary and claims context. Official sources ## References for standards, reporting, and market context. [Target Dashboard **Science Based Targets initiative** ](https://sciencebasedtargets.org/target-dashboard) [Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2 development **Science Based Targets initiative** ](https://sciencebasedtargets.org/developing-the-net-zero-standard) [GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance **GHG Protocol** ](https://ghgprotocol.org/scope-2-guidance) [Corporate Value Chain Scope 3 Standard **GHG Protocol** ](https://ghgprotocol.org/corporate-value-chain-scope-3-standard) [Beyond Value Chain Mitigation **Science Based Targets initiative** ](https://sciencebasedtargets.org/beyond-value-chain-mitigation) Next step ## Connect SBTi-related electricity work to market coverage and RFQs. When target work creates a renewable electricity sourcing need, use GreenPowerHub to check certificate markets, structure RFQs, and move opportunities into workflow. [Open Scope 2 guide](https://www.greenpowerhub.com/scope-2?hsLang=en) [Check certificate markets](https://www.greenpowerhub.com/platform/certificate-markets?hsLang=en) English