Climate Solutions built to turn a net-zero pledge into a costed plan.
SYNE helps corporates and portfolios translate a net-zero commitment into a sequenced, costed decarbonisation pathway - validated against SBTi criteria and IPCC 1.5°C-aligned scenarios, and built on the same emission factor data behind every SYNE Rating.
From a first inventory to a board-ready roadmap.
SYNE's Climate Solutions combine inventory-building, science-based target setting, abatement cost modelling and ongoing monitoring into one engagement - built for teams that need to act on a net-zero commitment, not just publish one.
Baseline & Inventory
GHG inventory build using licensed SYNE emission factors across Scope 1, 2 and 3 categories.
Target Setting & Validation
Near-term and long-term targets aligned to SBTi criteria and sector-specific decarbonisation pathways.
Abatement Cost Curves
Lever-by-lever cost and impact modelling to sequence capital investment by return on abatement.
Decarbonisation Roadmapping
A phased, costed roadmap from baseline to net zero, with defined milestones and ownership.
Offset & Removal Strategy
A residual-emissions strategy built on independently rated carbon credits and removals.
Progress Monitoring & Reporting
Ongoing tracking against targets, reported in formats aligned to TCFD and ISSB (IFRS S2) disclosure.
Four phases, from baseline to execution.
Every engagement moves through the same four phases - Baseline, Target, Roadmap and Execute - so a pledge always resolves into a sequenced set of actions with an owner, a cost, and a date.
Baseline
Establishing a defensible starting point before any target is set.
- GHG Inventory Build (Scope 1, 2 & 3)
- Data Quality Assessment
- Materiality Screening
- Peer & Sector Benchmarking
Target
Setting near- and long-term targets that will hold up to external scrutiny.
- Near-Term Target Setting
- Long-Term Net-Zero Target
- SBTi Validation Support
- Sector Pathway Alignment
Roadmap
Turning a target into a sequenced, costed set of actions.
- Abatement Lever Identification
- Cost Curve Modelling
- Investment Sequencing
- Milestone Definition & Ownership
Execute
Tracking delivery and adjusting the plan as circumstances change.
- Progress Monitoring
- Offset & Removal Strategy
- Annual Re-Baselining
- Disclosure & Reporting
Built for anyone who has to defend the plan, not just the pledge.
A net-zero commitment is only credible once it's backed by a sequenced, costed plan that a board, an investor, or a regulator can actually interrogate.
Corporate Sustainability Teams
Move from a stated ambition to a sequenced plan validated against SBTi criteria and sector pathways.
CFOs & Finance Teams
Sequence capital expenditure against abatement cost curves, instead of funding decarbonisation ad hoc.
Boards & Investor Relations
Defend a net-zero commitment to investors and proxy advisors with a costed, milestone-based roadmap.
Private Equity & Portfolio Companies
Build consistent decarbonisation pathways across a portfolio ahead of exit or LP reporting commitments.
Public Sector & Municipalities
Translate a jurisdiction-wide net-zero target into a costed, phased public infrastructure plan.
Industry Associations
Align member decarbonisation pathways to a common sector-specific benchmark and reporting standard.
Most net-zero pledges still don't have a plan behind them.
A net-zero target announced without a costed, sequenced pathway is a statement of intent, not a plan - and it tends to unravel the first time a board, an investor, or a regulator asks how, exactly, the number gets to zero. Building the plan before the pledge is published is the only way to make sure it holds up.
Why pledges outrun plans
A target is easy to announce; a costed, sequenced pathway to get there takes inventory, modelling and capital planning most organisations haven't done yet.
What it means for the finance function
Sequencing abatement levers by cost and impact turns decarbonisation from an unplanned expense into a budgeted capital programme.
What it means for investors
A validated pathway with defined milestones gives investors something to track - a pledge with no interim targets gives them nothing to hold to.
What the solution actually delivers
A costed, sequenced, science-based-pathway-validated plan - not a target date and a promise.
What separates a SYNE pathway from a pledge.
Four principles run through every engagement, from a first inventory to a multi-year decarbonisation programme.
Science-based pathways
Targets are validated against SBTi criteria and IPCC 1.5°C-aligned scenarios - not an internally chosen ambition level.
Built on licensed SYNE Data
The same emission factors and asset data licensed through SYNE Data underpin every inventory and cost curve we build.
Regulatory-grade independence
Delivered under the same independence standards as every SYNE Rating - no incentive to inflate a pathway's ambition or ease.
Costed and sequenced, not declared
Every lever in the roadmap carries a modelled cost and impact - so the plan can be prioritised, not just listed.
Climate Solutions build the plan. Carbon Ratings judge the outcome.
A Climate Solutions engagement is advisory work behind the scenes - the resulting projects and credits can later be independently rated once they're operating.
Advisory, not a judgement
SYNE builds the pathway working directly with your team - it doesn't publish an independent grade on the plan the way a Carbon or ESG Rating would.
Private by default, always
Pathways and cost curves are built for internal use and are never published without the client's explicit request.
8–14 weeks for a full pathway
A baseline and target-setting phase can complete in 3–4 weeks; a full costed roadmap typically runs 8–14 weeks depending on scope.
Feeds into future ratings
Carbon projects or supplier interventions identified in the roadmap can later be assessed under Carbon Ratings or Supplier Ratings.
Re-baselined annually
Pathways are designed to be revisited each year as actual performance, prices and abatement costs come in.
Built for SBTi & disclosure regimes
Outputs are structured to support SBTi submission and TCFD/ISSB (IFRS S2)-aligned transition plan disclosure.
Pathways built across 71 licensed countries.
Climate Solutions draws on the same country-level emissions, energy intelligence and sector benchmarking data used across every SYNE Rating and dataset, so a pathway reflects local grid mix and regulation, not a global average.
View the full country list →Each mark represents active coverage in one jurisdiction
The ratings and data that connect to this solution.
Climate Solutions draws on SYNE's licensed data and feeds into SYNE's rating products once a pathway moves into execution.
Turn your net-zero pledge into a plan.
Talk to our team about a baseline assessment, a target-setting engagement, or a full decarbonisation roadmap.