Science-based target: response pack
Demo Wine Estate (Pty) Ltd · reporting year 2024 · prepared 27 September 2026
Draft prepared by the calculator · not submitted to the SBTi · check before you use it
1. Your target in the SBTi's words
Demo Wine Estate (Pty) Ltd commits to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 42% by 2030 from a 2023 base year. Demo Wine Estate (Pty) Ltd also commits to measure and reduce its scope 3 emissions.
You told us you have committed but not yet validated. SBTi minimum for 2023 to 2030: 29.4% (4.2% a year). Your figure: 42.0%, which meets the minimum.
2. Which route, and what it costs
Route: SME route. FLAG-sector company that passes all three size tests.
| Scope 1 + 2 under 10,000 tCO2e | 515 t · passes |
| Independent, not a subsidiary of a larger group | yes |
| Fewer than 250 employees | passes |
| Turnover under EUR 50 million | passes |
| Total assets under EUR 25 million | passes |
| Not in a FLAG sector | fails |
Three of the four size tests must pass; a FLAG-sector company must pass all three others. EUR converted at R20.5. Under the Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2.0 (validations from 1 February 2027) you would be Category B: Scope 1 and 2 targets required, Scope 3 and net-zero optional, annual reporting of emissions, actions and barriers.
SBTi validation fee, Tier 1 (turnover under EUR 5 million): USD 1,250 near-term, USD 2,500 near-term plus net-zero. South Africa is upper-middle-income, so the reduced fee does not apply.
3. Your pathway and where 2024 sits
To reach 325 t by 2030 from here you need about 32 t a year (6.2% of this year's Scope 1 + 2).
Base-year check: Recalculate the base year when a boundary change, a methodology change or the discovery of errors moves base-year emissions by 5% or more; targets are then reassessed and, if no longer compliant, updated and revalidated. If your base year was built on a different boundary or method from this inventory (different categories, factors or a known error), recalculate it before you report progress; the in-depth analysis does this.
4. Net-zero
You chose not to set a net-zero target now. On the SME route it is optional; retailers increasingly ask for it.
5. FLAG: land emissions
Land-management emissions in this inventory: 18.9 t, 1.5% of the total (FLAG threshold 20%). You are in a FLAG-designated sector, so on the standard route separate FLAG targets would be required (3.03% a year, no-deforestation commitment); on the SME route you are exempt, and land emissions are simply inside your Scope 1 target.
Land-management emissions counted here: soil N2O from fertiliser, livestock methane, residue burning, lime and dolomite, and purchased farm produce. Land-use change and soil-carbon removals are not in the light report. Soil-carbon removals from cover crops or compost can only ever count against a FLAG target, must be reported separately, verified and monitored for reversal, and can never be netted against an SME Scope 1 and 2 target.
6. SBTi FLAG review: Call for Evidence (open until 8 October 2026, 23:59 Pacific, which is 08:59 on 9 October in South Africa)
The SBTi is revising its Forest, Land and Agriculture guidance and is collecting evidence from companies through a 73-question online form (about 40 minutes, no file upload, confidential, published only in aggregate). A FLAG-sector SME with real inventories is exactly the voice the revision lacks. The question list is published as a PDF: SBTi FLAG Call for Evidence survey questions.
Question 17 asks for a rough percentage split of your emissions. From this inventory:
| Call for Evidence category | Share |
|---|---|
| Agricultural production and land management | 8% |
| Land use change | 0% |
| Processing and manufacturing | 2% |
| Fertiliser production | 3% |
| Transport, logistics and distribution | 11% |
| Energy use | 37% |
| Food loss and waste | 3% |
| Other (packaging and purchased goods) | 36% |
Mapping: land management and on-farm machinery to agricultural production; stationary fuel, refrigerants, winery inputs and capital goods to processing; fertiliser production separately; freight, travel and commuting to transport; electricity and its losses to energy; waste and end-of-life to food loss and waste; packaging and other purchased goods to other. Land-use change is zero unless you converted land in the last twenty years.
The in-depth analysis, or CDSA's target-setting add-on, drafts the full 73-answer submission in your words from this data.
7. What happens next
| Submit the SME target-setting form | The numbers above are the ones the form asks for. Fee as in section 2. |
| Report every year | Publish Scope 1, 2 and 3 and progress against the target (annual report, website or CDP). This light report is a start; a checked inventory is what a customer's auditor accepts. |
| Recalculate when needed | Recalculate the base year when a boundary change, a methodology change or the discovery of errors moves base-year emissions by 5% or more; targets are then reassessed and, if no longer compliant, updated and revalidated. |
| Retail customers | Albert Heijn and Ahold Delhaize require suppliers to hold an SBTi-validated target (SMEs: Scope 1 and 2 target plus a Scope 3 commitment) and to report Scope 1, 2 and 3 annually with traceable calculations; renewable-electricity claims need certificates or a supplier contract. |
Sources: SBTi SME FAQ v6.2 and SME Criteria Assessment Indicators v1.2 (July 2026); Near-Term Criteria v5.3.1 (April 2026); FLAG Guidance v1.2 (March 2026); Target Validation Service Offerings v6.1 (effective 5 January 2026); Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2.0 (June 2026); Mandatory Five-Year Review Guidance v2.0 (August 2026). This page is generated from your data and is not advice from the SBTi.