Start Your Reduction Plan

The Reduction Planner enables you to translate climate targets (e.g. Net Zero or SBTi-aligned targets) into a structured, actionable roadmap.

Instead of only defining a target, you can:

• Build reduction pathways over time
• Define and track concrete measures
• Combine measures into scenarios
• Understand impact vs. cost trade-offs

This guide walks you through how to set up your first reduction plan.

Step 1: Open the Reduction Planner

Navigate to Reduction planner on the left menue of you CO2 module

This is the central workspace where all reduction plans, targets, measures and scenarios are managed. To work in the Reduction palanner you need to have at least one completed report in you CO2 module. 

Step 2: Create a new reduction plan

Click on “New plan” in the top right corner.

A reduction plan represents a specific target pathway, for example:

• A Net Zero strategy
• Near-term SBTi targets
• Internal planning scenarios (e.g. budget-constrained vs. ambitious)

Choose a title for you plan, link it to a report and assign it to a year. This is the Baseyear data thats used to calculate the forward projections.

Important:
Each plan is independent and can contain its own assumptions, measures, and scenarios.

Step 3: Understand the logic of the Reduction Planner

Before setting up your plan, it’s important to understand how the tool works conceptually:

1. Target (Where do you want to go?)

Defines your reduction ambition over time
→ e.g. 50% reduction by 2030 or Net Zero by 2040

2. Measures (What will you do?)

Concrete actions that reduce emissions
→ e.g. renewable electricity, supplier engagement, efficiency improvements

3. Scenarios (How do you get there?)

Combinations of measures that form a pathway
→ allows comparison of different strategies

? Screenshot – Plan overview / structure

? This structure ensures that your plan is not only compliant (e.g. with SBTi), but also operational and actionable.

Step 4: Define your reduction target

Start by defining the overall target of your plan:

• Select a target type (e.g. Net Zero or custom target)
• Set a target year
• Define your reduction ambition (e.g. % reduction vs. baseline)

More about how to set targtes here. 

Step 5: Add reduction measures

Once the target is defined, you can start adding measures.

Each measure represents a specific decarbonization action and includes:

• Emission source / scope (what is affected)
• Reduction potential (how much CO₂ can be reduced)
• Timeline (when it takes effect)
• Optional: costs / investments

Best practice:

• Start with high-impact measures
• Use realistic assumptions (not idealized values)
• Align measures with your existing sustainability strategy

Measures are the core driver of your plan – they determine whether your target is achievable.

More about measures here. 

Step 6: Build and compare scenarios

Scenarios allow you to combine multiple measures and evaluate their joint impact.

With scenarios, you can:

• Check if your measures close the gap to your target
• Compare different strategies
• Understand cost vs. impact trade-offs
• Identify the most efficient pathway

This is where the Reduction Planner goes beyond simple target-setting and becomes a decision-making tool.

Read more on how to use Scenarios here. 

Step 7: Track progress and refine your plan

Reduction planning is an iterative process.

You can continuously:

• Adjust measures
• Refine assumptions
• Add new initiatives
• Compare updated scenarios

This ensures your plan remains:

• Realistic
• Data-driven
• Aligned with business constraints (e.g. budget, feasibility)