For one public net-zero sentence, record the target year or date, whether it is whole-organisation net zero or a bounded interim target, the named scopes, residual treatment, and a plan the customer can open. Missing plan, missing date, unmatched scopes or residual treatment not stated stays unpublished. Completing the sheet is not SBTi validation.

Download the blank sheet. Building the programme stays on the strategy guide. A current-period carbon-neutral sentence is a different claim. Log the live sentence on the claim register. A PPN 006 carbon reduction plan is a procurement document.

A completed list is not a net-zero claim

One row per public commitment. commitment_type is whole_organisation_net_zero, bounded_interim_target or other. Distinguish an explicitly bounded interim target from whole-organisation net zero.

target_year is a four-digit year when only a year is claimed. target_date is an exact date when the public wording uses one. Do not convert a year into a fabricated day.

scopes_named must match the public wording. residual_treatment is reduce_then_named_method, offset_only, not_stated or missing. plan_location is a URL or document the customer can open without a login, or missing. customer_accessible_detail is yes only when what, when and how are available to a customer.

progress_status is not_yet_due, evidence_held, missing or not_applicable. A new future commitment may use not_yet_due with progress_not_yet_due_reason and next_review_date. Missing progress must not be replaced by a fabricated achieved result.

row_status is waiting, do_not_publish or internally_cleared. internally_cleared needs a verifiable plan, matching boundary, residual treatment other than not_stated or missing, and a current internal_review_reference with reviewer_role and review_date. There is no achieved, science-based, SBTi-validated or lawful value. Do not add an SBTi compliance outcome from unopened standard text.

The CMA fashion undertakings announced 27 March 2024 require that claims to consumers about environmental targets are supported by a clear and verifiable strategy, and that customers can access what the target aims to achieve, the date, and how the company will seek to achieve it. Those undertakings bind the named firms. The open letter and later fashion guide treat them as a sector benchmark, not as a court finding against other retailers.

Net zero is not carbon neutrality

Save a copy of the blank file and type into the copy. The files are plain CSV with no formulas.

A current-period carbon-neutral claim goes to the carbon-neutral claims checklist.

ASA CAP carbon-neutral and net-zero advice of 17 June 2026 says marketers should avoid unqualified net-zero claims, make reduction versus offsetting clear, name any offsetting scheme, ensure claims on future goals are based on a verifiable strategy, and avoid implying products generate no or few emissions if that is not the case. ISO 14068:2026 is carbon neutrality and does not set net-zero requirements. The strategy how-to stays on net-zero strategy.

Northgate Services is fictional.

Claim What is held Status
Net zero by 2030 Year only. Scopes not stated. Plan missing. do_not_publish. The year is not converted into an invented day.
Office scopes 1 and 2 net zero by 2035 Placeholder unverified plan URL, not customer-accessible evidence. Residual treatment not stated. Progress not yet due, next review 2027. waiting, not internally cleared. Bounded scopes are not whole-organisation net zero. Progress is not replaced by a fabricated achieved result.

Limits

This is not a net-zero strategy, not a carbon reduction plan template, not a Pledge to Net Zero signup, and not SBTi validation. Return to the marketing-claims workflow.