Scores by kind of claim
Each kind of claim is scored on its own, out of 100: the share that held up, with the range it likely falls in. Fewer resolved claims give a wider range.
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Factual claims
Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?
84 73 93 -
Predictions
Statements about events outside the person's control, checked once they fell due: did they come true?
46 27 65 -
Promises
Commitments to the person's or organisation's own future action, with something to deliver: was it delivered?
60 40 79
All types combined: 70 (likely 61 to 78, medium confidence), from 29 claims: 16 factual claims, 7 predictions, 6 promises. It mixes kinds of claim in different proportions for different people, so compare people kind by kind.
Ørsted's claims
16 claims
“was the first energy company in the world to have its science-based net-zero emissions target validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)”
Ørsted, company boilerplate 7 June 2023 Capital Markets Day: Ørsted confirms its ambition of ~50 GW renewable capacity by 2030 (Investegate (Ørsted))
Ørsted was the first energy company in the world to have its science-based net-zero emissions target validated by the Science Based Targets initiative.
Resolved true The record shows it happened or was so.
What would count as true or false
True if SBTi records or credible reports show that Ørsted's net-zero target was validated under the SBTi Corporate Net-Zero Standard and that no energy company had a net-zero target validated by SBTi before it. Mostly true if Ørsted was among the first group validated at the same time, with no energy company validated strictly earlier. Mostly false if Ørsted's net-zero target was validated but at least one other energy company had a net-zero target validated earlier. Also mostly false if Ørsted was first only for a near-term target rather than a net-zero target. False if Ørsted's net-zero target had not been validated by SBTi as of 2023-06-07.
Evidence
- SBTi launches world-first net-zero corporate standard - Science Based Targets Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) · 28 October 2021
“Seven companies, including AstraZeneca, CVS Health and Ørsted, are the first worldwide to have science-based net-zero targets verified by the SBTi.”
- Net-Zero Case Study - Ørsted - Science Based Targets Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)
“Ørsted is the first energy company to receive a validated net-zero target aligned with climate science using the Net-Zero Standard.”
- Enel leads the way in the fight against global warming by committing a drastic reduction in its emissions EuropaWire (Enel press release) · 30 October 2020
“By this act, the energy company becomes the first major, global, integrated utility to set an emission reduction target consistent with the United Nations pledges to limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, as validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).”
Reasoning
SBTi's October 2021 launch release for its Net-Zero Standard names Ørsted among the first seven companies worldwide to have science-based net-zero targets verified (E1). A separate SBTi case study describes Ørsted as the first energy company to receive a validated net-zero target under the Net-Zero Standard (E2). Enel's 2020 SBTi validation (E3) was for a 2030 emission reduction target, which the release itself frames as a reduction target rather than a net-zero target, so it does not show an earlier validated net-zero target by an energy company.
Cite this claim
Ørsted, “Ørsted was the first energy company in the world to have its science-based net-zero emissions target validated by the Science Based Targets initiative.” (said 7 June 2023). Verdict: resolved true. Reliability API, claim c_fd38ddae328e, method 0.1.0+7831dd9d. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_fd38ddae328e
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