According to a recent LinkedIn post from Chloris Geospatial, updated Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) guidance for Forest, Land and Agriculture (FLAG) appears to ease and clarify the path for companies pursuing no-deforestation targets. The post indicates that the previous hard 2025 deadline for integrating a FLAG target has been removed, with firms now able to add such targets at their five-year review.
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The LinkedIn commentary suggests that the former fixed 2025 no-deforestation requirement has been replaced by a rolling window tied to each company’s FLAG target submission. Companies are described as needing to achieve no-deforestation within two years of submitting a FLAG target, subject to a firm cutoff of December 31, 2030.
The post also notes a new recommendation, FLAG-R3, which encourages companies to expand no-deforestation commitments progressively across all relevant commodities. Chloris Geospatial’s commentary emphasizes that, particularly for food and agriculture businesses, land-use change and deforestation are central drivers of emissions and therefore key to credible climate strategies.
From an investor perspective, this updated framework may lower near-term barriers for corporates to adopt science-based land-use targets, potentially expanding the addressable market for measurement and monitoring solutions. As a provider focused on geospatial assessment of forest and land-use impacts, Chloris Geospatial could benefit from increased demand as more companies seek to quantify and track deforestation performance under the revised SBTi FLAG guidance.
The post’s focus on moving from narrow, commodity-specific commitments toward comprehensive coverage suggests growing sophistication and scope in corporate climate governance. If this trend accelerates, companies offering high-quality data, verification, and analytics around land-use emissions may see improved revenue visibility and deeper strategic integration into clients’ climate transition plans.