A target in Avarni is a percentage reduction against your baseline year, for chosen scopes, by a date.
Set your baseline year first
You cannot add a target without one.
Go to Forecasting.
Set the Baseline Year. Enter the start date. The year runs twelve months from there.
Choose the earliest year whose data you trust. See Base year, rebaselining and restatements.
Add a target
Go to Forecasting.
In the Targets panel, select Add target.
Enter the Reduction as a percentage between 1 and 100.
Choose the Scopes it covers.
Set the Target date.
Select Save.
A target of 42 covering scopes 1, 2 and 3 by 2030 means a 42% reduction against your baseline year across all three scopes by that date.
Several targets
Add more than one where your commitments differ by scope or by date. A near-term target across all scopes and a longer-term one is the usual pattern.
Each target draws its own line.
How progress is shown
Your target appears on the Forecasting chart as a Target Trajectory: a straight line from the end of your baseline year down to your target at the target date.
Avarni does not show a percentage of progress or a variance against the line. You read progress by comparing your actual emissions against the trajectory on the chart.
What a target is not
Avarni's targets are percentage reductions. There is no separate type for a net zero commitment, an intensity target or a science-based target.
To represent a net zero commitment, set a target of 100% by your net zero date, and describe the commitment properly in your disclosure. The figure in Avarni is the trajectory, not the commitment.
If your baseline changes
Your target stores a percentage, not a tonnage. If your baseline year data changes, the trajectory moves with it.
That is helpful while you are still building your baseline, and a problem once you have published a target against a fixed number. Note your baseline total when you publish, so you can tell later whether it has moved.