# Data Dimensions & Metrics

## How Dimensions and Metrics Work

Tracenable datasets are usually built on a **dimensional model**, where *dimensions* describe how data can be analyzed (for example, by scope or energy type) and *metrics* represent the quantitative values being measured, each formed from the combination of multiple dimensions.

However, the **Climate Targets** dataset is structured differently. Unlike datasets that track continuous activities over time, this dataset captures **discrete corporate goals**. Each record already contains all the context required to describe a company’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction target.

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## **Why This Dataset Has No Dimensions**

Because every target includes its own **scope coverage, baseline, target year, and reduction magnitude**, the dataset does not rely on separate analytical dimensions.\
All relevant attributes are embedded directly within each record, making the structure simple, self-contained, and easy to interpret.

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## **Metric in the Climate Targets Dataset: GHG Emissions Reduction Target**

The sole metric in Tracenable's Climate Target dataset is the ***Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Reduction Target***.

It represents the targeted reduction of a company's GHG emissions (scope 1, 2, 3 and their GHG Protocol-defined sources/categories), either as an absolute figure or adjusted according to an intensity metric, from a designated baseline year to the target year.<br>

Each target includes key details such as:

* **Scope coverage** (Scope 1, 2, 3 and their GHG Protocol-defined sources)
* **Target type** (Absolute or Intensity-based)
* **Reduction magnitude** (Percentage or absolute value)
* **Baseline and base year** (The reference point from which reductions are measured)
* **Target year** (The future year by which the reduction is to be achieved)
* **Achievement and achievement year** (Track actual progress toward the target and the year in which that progress is reported)

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#### **Takeaway:**

The **Climate Targets** dataset focuses on one clear metric, *GHG Emissions Reduction Target,* enriched with contextual attributes. Grounded in the principles of the **Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol** and the **Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi)**, this streamlined structure ensures consistent and comparable analysis of corporate decarbonization goals across companies, sectors, and geographies.
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