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Target register

Each sustainability commitment in exact wording, with its scope, recorded baseline, horizon and the person accountable for it.

The deliverable

What it is

The target register is the list the organisation can be held to. Each entry is a commitment on a material topic, stated precisely enough that someone outside could later say whether it was met.

It is the counterpart to the materiality assessment: every material topic should either have a target here or a recorded reason for having none. A topic with neither has slipped between the two.

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What it is made of

Each element is a constituent part of the component. Follow one to see the attributes it carries.

  1. Commitment wording

    The target exactly as published, with the material topic it addresses and any external framework it is aligned to.

    3 attributes: Wording · Material topic · External alignment

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  2. Baseline

    The starting value, the year it was measured, the calculation method, and the rule for recalculating it when the organisation changes.

    4 attributes: Base year · Baseline value · Method · Recalculation rule

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  3. Target scope

    Which entities, sites, activities and parts of the value chain the target covers, and which it does not.

    3 attributes: Entities covered · Share of impact covered · Exclusions

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  4. Accountable owner

    The person answerable for each target, and the horizon by which it is due to be met.

    2 attributes: Owner · Target date

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Every material topic should appear here with a target or with a recorded reason for having none. A topic with neither has slipped through.