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Takeaways from the report:

• 95% of listed companies in sector have carbon related goals

• Least prominent are goals relating to gender (18% of firms) and waste management (23%)

• Limited granularity of roadmap and intermediate objectives, with c. 70% of ESG goals in sector clustered in nicely rounded years, such as 2025, 2040 and 2050

• Transitioning sectors at forefront of goals: auto manufacturing (account for 8% of identified ESG goals) and refineries (7%)

• Water management a growing with theme with major manufacturing firms deploying as many as 6 distinct goals in this category