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IPC COMMUNITY 88 SPRING 2023 diligence. Target-setting occurred evenly across industry segments and evenly across revenue groups. Companies reported material or relevant sustainability topics representing approxi- mately 30 topic areas. The descriptions and definitions for these topic areas include more than 600 different terms. For example, anti- corruption and business ethics had the highest average number of mentions. This topic area includes measures for compliance, corporate social responsibility, financial integrity, honest operations, and risk management. Emissions had the second-highest average number of mentions and includes measures for carbon footprints, greenhouse gas emis- sions, climate change, resilience, decarboniza- tion, energy management, and use of low-car- bon products. There was a tie for the third-highest average number of mentions: diversity and equal opportunity, and occupational health and safety. Diversity and equal opportunity includes measures for staff distribution and diversity, employee rights, human rights, racial equity, and justice. Occupational health and safety includes measures for well-being, pandemic prevention and management, and workplace health and safety standards. The study offers a snapshot of sustainabil- ity themes, targets, and topics based on a refined subset of the electronics manufac- turing industry. We intend to evaluate these results to best determine how they apply to the broader industry. For now, we can conclude that there are some consistencies in report- ing frameworks and standards, stakeholders, the ability to set targets, and material topics. The extent to which we can use these results will be tested as IPC moves forward with its Sustainability for Electronics Initiative. Number of Stakeholder Mentions by Industry Segment