Sector Mappings commences the latest round of iteration procedures
**Updating Sector Mappings for Improved Impact Management**
The process of reviewing and updating sector mappings is underway, with a focus on enhancing accuracy, relevance, and efficiency. By aligning methodologies and reducing fragmentation, the updated sector mappings aim to serve as a shared reference point for various actors engaged in impact management and sustainability reporting.
The sector mappings are being revised to reflect changes in the ISIC Rev.5, ensuring they remain up-to-date and accurate. As part of this process, more clarity is being provided on how impact associations have been determined, with expanded narrative explanations on each sector/impact association.
Users can contribute to this important update by providing feedback through surveys, focus groups, online forums, and public comment periods. Engaging in these channels allows users to share their insights and experiences, helping to improve the sector mappings and ensure they are more effective and relevant to current needs.
The updated sector mappings will also include explicit value chain considerations and adjustments to impact areas and topics to increase interoperability and incorporate learnings from the IMP R&D paper on sustainability topics.
These updated sector mappings will be a valuable resource for various audiences, including financial institutions and organizations seeking to undertake materiality assessments, set impact targets, develop action plans, conduct due diligence, and prepare regulatory-aligned reports.
In addition, the sector mappings are being used for effective impact management and credible sustainability disclosures, and peer sustainability initiatives and frameworks, as well as topical experts, are being engaged and consulted in the update process.
The new version of the sector mappings is expected to be released in Q1 2026, following consultations with survey respondents in Q4 2025. Users are invited to share their user experience and feedback through a survey. By collaborating with peer organizations and practitioners, the sector mappings will continue to evolve and remain a practical resource designed to help identify typical sustainability impacts associated with specific sectors.
- These updated sector mappings, to be released in Q1 2026, will not only serve financial institutions for materiality assessments and impact target setting but also aid businesses in developing action plans, due diligence, and regulatory-aligned reports, promoting sustainable development in technology sectors.
- The revised sector mappings will incorporate value chain considerations and adjustments to impact areas and topics, though technology, ensuring they align with the latest research on sustainability topics and remain a shared reference point for various actors in the banking, business, and finance sectors.
