Target | Sustainability Performance

https://www.target.com

Operates retail stores offering a wide range of consumer goods, including clothing, electronics, and groceries.

1962

United States

10,001+ employees

Retail

$10B+ in revenue

$1B - 10B in profitability

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Sustainability Ranking & Industry Benchmark

#7702

Overall

#1654

in United States

#277

in Retail

Sustainability Maturity

Sustainability Intent

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Industry Rank

6 out of 451

Overview

Environmental

Carbon emissionsCarbon certificatesDigital emissionsEnergy consumptionWaste ManagementWater ManagementNature and biodiversityNature riskClimate risk

Social

Diversity and InclusionPay GapsExternalities

Governance

TargetsSDG ImpactESG scores and ExclusionsB-corp & CDP

Financial Data

Business performanceCapital & innovationAnalyst projectionsAsset manager exclusion

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CO2 scope 1 + 2

2.3M CO2e tonnes, 2025

Laggard

Renewable energy

40% 2025

Aligned

Waste generated

1.4M tonnes, 2025

Critical

Female employees

56% 2025

Aligned

Externalities

179.1M $, 2025

Laggard

Market cap

73.2B $, 2026▲43.6% YoY

Revenue

104.8B $, 2026▼1.7% YoY

Intensity

Greenhouse gas intensity Scope 1, 2 (tCO₂e /$M)

Greenhouse gas intensity (Scope 1, 2, 3)(tCO₂e /$M)

Energy consumption (direct) intensity (MWh /$M)

Water consumption intensity (m³ /$M)

Industry Benchmark

21.5

B/M 15.0

583.4

B/M 327.9

55.2

B/M 34.8

109.4

B/M 70.0

Controversy level

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Target Corporation, US major mass retailer, has faced sustained class actions including the historic 2013 USD 18.5 million Target credit/debit card data breach affecting 40+ million customer records (one of the largest US retail data breaches at the time), plus the contested 2023 USD 6.5+ billion sustained share price volatility amid US discretionary retail customer demand normalization affecting US institutional shareholders.

Carbon emissions breakdown

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Energy consumption breakdown

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Waste management

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Land use

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Diversity & inclusion

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Pay gap breakdown

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Externalities

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SBTi targets and commitments

Target	Status	Temperature alignment	Year
Near-term target	Targets set	2°C	2030
Long-term target	Not disclosed	-	-
Net-zero	Committed	-	-
Business Ambition 1.5°C	Member	-	2021

Target details

US retailer Target commits to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 emissions and scope 3 GHG emissions from retail purchased goods and services 30% by 2030 from a 2017 base-year. Target also commits that 80% of its suppliers by spend covering all purchased goods and services will set science-based scope 1 and scope 2 targets by 2023.

Source: Science Based Targets initiative. Last updated: 01 Jul 2021

SDG impact (historical)

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Reporting

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Controversy level

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Target Corporation, US major mass retailer, has faced sustained class actions including the historic 2013 USD 18.5 million Target credit/debit card data breach affecting 40+ million customer records (one of the largest US retail data breaches at the time), plus the contested 2023 USD 6.5+ billion sustained share price volatility amid US discretionary retail customer demand normalization affecting US institutional shareholders.

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Sustainability Ranking & Industry Benchmark

Sustainability Maturity

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Carbon emissions

Renewable energy

Renewable electricity

Intensity

Female employees

Digital Emissions

Waste

Controversy level

Carbon emissions breakdown

Carbon certificate projects

Energy consumption breakdown

Climate risk

Nature risk

Production loss

Revenue at risk

Assets exposed to sensitive locations

Biodiversity loss in km²

Biodiversity loss in CO2e

Potential species loss

Biodiversity impact

Waste management

Water management

Land use

Diversity & inclusion

Pay gap breakdown

Externalities

Revenue & EBITDA

Margin trends

Return on invested capital

Analyst revenue estimates & actuals

Exclusions by region

Excluding institutions

SBTi targets and commitments

Target details

Sustainability targets and commitments

Progress against targets

Environmental policy coverage

Overall score

Environment

Social

Governance

Exclusion screening

CDP Scores

SDG impact

SDG impact (historical)

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Sustainability employees

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Sustainability Ranking & Industry Benchmark

Sustainability Maturity

Sustainability Intent

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Carbon emissions

Renewable energy

Renewable electricity

Intensity

Female employees

Digital Emissions

Waste

Controversy level

Carbon emissions breakdown

Carbon certificate projects

Energy consumption breakdown

Climate risk

Nature risk

Production loss

Revenue at risk

Assets exposed to sensitive locations

Biodiversity loss in km²

Biodiversity loss in CO2e

Potential species loss

Biodiversity impact

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