# What does BRSR ask about our targets and whether we met them?

Canonical: https://senseible.earth/answers/brsr-commitments-goals-targets-and-performance-against-them

Question 5 asks for the commitments, goals and targets you have set, with defined timelines, if any. Question 6 asks how you performed against them, with reasons where you did not meet them. Both sit in Section B and are answered per principle.

## The wording that matters

- Q5: specific commitments, goals and targets set by the entity with defined timelines, if any.
- Q6: performance against those commitments, goals and targets, along with reasons in case they are not met.

## "If any" is a real option

A company with no target for a principle can say so. A made-up target is worse than an honest blank, because Q6 will ask for performance against it next year.

## Write a target Q6 can check

- One metric with a unit, such as kWh per tonne.
- A base value and the year it was measured.
- A deadline, such as a financial year.

## When you missed

Give the number you reached and the reason in plain words: a furnace outage, a product mix change, a late machine. Reasons that can be checked carry more weight than apologies.

## Example for Principle 6 (made-up numbers)

- Q5 target: cut grid electricity from 620 to 590 kWh per tonne by FY 2027-28.
- Q6 this year: 605 kWh per tonne.
- Progress: (620 minus 605) / (620 minus 590) = 15 / 30 = 50% of the way.
- Reason line: a new induction furnace is in trial and runs at part load.

Example only. Use your own base year and metric.

## What Senseible does here

Senseible keeps dated energy and emission records per site, so progress against a target is read from the same bills every month, not rebuilt at year end.

- [Certifications and principles (Q4)](https://senseible.earth/answers/brsr-codes-certifications-labels-by-principle)
- [Essential and leadership indicators](https://senseible.earth/answers/brsr-essential-vs-leadership-indicators)
- [BRSR reporting](https://senseible.earth/brsr-reporting)

Sources: [SEBI, BRSR format (Annexure II, updated July 2023)](https://www.sebi.gov.in/sebi_data/commondocs/jul-2023/Annexure_II-Updated-BRSR_p.PDF)

Last reviewed 2026-11-03.