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Identifies companies and other entities that are involved in the development, manufacture, assembly, or sale of small arms or crew-portable light weapons specifically designed or materially modified for military use. This includes military pistols, rifles, carbines, submachine guns, machine guns, grenade launchers, portable anti-aircraft or anti-tank weapons, recoilless rifles, rocket-propelled grenade systems, portable missile or rocket launchers, and light mortars.

Identifies companies and other entities that develop, manufacture, assemble, materially modernize, integrate, or sell complete non-portable military gun, cannon, mortar, recoilless, or artillery weapon systems designed or materially modified for direct or indirect fire. This includes towed, self-propelled, fixed, naval, armoured-vehicle, and other platform-mounted guns or artillery systems; field guns, howitzers, cannon, gun-based anti-aircraft or anti-armour systems, heavy mortars, and complete turrets or weapon stations built around a qualifying gun system. Crew-portable small arms and light weapons, complete missiles or rockets and their launch systems, ammunition and projectiles, and separately supplied components or subsystems are classified under their respective evaluative screens.

Identifies companies and other entities that develop, manufacture, assemble, finally integrate, materially modernize, or sell complete conventional missiles, guided or unguided military rockets, torpedoes, or complete systems and purpose-built fixed installations that perform their launch function. This includes ballistic, cruise, interceptor, hypersonic, anti-air, anti-surface, anti-ship, anti-submarine, anti-armour, air-launched, surface-launched, submarine-launched, and comparable military weapons, together with transport-erector-launchers, multiple-launch rocket systems, vertical-launch systems, torpedo launch systems, integrated canister launchers, and fixed launch cells. Responsibility for a complete weapon, complete launcher, or dedicated launch installation is required; separately supplied warheads, fuzes, guidance, propulsion, structural assemblies, launch-control equipment, handling equipment, and other components are classified under the applicable munitions or component screen. Crew-portable light weapons, reusable weaponized unmanned platforms, civil space-launch activity without a verified weapon role, and nuclear-only missile or launch systems are classified separately.

Identifies companies and other entities that develop, manufacture, assemble, materially modernize, integrate, or sell complete self-propelled military ground vehicles with integrated armoured protection and a primary combat, protected troop-carriage, armed reconnaissance, fire-support, protected-patrol, or close-combat-support role. This includes main battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armoured personnel carriers, armoured reconnaissance and fire-support vehicles, mine-resistant ambush-protected and comparable protected patrol vehicles, and armoured command, electronic-warfare, combat-engineering, or bridge-laying variants designed to accompany combat formations. Vehicles whose primary role is logistics, resupply, recovery, ambulance, cargo, fuel or ammunition transport, towing, maintenance, or other support are classified under Military Logistics Vehicles and Dedicated Transport Systems. Complete self-propelled artillery or missile-launcher systems, weaponized unmanned ground platforms, standalone weapons or turrets, and components without complete-vehicle responsibility are classified under their respective evaluative screens.

Identifies companies and other entities that design, develop, manufacture, assemble, finally integrate, materially convert or modernize, or sell complete manned aircraft or rotorcraft specifically designed or materially configured for military use. Qualifying roles include combat, attack, electronic warfare, reconnaissance, surveillance, training, refuelling, airlift, troop transport, maritime patrol, search and rescue, and other dedicated military missions. Complete unmanned platforms, missiles and expendable munitions, separately supplied weapons or components, and ordinary civil aircraft supplied without material military modification are classified separately or excluded.

Identifies companies and other entities that design, develop, manufacture, assemble, finally integrate, materially modernize, or sell complete crewed vessels or underwater platforms specifically designed or materially configured for military use. Qualifying platforms include surface combatants, non-nuclear-armed submarines, amphibious vessels, mine-countermeasure vessels, patrol and surveillance vessels, and dedicated auxiliaries whose primary design supports naval operations. Nuclear-armed submarines, complete unmanned maritime platforms, separately supplied weapons or components, and ordinary commercial vessels supplied without material military conversion are classified separately or excluded.

A screen that aggregates the Nuclear Weapons, Chemical Weapons, Biological and Toxin Weapons, Cluster Munitions, Blinding Laser Weapons, White Phosphorus, Anti-Personnel Mines (Treaty Definition), Depleted Uranium Weapons, Munitions and Dedicated Components, and Non-Detectable Fragment Weapons screens.

Identifies companies and other entities that design, develop, manufacture, assemble, finally integrate, materially convert, or sell complete reusable unmanned aerial, ground, surface, or underwater platforms specifically designed or materially configured for military operations, whether armed or unarmed. This includes reconnaissance, surveillance, logistics, mine-countermeasure, electronic-warfare, communications-relay, target, and direct-combat platforms, as well as platform-level weapon integration. One-way attack weapons and loitering munitions, missiles and rockets, counter-unmanned products, separately supplied autonomy or control subsystems, and civil or commercial unmanned systems without material military configuration are classified separately or excluded.

A screen that aggregates the Anti-Vehicle Mines and Anti-Personnel Mines (Outside of Treaty Definition) screens.

Identifies companies and other entities that are involved in the development, manufacture, assembly, filling, or sale of conventional ammunition, bombs, grenades, shells, cartridges, mortar rounds, depth charges, conventional warheads, explosive charges, military pyrotechnic munitions, fuzes, initiation systems, or other explosive munitions specifically designed or materially modified for military use.

Identifies companies and other entities that develop, manufacture, integrate, or supply components or subsystems specifically designed, exclusively used, or significantly modified for conventional military weapons, munitions, launch systems, or combat platforms, where evidence establishes a direct product-level link to a qualifying system. This includes dedicated barrels, receivers, breech and recoil systems, unarmed turret structures and rings, weapon mounts, autoloaders, armour systems, armoured hulls, vehicle-specific military mobility systems, launch mechanisms, guidance and fire-control systems, weapon-specific propulsion, combat mission systems, and integration assemblies that are not complete weapons, complete munitions, or complete combat platforms. Generic or ordinary commercial products are excluded unless military-specific design, significant modification, or documented direct weapon-system integration is established.

A screen that aggregates Offensive Cyber and Intrusion Systems and Electronic Warfare Systems.

Identifies companies and other entities that design, develop, manufacture, materially modify, finally integrate, or sell complete vehicles or dedicated handling and transport systems specifically designed for military logistics. Qualifying systems include tactical cargo trucks, fuel and ammunition transporters, refuellers, recovery and towing vehicles, heavy-equipment transporters, military trailers, and specialized load-handling systems. Ordinary commercial vehicles, general freight and logistics services, combat vehicles, transported fuels or weapons, and separately supplied generic components are excluded.

Identifies companies and other entities that design, develop, manufacture, integrate, operate, or sell complete spacecraft, satellites, hosted payloads, sub-orbital systems, or dedicated ground, command, control, mission, space-domain-awareness, protection, or counterspace systems specifically designed or materially modified for military use. Generic civil or commercial satellites and services, ordinary launch services, shared ground-station or cloud capacity, generic components, academic research, and missiles or terrestrial weapons without a distinct military-space role are excluded.

Identifies companies and other entities that develop, manufacture, integrate, operate, or sell military-specific sensors, payloads, software, data products, analytical services, or integrated systems for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, target acquisition, tracking, identification, battle-damage assessment, data fusion, signals intelligence, geospatial intelligence, or human-intelligence support. Complete aircraft, vessels, unmanned platforms, and military spacecraft are classified under the applicable platform screen unless the entity’s separate qualifying role is independently evidenced. Generic commercial imagery, mapping, analytics, sensors, information technology, and civil or law-enforcement surveillance without a military-specific deliverable are excluded.

Identifies companies and other entities that design, construct, materially modernize, or provide prime integrated operation of purpose-built or materially hardened installations directly supporting armed-force operations. Qualifying infrastructure includes operational air and naval bases, hardened command facilities, military depots and arsenals, weapons-storage structures, launch or test installations not classified elsewhere, and deployable field infrastructure. Ordinary civil construction, mixed-use property, passive ownership, routine cleaning or catering, generic utilities, minor maintenance, and equipment supply without infrastructure responsibility are excluded.

Identifies companies and other entities that develop, manufacture, integrate, or sell dedicated equipment, software, or integrated systems specifically designed or materially modified for military training, mission rehearsal, weapons instruction, combat simulation, or live, virtual, constructive and multi-domain exercises. Qualifying systems include full-mission platform simulators, gunnery and launch trainers, synthetic environments, instrumentation and after-action systems. Generic education, commercial gaming or virtual-reality products, training services without a qualifying system, ordinary hardware and software, and operational weapons or platforms without a training role are excluded.

Identifies companies and other entities that develop, integrate, operate, or sell military-specific tactical networks, data links, encrypted communications infrastructure, command-and-control network backbones, deployable mission data systems, defensive cybersecurity platforms, security-operations capabilities, or other information-technology systems specifically designed or materially modified to enable or protect defence operations. Generic cloud, enterprise software, office information technology, ordinary telecommunications, broadly marketed cybersecurity, staffing, and consulting without a military-specific product or materially configured deliverable are excluded.

Identifies companies and other entities that own or operate mines producing thermal or steam coal primarily intended for electricity generation, industrial heat, or other combustion uses. The screen includes active extraction and development of new thermal-coal mines and excludes metallurgical-coal-only operations, trading or processing without mine ownership or operation, power generation without mining, generic mining services, and fully closed or divested mines.

Identifies companies and other entities that own or operate electricity-generating assets that combust coal as a material fuel, including dedicated coal plants, diversified utilities with active coal capacity, and captive industrial generation. The factual screen records active or committed coal-generating capacity; portfolio thresholds, phase-out dates, expansion tests, and de minimis co-firing rules are client-policy overlays. Mining, trading, equipment supply, minimal incidental coal use, and fully retired assets are excluded.

Identifies companies and other entities that process, wash, blend, market, trade, import, export, store, terminal-handle, or provide dedicated transport for coal as a commercial commodity without requiring mine ownership. The coal type and use—thermal, metallurgical, or mixed—must be recorded where available. Mining, coal-fired generation, generic freight without coal specialization, equipment supply, internal end-use consumption, and ceased activities are excluded.

Identifies companies and other entities that own or control economically recognized coal reserves or resources, mineral rights, concessions, or undeveloped coal deposits through direct ownership or extractive rights. Reserve or resource classification, thermal-versus-metallurgical composition, development status, and ownership basis must be recorded as evidence attributes. Mere exploration without an established economic resource or right, passive financial exposure, service provision, and fully divested or written-off assets are excluded.

Identifies companies and other entities that own or operate upstream activities to discover, develop, or produce crude oil, condensate, bitumen, or other liquid hydrocarbons, including conventional and unconventional onshore and offshore operations. Refining, transport, trading, power generation, and oilfield services without an upstream ownership or operator role are excluded. Hydraulic fracturing, deepwater, oil-sands, Arctic, and other high-impact characteristics are separately recorded where evidenced.

Identifies companies and other entities that own or operate facilities converting crude oil, condensate, bitumen, or comparable petroleum feedstocks into transportation fuels, heating fuels, refinery intermediates, or petrochemical feedstocks. This includes refineries, condensate splitters, and bitumen upgraders. Upstream production, transport and storage without refining, petrochemical production from purchased refined feedstocks, retail marketing, renewable-fuel-only facilities, and engineering or maintenance services are excluded.

Identifies companies and other entities that own or operate dedicated infrastructure or commercial businesses for transporting, storing, terminal-handling, shipping, or trading crude oil, condensate, bitumen, or refined petroleum products. Qualifying activities include pipelines, oil terminals, tanker operations, dedicated rail or truck transport, and principal commodity trading. General freight, passive infrastructure investment, engineering or maintenance services, retail fuel sales, and activities limited to natural gas are excluded.

Identifies companies and other entities that own or control economically recognized reserves or resources of crude oil, condensate, bitumen, or other liquid hydrocarbons through direct ownership or extractive rights. Reserve class, development status, conventional or unconventional type, geography, and ownership basis must be recorded. Service provision, refining or transport without reserve interests, passive financial exposure, mere exploration without an established economic resource, and fully divested or abandoned assets are excluded.

Identifies companies and other entities that own or operate electricity-generating assets that combust petroleum-based fuels, including fuel oil, diesel, crude oil, or comparable liquid petroleum fuels, as a material or regular fuel source. Portfolio thresholds, captive-generation treatment, and de minimis or emergency-use limits are client-policy overlays. Upstream, refining, transport, equipment supply, limited backup generation, and fully retired assets are excluded.

Identifies companies and other entities that own or operate upstream activities to discover, develop, or produce natural gas, including conventional gas, shale gas, tight gas, coalbed methane, and associated gas from onshore or offshore fields. Processing, liquefaction, transport, distribution, power generation, and oilfield services without an upstream ownership or operator role are excluded. Hydraulic fracturing, deepwater, Arctic, and other high-impact characteristics are separately recorded where evidenced.

Identifies companies and other entities that own or operate facilities that separate, treat, compress, process, or liquefy raw natural gas into pipeline-quality gas, natural-gas liquids, liquefied natural gas, or other commercial gas products. This includes gas-processing plants, LNG liquefaction facilities, and floating LNG. Upstream production without processing, transport and distribution, LNG shipping alone, power generation, end use, and engineering or maintenance services are excluded.

Identifies companies and other entities that own or operate dedicated infrastructure or commercial businesses for transmitting, transporting, storing, shipping, trading, or distributing natural gas or liquefied natural gas. Qualifying activities include transmission pipelines, distribution networks, LNG carriers and terminals where the role is transport or regasification, storage facilities, and principal gas trading. Upstream production, liquefaction, power generation, generic freight, equipment supply, and end-use consumption are excluded.

Identifies companies and other entities that own or control economically recognized reserves or resources of natural gas through direct ownership or extractive rights. Reserve class, development status, conventional or unconventional type, associated-gas status, geography, and ownership basis must be recorded. LNG inventories are not reserves. Transport, processing, power generation, service provision, passive financial exposure, mere exploration without an established economic resource, and fully divested assets are excluded.

Identifies companies and other entities that own or operate electricity-generating assets that use natural gas or liquefied natural gas as a material fuel, including combined-cycle, open-cycle, reciprocating-engine, peaking, and captive industrial generation. Portfolio thresholds, capacity measures, phase-out or expansion tests, and de minimis backup use are client-policy overlays. Upstream, processing, transport, equipment supply, limited emergency generation, and fully retired assets are excluded.

A criteria-free aggregate derived from Arctic Oil and Gas Exploration and Extraction and Arctic Drilling Infrastructure and Services.

Identifies companies and other entities that operate oil or gas wells using high-pressure hydraulic fracturing or provide specialized fracturing services that directly perform the fracturing operation. Qualifying service roles include pressure pumping and field execution of fracturing treatments. Generic oilfield services, ordinary equipment and chemical supply, water treatment without a direct fracturing contract, and upstream production without verified hydraulic-fracturing use are excluded. Shale or tight-resource geology is recorded separately as an attribute.

Identifies companies and other entities that operate or directly conduct offshore oil or gas exploration, drilling, or production in deepwater or ultra-deepwater environments, including field operators and specialized drilling contractors responsible for deepwater wells or rigs. Water depth, basin, regulatory definition, and project status are evidence attributes rather than a single universal threshold. Shallow-water and onshore operations, generic marine services, transport, renewable offshore energy, and ceased projects are excluded.

Identifies companies and other entities that own or operate upstream extraction or dedicated upgrading of bitumen from oil-sands or tar-sands deposits, including surface mining and in-situ recovery. Pipelines, transporters, refiners, and traders are included only where they separately own or operate qualifying extraction or upgrading activity; handling oil-sands-derived feedstock alone is recorded under the applicable core oil screen with a feedstock attribute. Generic services and ceased or divested activities are excluded.