Please choose a Metric:
Proportion of commodities used which are not high-risk natural commodities or sourced from priority ecosystems
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Example target
Example methods / guidance / references
What are tiers?
Tier 1
Estimate using own judgement and observations
Tier 2
Estimate using third-party professional estimates or public data
Tier 3
Model or measure based on site-specific surveys/sampling, remote or in-field sensing, laboratory analysis, etc.
Example data sources
Internal records
Third-party data sources
Site-specific measurements or model outputs
Notes
Note that this metric may be derived from Environmental asset accounts (see Environmental assets tab). Variants of this metric include TNFD core disclosure metrics C3.1: “Quantity of high-risk natural commodities (tonnes) sourced from land/ocean/freshwater, split into types, including proportion of total natural commodities. Quantity of high-risk natural commodities (tonnes) sourced under a sustainable management plan or certification programme, including proportion of total high-risk natural commodities. Users should refer to the Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) High Impact Commodity List (HICL) and indicate what proportion of these commodities represent threatened and CITES listed species.”
Last updated: 9th October 2024
Related framework / metric
TNFD: A1.0, A2.0, C1.1
Units
Example target
Example methods / guidance / references
What are tiers?
Tier 1
Estimate using own judgement and observations
Tier 2
Estimate using third-party professional estimates or public data
Tier 3
Model or measure based on site-specific surveys/sampling, remote or in-field sensing, laboratory analysis, etc.
Example data sources
Internal records
Third-party data sources
Maps of Australian land use at catchment scale are available at National Map – Catchment Scale Land Use 2020 – Secondary classification (select layer: Catchment Scale Land Use 2020 – Secondary classification). However, this cannot be used to infer land use change over time, due to different dates of map data inputs. For more information, see ABARES – Land use.
Site-specific measurements or model outputs
Data on Australian land use at various scales are available at Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) – Land use data download. Whether these data can be used to infer land use change over time depends on the dataset, the location and the specific periods being compared.
Notes
“Unaffected by’ means not subject to land/freshwater/ocean-use change during the reporting period, e.g. agricultural land remaining agricultural land. Note that land/freshwater/ocean-use change may be derived from Land accounts (see Environmental assets tab). For example, land conservation or restoration may involve a change from a more intensive use (e.g. class 1.1 Agriculture) to a less intensive use (e.g. class 1.5 Land used for maintenance and restoration of environmental functions, or class 1.7 Land not in use). Additional analysis may be required to determine the extent to which measured change has been caused by the reporting entity.
Variants of this metric include TNFD core disclosure metric C1.1: “Extent of land/freshwater/ocean ecosystem use change (km2) by:
• Type of ecosystem; and
• Type of business activity.
Extent of land/freshwater/ocean ecosystem conserved or restored (km2), split into:
• Voluntary; and
• Required by statutes or regulations.
Extent of land/freshwater/ocean ecosystem that is sustainably managed (km2) by:
• Type of ecosystem; and
• Type of business activity.” and additional disclosure metric A1.0: “Land-use intensity (tonnes or litres of output/km2). This will vary by sector context; for example, crop yield (tonnes/km2) for the agriculture sector.”
Last updated: 16th October 2024
Units
Example target
Example methods / guidance / references
What are tiers?
Tier 1
Estimate using own judgement and observations
Tier 2
Estimate using third-party professional estimates or public data
Tier 3
Model or measure based on site-specific surveys/sampling, remote or in-field sensing, laboratory analysis, etc.
Example data sources
Internal records
Third-party data sources
Maps showing records of occurrences of pest and disease-associated species species across Australia are available at the Atlas of Living Australia.
Site-specific measurements or model outputs
Data on invasive alien species (including certain pests and diseases) pressures on biodiversity in New South Wales are available at CSIRO Data Access Portal – Assessing invasive alien species pressures on biodiversity in New South Wales (exposure dimension): Data packages for the Biodiversity Indicator Program, first assessment.
Notes
‘Unaffected by’ could be defined more specifically as the flow of ecosystem services depended on by the reporting entity are not significantly reduced (remain above levels required to meet objectives), and/or management of this issue does not entail significant cost (above expectations).
Extensive information on weed species of relevance to Victoria is available at Victorian Resources Online – Invasive Plants.
Last updated: 27th September 2024
Units
Example target
Example methods / guidance / references
What are tiers?
Tier 1
Estimate using own judgement and observations
Tier 2
Estimate using third-party professional estimates or public data
Tier 3
Model or measure based on site-specific surveys/sampling, remote or in-field sensing, laboratory analysis, etc.
Example data sources
Internal records
Third-party data sources
Maps showing records of occurrences of invasive species across Australia are available at the Atlas of Living Australia.
Maps showing the presence of weed species close to a selected location in Queensland are available at Weeds near me.
Site-specific measurements or model outputs
Data on global and Australian modelled current and future (2070) distributions for around 100 invasive plant species are available at CSIRO Data Access Portal – All CLIMEX models – AdaptNRM module 2: Invasive plant species and climate change.
Data on invasive alien species (including certain weeds) pressures on biodiversity in New South Wales are available at CSIRO Data Access Portal – Assessing invasive alien species pressures on biodiversity in New South Wales (exposure dimension): Data packages for the Biodiversity Indicator Program, first assessment.
Notes
‘Unaffected by’ could be defined more specifically as the flow of ecosystem services depended on by the reporting entity are not significantly reduced (remain above levels required to meet objectives), and/or management of this issue does not entail significant cost (above expectations). Extensive information on weed species of relevance to Victoria is available at Victorian Resources Online – Invasive Plants.
Last updated: 9th October 2024
Related framework / metric
TNFD: A6.1
Units
Example target
Example methods / guidance / references
What are tiers?
Tier 1
Estimate using own judgement and observations
Tier 2
Estimate using third-party professional estimates or public data
Tier 3
Model or measure based on site-specific surveys/sampling, remote or in-field sensing, laboratory analysis, etc.
Example data sources
Internal records
Third-party data sources
Site-specific measurements or model outputs
Notes
The relevant biodiversity services will depend on the production system, target productivity level and climate. An example might be pollination services, which could be measured according to the proportion of land area requiring pollination successfully pollinated. Variants of this metric include TNFD additional disclosure metric A6.1: “Indicator: Ecosystem services the organisation depends on: measurement of the change in the availability and quality of the ecosystem services. Metric: See Measuring changes in ecosystem services in the TNFD additional guidance on the LEAP approach.”
Last updated: 9th October 2024
Units
Example target
Example methods / guidance / references
What are tiers?
Tier 1
Estimate using own judgement and observations
For example, Assessing the Welfare of Farm Animals – A Review provides a selection of commonly used measures to infer animal welfare.
Tier 2
Estimate using third-party professional estimates or public data
Tier 3
Model or measure based on site-specific surveys/sampling, remote or in-field sensing, laboratory analysis, etc.
For example, measure using formal measurement protocols, animal sensing and/or lab testing data.
Example data sources
Internal records
Third-party data sources
Site-specific measurements or model outputs
Notes
‘Unaffected by’ could be defined more specifically by reference to non-exceedance of animal welfare standards for the relevant industry. Refer to: Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines.
Last updated: 9th October 2024