Light and noise pollution

Type

Impact driver

Units

Various

Example target

Benchmark against best practice

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 light pollution are available at Light Pollution Map.

Site-specific measurements or model outputs

Notes

Variants of this metric include TNFD additional disclosure metric A2.3: “For example:
• Percentage of light fixtures that fully cut-off or are fully shielded, or are below 60W;
• Intensity of outdoor lighting (lumen/ha); and
• Average noise level on-site during noisiest part of the day, an hour either side of sunrise and an hour either side of sunset (dB); distance from nearest habitat (m).”

Last updated: 3rd October 2024