“Priority locations are locations that are: Material locations: Locations where an organisation has identified material nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities in its direct operations and upstream and downstream value chain(s); and/or Sensitive location[s]: Locations where the assets and/or activities in its direct operations – and, where possible upstream and downstream value chain(s) – interface with nature in:

  • Areas important for biodiversity; and/or
  • Areas of high ecosystem integrity; and/or
  • Areas of rapid decline in ecosystem integrity; and/or
  • Areas of high physical water risks; and/or
  • Areas of importance for ecosystem service provision, including benefits to Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities and stakeholders.”
    Source/reference: TNFD (2023, p. 136).