Unit
:Hectares (ha) and Percentage (%) (as part of total area controlled)
Indicator
:Area of land/freshwater/ocean-use change
Metric Type
:Pressure
Frameworks alignment notes
Forest, Pulp and Paper
C1.1 Extent of land/freshwater/ocean ecosystem use change by type of ecosystem and type of business activity
Objective 1: Forest Management Planning, PM 1.2
8.1 Maintenance or appropriate enhancement of forest resources and their contribution to the global carbon cycle
101 Biodiversity
101-6-ai The size in hectares of natural ecosystem converted since a cut-off or reference date, the cut-off date or reference date, and the type of ecosystem before and after conversion
E4-5 The undertaking shall report metrics related to its material impacts resulting in biodiversity and ecosystem change.
Forests
F1.3 Provide details on the land area you control and/or manage that is used for the production of your disclosed commodity(ies).
Land
1.2 Total area (ha) within the engaged landscape(s) of natural lands converted since 2020
3.b Ratio of Annual Harvest to Annual Growth
Core Principle 1: Protection of forests and other natural ecosystems
6.9 The Organization shall not convert natural forest to plantations, nor natural forests or plantations to non-forest land use, except when the conversion (...)
Article 9.1.d
Target example
[Company name] will have zero conversion of natural ecosystems in [target location(s)] by [2025, or earliest post-2025 date], compared with a cutoff year no later than 2020*.
(* While the cutoff date of 2020 and the goal of no conversion is aligned both to science and international commitments and policies, the target date may differ based on implementation hurdles and local context.)
Target Source: Adapted from SBTN Land Target
Sector
Forest
Value chain stage
Raw Materials
Metric assessment
Relevance:
High
Feasibility:
High
Related Actions
Avoid deforestation in direct operations and value chain
Avoid establishing operations in / adjacent to areas of significant biodiversity value
Additional Info
Biome: Tropical, Temperate, Boreal
Type of Forest: Plantation, Other Planted forest, Semi-natural forest, Naturally regenerative managed forest
Scale: Landscape, Forest management unit (FMU), Forest stand