Area (and share) of water bodies affected by altered quality

Unit : Hectares (ha), Percentage (%) (of all water bodies within controlled area)

Indicator : Water quality

Metric Type : Pressure

Frameworks alignment notes

Forest, Pulp and Paper C5.0 Ecosystem condition
E4-5 The undertaking shall report metrics related to its material impacts resulting in biodiversity and ecosystem change.
Forests F6.1 Did you have any forests-related timebound and quantifiable targets that were active during the reporting year? /(F6.1a) Provide details of your forests-related timebound and quantifiable target(s), and progress made.
Land 1.7 Water risk assessment using the WWF Water Risk Filter or WRI Aqueduct
4.3.b Area and percent of water bodies, or stream length, in forest areas with significant change in physical, chemical or biological properties from reference conditions
6.1 The Organization shall assess environmental values in the Management Unit and those values outside the Management Unit potentially affected by management activities. Assessments shall include landscape-level considerations as well as the impacts of the management activities

Target example

[Company name] will reduce the share of water bodies affected by altered quality within the total controlled area by [target amount]% by [target year] compared to the [baseline year] baseline.

Target Source: WBCSD target template

Sector

Forest

Value chain stage

Manufacturing

Metric assessment

Relevance: Medium

Feasibility: Medium

Additional information

Product Category: Pulp and paper, Biomass energy, Innovative bio-based products, Textiles

Location: Rural, Urban

Related Actions

Prevent pollution or contamination of water bodies due to processing and manufacturing operations

Prevent pollution or contamination of water bodies due to processing and manufacturing operations

Description

Value chain stage

Manufacturing

Sector of stage operator

Forest

How the action applies

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