Area (and share) under soil properties monitoring

Unit

: Hectares (ha) and Percentage (%) (as part of total area owned, leased or managed)

Indicator

: Soil loss and degradation

Metric type

: Response

Framework alignment notes

SFI Objective 2: Forest Health and Productivity, PM2.3

PEFC 8.5 Maintenance or appropriate enhancement of protective functions in forest management (notably soil and water)

SASB RR-FM-160a.4

GRI 101-2

CDP Forests F3.1b) For your disclosed forest risk commodity(ies), provide details of risks identified with the potential to have a substantive financial or strategic impact on your business, and your response to those risks. Primary risk driver (column 5) •Soil degradation •Soil erosion Primary response to risk (column 16) •Improve soil health

Boreal SFMI 4.1 Area and Percent of Forest Affected by Processes or Agents Beyond the Range of Historic Variation

FSC 9.1 The Organization shall assess and record the presence, status and likelihood of occurrence of High Conservation Values in the Management Unit, through a process that includes engagement with affected stakeholders, experts and Indigenous Peoples

CCFM SFMI 3.1 Rate of compliance with locally applicable soil disturbance standards

Forest Europe SFMI 5.1 Forests and Other Wooded Land Designated to Protect Soil, Water, and Other Ecosystem Functions

Target example
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An example target and the target source are presented to illustrate how a target could be set for this metric. Learn more on the Methodology page.

[Company name] will increase the share of its management area under soil properties monitoring to [target percentage]% by [target year] compared to a [baseline year] baseline, enabling improved soil health management and reporting.

Target source: WBCSD target template

Sector

Forest

Value chain stage

Raw Materials

Metric assessment

Relevance: Medium

Feasibility: Medium

Additional information

Biome

: Tropical, Temperate, Boreal

Type of Forest

: Plantation, Other Planted forest, Semi-natural forest, Naturally regenerative managed forest

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Area (and share) under soil properties monitoring

Framework alignment notes

Target example
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An example target and the target source are presented to illustrate how a target could be set for this metric. Learn more on the Methodology page.

Sector

Value chain stage

Metric assessment

Additional information

Related actions

Reduce GHG emissions from operations and land use activities

Reduce impacts from road networks

Protect soil quality

Increase carbon removals and storage in soils and forests

Prevent pollution or contamination of water bodies

Area (and share) under soil properties monitoring

Framework alignment notes

Target example i An example target and the target source are presented to illustrate how a target could be set for this metric. Learn more on the Methodology page.

Sector

Value chain stage

Metric assessment

Additional information

Related actions

Reduce GHG emissions from operations and land use activities

Reduce impacts from road networks

Protect soil quality

Increase carbon removals and storage in soils and forests

Prevent pollution or contamination of water bodies

Target example
i

An example target and the target source are presented to illustrate how a target could be set for this metric. Learn more on the Methodology page.