Catchment Ecosystem Services Degradation Level

Unit

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: Risk score

Indicator

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: Water quality

Metric type

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: State

Framework alignment notes

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TNFD Appendix 1: State of Nature Biodiversity Indicators - recommended metrics
SBTN: Catchment Ecosystem Services Degradation Level

Target example
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[Company name] will identify the catchments in which they operate which have high ecosystem service degradation levels. Where high levels of ecosystem service degradation are noted the company will implement conservation action.

Target source: WBCSD target template

Metric assessment

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Relevance: Medium
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Feasibility: Medium
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Additional Metric Notes
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ACT-D stage
Assess

Maturity stage
Developing

Metric Contribution to Action
Assessing the degradation of ecosystem services in catchments helps prioritize interventions to protect and restore essential water-related ecological functions.

Observations, Successes and Challenges

  • WWF Water Risk Filer provides a reliable and standardized source
  • Doesn’t directly link to business impacts
  • Risk score comes from WWF derived data. Different numbers determine the risk score.

Related actions

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Avoid environmental harm

Avoid environmental harm

Description