Catchment Ecosystem Services Degradation Level
Unit : Risk score
Indicator : Water quality
Metric Type : State
Frameworks alignment notes
Target example
[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
Relevance: Medium
Feasibility: Medium
Additional Metric Notes
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/Sucesses/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.