Net change in forest carbon stock
Unit
Indicator
Metric type
Framework alignment notes
TNFD Forest, Pulp and Paper
C5.0
PEFC 8.1 Maintenance or appropriate enhancement of forest resources and their contribution to the global carbon cycle
GRI 101-8
ESRS E4-5
CDP Forests
F1.6 Has your organization experienced any detrimental forests-related impacts?
SBTN: Land
1.13 Soil Organic Carbon
ITTO Africa SFMI Indicator 1.1.13: National forest policies take into account the potential value of the carbon storage functions of forests
Boreal SFMI 5.1 – Total forest ecosystem biomass and carbon pool, and changes over time
FSC 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
CCFM SFMI 4.1.1 Net change in forest ecosystem carbon
Target example
[Company name] will implement measures to promote [maintenance or increase] of the forest carbon stock in [target location(s)] by [target amount, in absolute t C, t C/ha, or percentage] by [target date], compared to a [baseline year] baseline.
Target source: WBCSD target template
Sector
Value chain stage
Raw Materials
Metric assessment
Relevance:
Medium
Feasibility:
Medium
Additional information
Biome
Type of Forest
Scale