Proportion of agricultural products or animal feed produced or sourced from regions with high or extremely high baseline water scarcity
Unit
Indicator
Metric type
Framework alignment notes
GBF Target 11
UN - CCD: This metric is aligned with the requirements of the framework.
TNFD FA.C3.0
ESRS 2 IRO-1
SBTN: This metric is partially aligned with the requirements of the framework.
SBTi - FLAG: This metric is partially aligned with the requirements of the framework.
GRI 101-5 Locations with biodiversity impacts
CDP - This metric is aligned with the requirements of the framework.
This metric is partially aligned with the requirements of the framework.
Target example
[Company name] will reduce the proportion of [agricultural products/animal feed] sourced from regions with high or extremely high baseline water scarcity by [target percentage]% by [target year], compared to a [baseline year] baseline.
Target source: WBCSD target template
Sector
Value chain stage
Raw Materials
Manufacturing
Metric assessment
Relevance:
High
Feasibility:
Medium
Additional Metric Notes
Rationale
This metric can be used to assess water stress risk across a company's sourcing portfolio. Contextualizing water use or consumption data with information on water stress is important to focus reductions on areas of greatest need.