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MetricWater scarcity in agricultural and forestry supply chains

Agricultural and forestry inputs from water-scarcity areas

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Reports the quantity and percentage of agricultural and/or forestry inputs sourced from areas with high or extremely high baseline water scarcity.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Structured table
Unit
tonnes; percent (%) — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Reporting period
Aggregation
Report the quantity and percentage of agricultural and/or forestry inputs sourced from areas classified as having high or extremely high baseline water scarcity.
Pillar
Environmental
Topic
Water scarcity in agricultural and forestry supply chains
Controlled domain
Water and marine resources
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Agricultural and/or forestry inputs sourced by the organization during the reporting period.

Verified source occurrences

Framework coverage

This is one canonical metric. The bindings below show every verified framework occurrence without creating duplicate metric pages. Edition, disclosure, role, and relationship remain source-specific.

  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD sector guidance

    Source evidence
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    Final English sector guidance collection through August 2026 (17 documents)
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Disclosure
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    TNFD Additional Sector Guidance, p.111, Section 3.2, Table 11, row AF.C3.1 | p.111, Section 3.2, Table 11, row AF.C3.1
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  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD sector guidance

    AF.C3.1
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    Version 1.0, June 2026
    Requirement
    Conditional
    Relationship
    Maps Source Identity
    Mapping outcome
    Published
    Source locator
    p.111, Section 3.2, Table 11, row AF.C3.1
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Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
tonnes; percent (%) — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Reporting period

Unit meaning: Values use tonnes; percent (%) under the disclosed TNFD sector-guidance method, reporting period and boundary.

Table fields and units

  • Input category
  • Source geography or water-scarcity area
  • Quantity of sourced inputs
  • Percentage of sourced inputs

Published dimensions

  • Input category: agricultural and/or forestry
  • Water-scarcity classification: high or extremely high baseline water scarcity
  • Geographic source area
  • Measure field: quantity or percentage

Disclosure method

Formula information

Status
Not applicable
Formula type
Structured Disclosure

Disclosure form

No single formula

Report the source-defined result with its stated fields and method disclosures. AF.C3.1 requires two linked reportable output fields—quantity and percentage—for sourced agricultural and/or forestry inputs. It remains distinct from FA.C3.0 because its population includes forestry inputs and its required value shape includes a quantity field as well as a percentage.

Verified sources

Evidence and status sources

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Measurement evidence

  • Measurement evidenceChecked 30 August 2026

    TNFD additional sector guidance collection

    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    Final English sector guidance collection through August 2026 (17 documents)
    Locator
    TNFD Additional Sector Guidance, p.111, Section 3.2, Table 11, row AF.C3.1 | p.111, Section 3.2, Table 11, row AF.C3.1

    Supports: The official TNFD sector guidance supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Agricultural and forestry inputs from water-scarcity areas”.

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Interpretation boundaries

Method disclosures required

Source-edition basis: TNFD sector guidance, Final English sector guidance collection through August 2026 (17 documents).

  • Identify the baseline water-scarcity classification or source used to identify high and extremely high water-scarcity areas.
  • Describe how sourced-input origin and geography are determined.
  • State the denominator used for the percentage of sourced agricultural and/or forestry inputs.
  • State the quantity unit and any conversion approach used for reported input quantities.

Record-specific limitations

  • The result depends on the water-scarcity classification applied to source areas.
  • The result depends on traceability of agricultural and forestry input origins.
  • The percentage is not comparable without a consistent total-input denominator.

Interpret this metric with the stated reporting boundary, period convention, value shape, and unit. Results prepared with different boundaries or conventions may not be directly comparable.

Measurement evidence supports the core record-specific claims described above. Corroborative evidence can support limitations, while compatibility and status sources provide their separately labelled context. None of these cards by itself determines an organisation's legal applicability, filing readiness, assurance status, or compliance conclusion.