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MetricWater pollution and basin condition

Concentration of key pollutants in key water basins

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Reports concentrations of key pollutants in water basins in which the organization operates, disaggregated by pollutant type and basin.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Structured table
Unit
Structured table — see field-level units
Reporting basis
Reporting period
Aggregation
Reported separately for each pollutant type and key water basin.
Pillar
Environmental
Topic
Water pollution and basin condition
Controlled domain
Pollution
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Key water basins in which the organization operates.

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
    Additional sector guidance – Apparel, accessories and footwear, Version 1.0 (January 2025), PDF p. 88, Additional sector metrics table, State of nature / Ecosystem extent and condition
    Open official framework source
  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD sector guidance

    AT.A5.0
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    Version 1.0, January 2025
    Requirement
    Recommended
    Relationship
    Maps Source Identity
    Mapping outcome
    Published
    Source locator
    Additional sector guidance – Apparel, accessories and footwear, Version 1.0 (January 2025), PDF p. 88, Additional sector metrics table, State of nature / Ecosystem extent and condition
    Open official framework source

Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
Structured table — see field-level units
Reporting basis
Reporting period

Unit meaning: Each field uses its stated unit and retains the applicable sector, reporting boundary, period and method.

Table fields and units

  • Key water basin
  • Pollutant type
  • Pollutant concentration
  • Concentration unit
  • Measurement or monitoring basis

Published dimensions

  • Key water basin
  • Pollutant type

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. This is a standalone additional-sector outcome metric concerning water-basin condition. It is not equivalent to emission-to-water metrics because it measures ambient or basin pollutant concentration rather than the organization’s pollutant releases. TNFD does not provide a universal unit, so the unit must be retained as a field-level disclosure rather than invented.

Verified sources

Evidence and status sources

Sustopedia checked each record-specific claim directly against primary publisher material. Labels distinguish current measurement authority from future compatibility and corroborative, legal, edition, or method status context. Corroborative evidence can support a stated limitation but cannot establish the core measurement by itself.

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
    Additional sector guidance – Apparel, accessories and footwear, Version 1.0 (January 2025), PDF p. 88, Additional sector metrics table, State of nature / Ecosystem extent and condition

    Supports: The official TNFD sector guidance supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Concentration of key pollutants in key water basins”.

    Open official source

Use with context

Interpretation boundaries

Method disclosures required

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

  • Identify the key water basins included.
  • Identify each pollutant type reported.
  • Disclose the concentration unit and measurement or monitoring basis used for each pollutant type.

Record-specific limitations

  • The TNFD source does not prescribe a common concentration unit.
  • Comparability depends on the pollutant-specific measurement approach and the water-basin monitoring basis used.

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.