Quantity of deforestation- and conversion-free high-risk natural commodities sourced
Measurement answer
What this metric measures
Reports the quantity of high-risk natural commodities sourced from land, ocean or freshwater that are verified as deforestation- and conversion-free, disaggregated by commodity type.
Specification
Metric specification
- Result format
- Structured table
- Unit
- tonnes — source-defined reporting unit
- Reporting basis
- Organization's reporting period
- Aggregation
- Sum reported quantities within each commodity type; report each commodity type separately.
- Pillar
- Environmental
- Topic
- Deforestation- and conversion-free sourcing of high-risk natural commodities
- Controlled domain
- Supply chain and value chain
- Entity type
- Metric
Reporting boundary
High-risk natural commodities sourced by the organization from land, ocean or freshwater and verified as deforestation- and conversion-free.
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 DisclosureSource evidence
TNFD sector guidance
- 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
- Page 66, Additional sector metrics table, Impact driver—Resource use/replenishment
- Adopting DisclosureFP.A3.1
TNFD sector guidance
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Version 1.0, June 2024
- Requirement
- Recommended
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- Page 66, Additional sector metrics table, Impact driver—Resource use/replenishment
Value structure
Dimensions and units
- Unit
- tonnes — source-defined reporting unit
- Reporting basis
- Organization's reporting period
Unit meaning: Values use tonnes under the disclosed TNFD sector-guidance method, reporting period and boundary.
Table fields and units
- Commodity type
- Source environment
- Quantity of verified deforestation- and conversion-free high-risk natural commodities sourced (tonnes)
- Verification method or basis
Published dimensions
- commodity type
- source environment: land, ocean or freshwater
- deforestation- and conversion-free verification status
Calculation method
Formula information
- Status
- Specified
- Formula type
- Sum
Formula
Q_c = sum(q_i) for all sourced high-risk natural commodity lots i of commodity type c that are verified as deforestation- and conversion-free.Apply the source-defined TNFD sector-guidance method within the stated reporting boundary. Published as a distinct additional-sector outcome metric. It is narrower than generic high-risk commodity sourcing because inclusion requires deforestation- and conversion-free verification. The shortlist's generic TNFD sourcing record does not establish the same verification condition, field set or value shape.
Variables
| Symbol | Variable | Definition | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
Q_c | Verified deforestation- and conversion-free quantity for commodity type c | Total quantity of sourced high-risk natural commodities of commodity type c that meet the organization's disclosed deforestation- and conversion-free verification criteria. | tonnes |
q_i | Verified sourced lot quantity | Quantity of an individual sourced commodity lot i included in the reported commodity type. | tonnes |
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
- Page 66, Additional sector metrics table, Impact driver—Resource use/replenishment
Supports: The official TNFD sector guidance supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Quantity of deforestation- and conversion-free high-risk natural commodities sourced”.
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Use with context
Interpretation boundaries
Method disclosures required
Source-edition basis: TNFD sector guidance, Final English sector guidance collection through August 2026 (17 documents).
- Disclose the commodity types included and the basis for identifying them as high-risk natural commodities.
- Disclose the method, evidence and criteria used to determine that sourced commodities are deforestation- and conversion-free.
- Disclose the sourcing boundary and treatment of commodities originating from land, ocean and freshwater.
Record-specific limitations
- The extract does not prescribe a single verification standard or assurance provider.
- The measure covers sourced high-risk natural commodities; it is not a measure of all commodities procured or of total deforestation impacts.
- Comparability depends on the organization's high-risk commodity classification and deforestation- and conversion-free verification approach.
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.