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MetricPollution incidents

Oil and fuel-waste spills

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Reports the number and total discharged volume of MARPOL-defined oil spills and fuel-waste spills from specified fishing-sector activities.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Multi-field profile
Unit
count; cubic metres (m³) — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Reporting period
Aggregation
Total number of qualifying spills and total volume spilled, with spill type retained as a reporting dimension
Pillar
Environmental
Topic
Pollution incidents
Controlled domain
Pollution
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Oil spills and discharged fuel-waste spills from the reporting organization's fishing, fish trading, fish processing, retail or marine aquarium trade activities

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: Fishing, fish trading, fish processing, retail and marine aquarium trade, Section 3.2, Table 16, p.84, F.C2.0 | p.84, Section 3.2, Table 16, F.C2.0
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  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD sector guidance

    F.C2.0
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    Version 1.0, June 2025
    Requirement
    Conditional
    Relationship
    Maps Source Identity
    Mapping outcome
    Published
    Source locator
    p.84, Section 3.2, Table 16, F.C2.0
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Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
count; cubic metres (m³) — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Reporting period

Unit meaning: Values use count; cubic metres (m³) under the disclosed TNFD sector-guidance method, reporting period and boundary.

Table fields and units

  • spill type
  • number of spills
  • total volume spilled (m³)

Published dimensions

  • spill type: oil spill or discharged fuel-waste spill
  • measure: number of spills or total spill volume
  • sector activity: fishing, fish trading, fish processing, retail or marine aquarium trade

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, reportable structured environmental outcome metric with explicit count and volume outputs, a specified volume unit, a defined incident basis and an identified official Fishing core-sector code. It is not the same construct as the shortlisted significant-, hazardous- or hydrocarbon-spill metrics because its material scope and MARPOL qualification are specific to oil and discharged fuel waste in the Fishing guidance.

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: Fishing, fish trading, fish processing, retail and marine aquarium trade, Section 3.2, Table 16, p.84, F.C2.0 | p.84, Section 3.2, Table 16, F.C2.0

    Supports: The official TNFD sector guidance supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Oil and fuel-waste spills”.

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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).

  • Apply the MARPOL definition used to identify qualifying oil and fuel-waste spills.
  • Disclose the basis used to classify an incident as an oil spill or discharged fuel-waste spill.
  • Report spill volume in cubic metres and distinguish the count measure from the volume measure.

Record-specific limitations

  • The source specifies oil and discharged fuel-waste spills and should not be interpreted as a measure of all hazardous-material or wastewater spills.
  • The source does not specify a geographic disaggregation, facility-level reporting requirement or financial-impact threshold.
  • Spill qualification is dependent on the applicable MARPOL definition.

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.