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MetricBiodiversity, ecosystems and land

Land-use change

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Area converted between named ecosystem or land-use types, retained by polygon, before-and-after type, conversion class, date basis, and operational or supply-chain boundary.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Structured table
Unit
Structured table — see field-level units
Reporting basis
Cutoff-to-date or reporting-period conversion flow, explicitly labelled
Aggregation
Sum only non-overlapping polygons within one compatible conversion profile
Pillar
Environmental
Topic
Biodiversity, ecosystems and land
Controlled domain
Nature, biodiversity and land
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

One non-duplicated spatial conversion event between named ecosystem or land-use types. Natural-ecosystem conversion since a cutoff remains separate from modified-to-modified reporting-period conversion.

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

    GRI Standards

    Source evidence
    Publisher
    Global Reporting Initiative
    Edition
    Published 2024; effective for reporting from 1 January 2026
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Disclosure
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    Effective-date notice and Disclosures 101-2, 101-5, 101-6, and 101-7, PDF pages 1–2 and 9–30
    Open official framework source
  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD sector guidance

    C1.1
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    Version 1.0, January 2025
    Requirement
    Conditional
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    Page 74, Section 3.1, Table 11, Land/freshwater/ocean-use change, C1.1
    Open official framework source
  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD sector guidance

    C1.1
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    Version 1.0, June 2024
    Requirement
    Conditional
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    Page 44, Table 13, C1.1
    Open official framework source
  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD sector guidance

    C1.1
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    Version 1.0, June 2024
    Requirement
    Conditional
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    Page 59, Section 3.1, Table 12, C1.1
    Open official framework source
  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD sector guidance

    C1.1
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    Version 1.0, June 2024
    Requirement
    Conditional
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    Page 52, Section 3.1, Table 14, C1.1
    Open official framework source
  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD sector guidance

    C1.1
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    Version 1.0, June 2024
    Requirement
    Conditional
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    Page 60, Section 3.1, Table 11, C1.1
    Open official framework source

Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
Structured table — see field-level units
Reporting basis
Cutoff-to-date or reporting-period conversion flow, explicitly labelled

Unit meaning: This metric is reported as a structured table; each field carries the unit stated in the table fields below.

Table fields and units

  • Site or product, country, polygon, starting state, ecosystem classification, and boundary
  • Land or ecosystem type before and after conversion, and conversion class
  • Converted area (ha — hectares in the named polygon; 1 ha = 10,000 m²)
  • Conversion date or interval, cutoff or reference date, and reporting period
  • Direct or estimated data, method, source, uncertainty, and deduplication key

Published dimensions

  • Site or product, polygon, before and after type, conversion class, date, cutoff, and boundary

Disclosure method

Formula information

Status
Not applicable
Formula type
Structured Disclosure

Disclosure form

No single formula

Populate the structured fields from qualifying source observations and retain each field-level unit, boundary, status, and method; do not collapse the disclosure into one calculated value.

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 15 August 2026

    GRI 101: Biodiversity 2024

    Publisher
    Global Reporting Initiative
    Edition
    Published 2024; effective for reporting from 1 January 2026
    Locator
    Effective-date notice and Disclosures 101-2, 101-5, 101-6, and 101-7, PDF pages 1–2 and 9–30

    Supports: Official publisher reference linked specifically to the Sustopedia metric “Land-use change”; interpret it with the source-edition basis and limitations shown on this page.

    Open official source

Use with context

Interpretation boundaries

Method disclosures required

Source-edition basis: Effective GRI 101: Biodiversity 2024 conversion profile and binding ESRS E4-5 under Regulation (EU) 2023/2772.

  • Name site or product, country, polygon, starting state, ecosystem classification, and before-and-after types.
  • State converted area in hectares for the named polygon, where 1 hectare equals 10,000 square metres.
  • State conversion date or interval, cutoff or reference date, and operational or supply-chain boundary.
  • State direct or estimated data, method, source, uncertainty, and reporting period.
  • Deduplicate overlapping polygons and keep cutoff-based and reporting-period conversion profiles distinct.

Record-specific limitations

  • Land cover and land use are different classifications and cannot be silently substituted.
  • Area does not express ecosystem condition, fragmentation, species effect, or enterprise attribution.
  • Supply-chain estimates may be coarse, and repeated observations of one conversion are not new area.

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.