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MetricBoard oversight of nature-related issues

Frequency of nature-related issues discussed during board meetings

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Frequency of board meetings during the reporting period in which nature-related topics were addressed.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Single value
Unit
board meetings per reporting period — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Reporting period
Aggregation
Count board meetings in the reporting period at which nature-related topics were addressed.
Pillar
Governance
Topic
Board oversight of nature-related issues
Controlled domain
Governance and business conduct
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Meetings of the organisation's board 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 LEAP approach

    r003
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    Version 1.1, October 2023
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    TNFD LEAP Approach v1.1, Annex 1, Table 28, PDF page 178, metric row 3
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  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD Recommendations

    Source evidence
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    September 2023
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Disclosure
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    Page 48, Governance, Disclosure A, supporting indicators
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  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD Recommendations

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    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    September 2023
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Maps Source Identity
    Mapping outcome
    Published
    Source locator
    Page 48, Governance, Disclosure A, supporting indicators
    Open official framework source

Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
board meetings per reporting period — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Reporting period

Unit meaning: Values use board meetings per reporting period under the disclosed TNFD Recommendations method, period, location and reporting boundary.

Published dimensions

  • board or governing body
  • nature-related topic
  • meeting type
  • reporting period

Calculation method

Formula information

Status
Specified
Formula type
Rate

Formula

F = M / P

Apply the source-defined TNFD Recommendations method only within the disclosed location, ecosystem and value-chain boundary. The source provides a discrete, reportable frequency indicator with an identifiable governing-body population and reporting-period boundary. It is distinct from generic board attendance or governance-performance disclosures.

Variables

SymbolVariableDefinitionUnit
FBoard-meeting frequencyFrequency of board meetings at which nature-related topics were addressed.board meetings per reporting period
MNature-related board meetingsCount of board meetings during which one or more nature-related topics were addressed.board meetings
PReporting periodThe period over which board meetings are counted.reporting period

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 27 August 2026

    Recommendations of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures

    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    September 2023
    Locator
    Page 48, Governance, Disclosure A, supporting indicators

    Supports: The official TNFD Recommendations source supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Frequency of nature-related issues discussed during board meetings”.

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Use with context

Interpretation boundaries

Method disclosures required

Source-edition basis: Recommendations of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures, September 2023.

  • Define what constitutes a nature-related topic being addressed in a board meeting.
  • Identify the board or governing body and meeting types included.
  • State whether meetings are counted once or separately by nature-related topic.
  • Disclose the reporting-period coverage and any excluded meetings.

Record-specific limitations

  • Meeting frequency does not establish the quality, depth, decision relevance, or effectiveness of board oversight.
  • A meeting may address multiple nature-related topics but is counted once unless the organisation explicitly reports a topic-level counting method.
  • The source presents this as a suggested supporting indicator rather than an Annex 1 core global metric.

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.