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MetricChanges to nature: mitigation hierarchy steps

Recycled, renewable and compostable non-plastic packaging

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Reports the share of sourced or purchased non-plastic packaging made from recycled, renewable or compostable materials, with separate recycled, reused and composted outcome shares for each material type.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Structured table
Unit
% — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Reporting period
Aggregation
Percentage of total sourced and purchased non-plastic packaging made from recycled, renewable or compostable materials; separately report the percentage of each material type that is recycled, reused or composted.
Pillar
Environmental
Topic
Changes to nature: mitigation hierarchy steps
Controlled domain
Materials, circularity and waste
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Non-plastic packaging sourced or purchased by the reporting organisation; end-of-life percentages are subject to compliance with local laws.

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
    Food and agriculture Version 1.0 (June 2024), p.77, Additional sector metrics table; Dependency, impact, risk and opportunity management: Changes to nature (dependency and impact): mitigation hierarchy steps | Food and agriculture Version 1.0 (June 2024), p. 77, Additional sector metrics table; Dependency, impact, risk and opportunity management: Changes to nature (dependency and impact): mitigation hierarchy steps
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  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD sector guidance

    FA.A23.0
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    Version 1.0, June 2024
    Requirement
    Recommended
    Relationship
    Maps Source Identity
    Mapping outcome
    Published
    Source locator
    Food and agriculture Version 1.0 (June 2024), p. 77, Additional sector metrics table; Dependency, impact, risk and opportunity management: Changes to nature (dependency and impact): mitigation hierarchy steps
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Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
% — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Reporting period

Unit meaning: Values use % under the disclosed TNFD sector-guidance method, reporting period and boundary.

Table fields and units

  • Non-plastic packaging denominator
  • Share made from recycled, renewable or compostable materials (%)
  • Material type
  • Share recycled (%)
  • Share reused (%)
  • Share composted (%)
  • Local-law compliance basis

Published dimensions

  • Packaging material type: recycled, renewable or compostable
  • End-of-life outcome: recycled, reused or composted
  • Local-law compliance status

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 reporting outcome with a defined percentage value shape, a stated packaging boundary, and required material-type and end-of-life disaggregation. It is narrower than generic packaging recycled-content metrics because it covers non-plastic packaging and explicitly includes renewable and compostable material categories as well as separate legally compliant recycled, reused and composted outcomes.

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
    Food and agriculture Version 1.0 (June 2024), p.77, Additional sector metrics table; Dependency, impact, risk and opportunity management: Changes to nature (dependency and impact): mitigation hierarchy steps | Food and agriculture Version 1.0 (June 2024), p. 77, Additional sector metrics table; Dependency, impact, risk and opportunity management: Changes to nature (dependency and impact): mitigation hierarchy steps

    Supports: The official TNFD sector guidance supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Recycled, renewable and compostable non-plastic packaging”.

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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).

  • Define the total sourced and purchased non-plastic packaging denominator.
  • Disclose how packaging is classified as recycled, renewable or compostable.
  • Report recycled, reused and composted percentages separately for each applicable material type.
  • Identify the local-law compliance basis applied to end-of-life classifications.

Record-specific limitations

  • The combined recycled, renewable and compostable share does not distinguish the contribution of each material type unless separately presented.
  • The extracted specification conditions recycled, reused and composted outcome reporting on compliance with local laws.
  • The extract does not provide a mass-based denominator or a prescribed conversion method.

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.