Pesticides manufactured by WHO toxicity classification
Measurement answer
What this metric measures
Reports the quantity of pesticides manufactured, in tonnes, disaggregated by WHO toxicity classification level and covering direct operations, downstream use and end-of-life.
Specification
Metric specification
- Result format
- Structured table
- Unit
- tonnes — source-defined reporting unit
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period
- Aggregation
- Sum of quantities of pesticides manufactured for each WHO toxicity classification level
- Pillar
- Environmental
- Topic
- Hazardous substances and pollution
- Controlled domain
- Pollution
- Entity type
- Metric
Reporting boundary
Pesticides manufactured across direct operations, downstream use and end-of-life
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 55, Table 15: Additional sector disclosure indicators and metrics
- Adopting DisclosureC.A2.1
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 55, Table 15: Additional sector disclosure indicators and metrics
Value structure
Dimensions and units
- Unit
- tonnes — source-defined reporting unit
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period
Unit meaning: Values use tonnes under the disclosed TNFD sector-guidance method, reporting period and boundary.
Table fields and units
- WHO toxicity classification level
- Quantity of pesticides manufactured
- Unit
- Value-chain stage coverage
- Classification and mass-basis notes
Published dimensions
- WHO toxicity classification level: Ia, Ib, II, III or U
- Value-chain stage coverage: direct operations, downstream use and end-of-life
Calculation method
Formula information
- Status
- Specified
- Formula type
- Sum
Formula
For each WHO toxicity classification level, report the sum of pesticide quantities manufactured during the reporting period.Apply the source-defined TNFD sector-guidance method within the stated reporting boundary. The evidence specifies a standalone quantitative disclosure, not revenue. The candidate label is corrected because the complete specification requires quantity of pesticides manufactured in tonnes by WHO toxicity level. No shortlisted metric has the same pesticide population, WHO-classification dimension, lifecycle boundary and value shape.
Variables
| Symbol | Variable | Definition | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
Q_c | Pesticide quantity manufactured for classification level c | Total quantity of pesticides manufactured and assigned to WHO toxicity classification level c during the reporting period. | tonnes |
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
- Page 55, Table 15: Additional sector disclosure indicators and metrics
Supports: The official TNFD sector guidance supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Pesticides manufactured by WHO toxicity classification”.
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Interpretation boundaries
Method disclosures required
Source-edition basis: TNFD sector guidance, Final English sector guidance collection through August 2026 (17 documents).
- Disclose the WHO toxicity classification system and edition used.
- Disclose how pesticide products and active substances were assigned to WHO toxicity classification levels.
- Disclose whether quantities are reported as product mass, active-ingredient mass or another stated mass basis.
- Disclose coverage and treatment of direct operations, downstream use and end-of-life stages.
Record-specific limitations
- WHO toxicity classification reflects acute hazard classification and does not by itself measure actual exposure, use, releases or ecological impact.
- Reported quantities depend on the completeness and accuracy of product-level toxicity classification and manufacturing records.
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.