Proportion of nature-related targets that are time-bound and quantifiable
Measurement answer
What this metric measures
Reports the share of the organization's nature-related targets that are both time-bound and quantifiable.
Specification
Metric specification
- Result format
- Single value
- Unit
- percent or ratio — source-defined reporting unit
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period
- Aggregation
- Organization-wide share of disclosed nature-related targets meeting both criteria
- Pillar
- Governance
- Topic
- Nature-related target quality
- Controlled domain
- Nature, biodiversity and land
- Entity type
- Metric
Reporting boundary
Organization's disclosed nature-related target portfolio
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 Disclosurer007
TNFD LEAP approach
- 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 7
- Adopting DisclosureSource evidence
TNFD Recommendations
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- September 2023
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Defines Disclosure
- Mapping outcome
- Direct Evidence
- Source locator
- TNFD Recommendations, September 2023, p. 60, "Organisations should consider reporting"
- Adopting Disclosure4b18219e8a03f4f79cd7
TNFD Recommendations
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- September 2023
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- Page 60, Organisations should consider reporting | TNFD Recommendations, September 2023, p. 60, "Organisations should consider reporting"
Value structure
Dimensions and units
- Unit
- percent or ratio — source-defined reporting unit
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period
Unit meaning: Values use percent or ratio under the disclosed TNFD Recommendations method, period, location and reporting boundary.
Published dimensions
- target status: time-bound and quantifiable versus other
- target category or target identifier where applicable
Calculation method
Formula information
- Status
- Specified
- Formula type
- Ratio
Formula
P = N_time-bound-and-quantifiable / N_nature-related-targets.Apply the source-defined TNFD Recommendations method only within the disclosed location, ecosystem and value-chain boundary. This is a standalone target-portfolio proportion suitable for organizational reporting. It is not equivalent to any shortlisted narrative disclosure or unrelated sector-specific long-term strategy item. The p. 60 occurrence supports the same construct as the separately identified A19.0 source, while retaining its scalar value shape.
Variables
| Symbol | Variable | Definition | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
P | Proportion of qualifying targets | Share of nature-related targets that are both time-bound and quantifiable. | percent or ratio |
N_time-bound-and-quantifiable | Qualifying nature-related targets | Number of nature-related targets that meet both the time-bound and quantifiable criteria. | count |
N_nature-related-targets | Nature-related target population | Total number of nature-related targets included in the disclosure. | count |
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
- TNFD Recommendations, September 2023, p. 60, "Organisations should consider reporting"
Supports: The official TNFD Recommendations source supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Proportion of nature-related targets that are time-bound and quantifiable”.
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Interpretation boundaries
Method disclosures required
Source-edition basis: Recommendations of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures, September 2023.
- Define the population of nature-related targets included in the denominator.
- Define the criteria for determining that a target is time-bound.
- Define the criteria for determining that a target is quantifiable.
- State whether a target must meet both criteria to be included in the numerator.
- Disclose whether the result is expressed as a ratio or percentage.
Record-specific limitations
- The metric assesses whether targets have stated time bounds and quantitative measurability; it does not assess target ambition, effectiveness, delivery, or alignment with a particular external framework.
- The source excerpt does not prescribe a universal definition of quantifiable; the organization's operational definition must be disclosed.
- Treatment of targets that are time-bound but not quantifiable, or quantifiable but not time-bound, must be clear.
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.