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MetricLand carbon leakage

Quantity of reduced or diverted food or feed crops

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Discloses total quantities of food or feed crops reduced or diverted because of high leakage risk activities, separately by crop or crop group and retaining the unit used for each quantity.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Structured table
Unit
Structured table — see field-level units
Reporting basis
Reporting period for the land carbon leakage disclosure
Aggregation
Total quantity, reported separately by reduced or diverted food or feed crop
Pillar
Environmental
Topic
Land carbon leakage
Controlled domain
Nature, biodiversity and land
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Food or feed crops reduced or diverted due to high leakage risk activities included in the company's land carbon leakage disclosure

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.

  • Measurement Authority

    GHG Protocol

    Source evidence
    Publisher
    GHG Protocol
    Edition
    Version 1.1, published 30 June 2026; effective 1 January 2027
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Measurement
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    PDF page 50, section 8.2.2, Reporting requirements for land carbon leakage
    Open official framework source
  • Measurement Authority

    GHG Protocol

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    Publisher
    GHG Protocol
    Edition
    Version 1.1, published 30 June 2026; effective 1 January 2027
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Maps Source Identity
    Mapping outcome
    Published
    Source locator
    PDF page 50, section 8.2.2, Reporting requirements for land carbon leakage
    Open official framework source

Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
Structured table — see field-level units
Reporting basis
Reporting period for the land carbon leakage disclosure

Unit meaning: Each field uses its source-defined unit and retains the applicable scope, category, land-sector method and boundary.

Table fields and units

  • Food or feed crop or crop group
  • Change type (reduced or diverted)
  • Quantity
  • Unit
  • Relevant high leakage risk activity
  • Reporting-period and boundary notes

Published dimensions

  • crop or crop group
  • change type: reduced or diverted
  • unit reported for each crop or crop group

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. The source explicitly requires this as a reportable disclosure for companies reporting land carbon leakage from high leakage risk activities. It is a standalone structured activity-data disclosure, but no universal unit or supported conversion method is prescribed, so it is published as a table with field-level units rather than as a scalar metric.

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

    Land Sector and Removals Standard

    Publisher
    GHG Protocol
    Edition
    Version 1.1, published 30 June 2026; effective 1 January 2027
    Locator
    PDF page 50, section 8.2.2, Reporting requirements for land carbon leakage

    Supports: The official GHG Protocol source supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Quantity of reduced or diverted food or feed crops”.

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Use with context

Interpretation boundaries

Method disclosures required

Source-edition basis: Land Sector and Removals Standard, Version 1.1, published 30 June 2026; effective 1 January 2027.

  • Identify the high leakage risk activities giving rise to the reported reduced or diverted crops.
  • State the reporting period and organizational, activity, and spatial boundary used for the disclosure.
  • Identify each food or feed crop or crop group and whether its quantity was reduced or diverted.
  • State the unit used for each reported crop quantity and explain any conversions or aggregation approach.
  • Describe the basis used to determine that crop quantities were reduced or diverted.

Record-specific limitations

  • Required only for companies reporting land carbon leakage due to high leakage risk activities.
  • The source does not prescribe a common unit; quantities must retain their reported field-level units and must not be aggregated across incompatible units.
  • This disclosure describes crop reduction or diversion and is not itself a quantified land carbon leakage emission result.

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.