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MetricWater scarcity

Sites located in areas of water scarcity

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Reports both the number of organizational sites located in areas of water scarcity and their percentage share of the total organizational site population.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Multi-field profile
Unit
number of sites; % of total sites — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Reporting period
Aggregation
Count qualifying sites and calculate their percentage share of total organizational sites.
Pillar
Environmental
Topic
Water scarcity
Controlled domain
Water and marine resources
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Organization's sites assessed for location in areas of water scarcity.

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
    PDF p.80, C3.0 sector guidance, additional reporting bullet
    Open official framework source
  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD sector guidance

    C3.0
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    Version 1.0, June 2024
    Requirement
    Conditional
    Relationship
    Maps Source Identity
    Mapping outcome
    Published
    Source locator
    PDF p.80, C3.0 sector guidance, additional reporting bullet
    Open official framework source

Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
number of sites; % of total sites — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Reporting period

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

Table fields and units

  • measure field
  • number of sites
  • percentage of total sites
  • total sites
  • water-scarcity-area assessment basis

Published dimensions

  • measure field: number of sites or percentage of total sites
  • site location
  • water-scarcity-area classification
  • total-site denominator

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 expressly requests both a count and a percentage of total sites. These are reciprocal fields of one structured site-exposure metric and should remain together, rather than being merged with water withdrawal or consumption in scarcity areas.

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 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
    PDF p.80, C3.0 sector guidance, additional reporting bullet

    Supports: The official TNFD sector guidance supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Sites located in areas of water scarcity”.

    Open official source

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 site population included in the total-site denominator.
  • Disclose the method, source, and geographic basis used to identify areas of water scarcity.
  • State whether the reported count and percentage cover all organizational sites or a defined subset.

Record-specific limitations

  • The extracted evidence does not specify a required water-scarcity dataset, threshold, geography resolution, or site-definition methodology.
  • The percentage is meaningful only when reported with the total-site denominator and the basis used to identify water-scarcity areas.

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.