Spill volume by classification and affected ecosystem
Measurement answer
What this metric measures
Reports the volume of qualifying spills involving specified materials, disaggregated by spill classification scheme and ecosystem type affected.
Specification
Metric specification
- Result format
- Structured table
- Unit
- m³ — source-defined reporting unit
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period
- Aggregation
- Report spill volume disaggregated by spill classification and affected ecosystem type.
- Pillar
- Environmental
- Topic
- Pollution and spills
- Controlled domain
- Pollution
- Entity type
- Metric
Reporting boundary
Spills involving diesel, paints, solvents and toxic chemicals, classified using a national or company-specific spill classification scheme and reported by affected ecosystem type.
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
- Additional sector guidance – Construction materials, Version 1.0 (January 2025), p. 68, section 3.2, Table 14, CM.C2.0
- Adopting DisclosureCM.C2.0
TNFD sector guidance
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Version 1.0, January 2025
- Requirement
- Conditional
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- Additional sector guidance – Construction materials, Version 1.0 (January 2025), p. 68, section 3.2, Table 14, CM.C2.0
Value structure
Dimensions and units
- Unit
- m³ — source-defined reporting unit
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period
Unit meaning: Values use m³ under the disclosed TNFD sector-guidance method, reporting period and boundary.
Table fields and units
- Spill classification
- Affected ecosystem type
- Spilled material category
- Spill volume (m³)
Published dimensions
- spill classification scheme
- affected ecosystem type
- spilled material: diesel, paints, solvents or toxic chemicals
Disclosure method
Formula information
- Status
- Not applicable
- Formula type
- Structured Disclosure
Disclosure form
No single formulaReport the source-defined result with its stated fields and method disclosures. The Construction materials source specifies a directly reportable volume outcome with mandatory classification and ecosystem dimensions. It is not equivalent to generic significant-spill or GRI spill-volume metrics because its material scope and required dimensional breakdown differ.
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
- Additional sector guidance – Construction materials, Version 1.0 (January 2025), p. 68, section 3.2, Table 14, CM.C2.0
Supports: The official TNFD sector guidance supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Spill volume by classification and affected ecosystem”.
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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).
- Identify the national or company-specific spill classification scheme used.
- Describe the method for measuring spill volume in cubic metres.
- Describe the method used to determine the type of ecosystem affected.
- State the material categories included in the disclosure.
Record-specific limitations
- Use of national or company-specific classification schemes can limit comparability between reporting organizations.
- The source evidence does not establish a common material taxonomy beyond the listed spill materials.
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.