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MetricNature-related risk screening in the supply chain

Tier 1 suppliers screened for nature-related risks and classified as high priority

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Reports the proportion of tier 1 suppliers assessed for nature-related risks and, among assessed tier 1 suppliers, the proportion classified as high priority, with results provided by spend and/or volume.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Structured table
Unit
% — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Reporting period
Aggregation
Proportion of tier 1 suppliers screened and proportion of screened tier 1 suppliers classified as high priority, reported by spend and/or volume.
Pillar
Governance
Topic
Nature-related risk screening in the supply chain
Controlled domain
Supply chain and value chain
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Tier 1 suppliers within the reporting organization's supply chain; high-priority classification applies only to suppliers assessed for nature-related risks.

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
    TNFD Additional Sector Guidance, Metals and Mining, p. 89, sector metric table, MM.A23.4. | Source evidence summary: disclose the proportion of tier 1 suppliers assessed for nature-related risks and the proportion of those assessed classified as high priority, with data provided by spend or volume. | Page 89, sector metric table, MM.A23.4
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  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD sector guidance

    MM.A23.4
    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 89, sector metric table, MM.A23.4
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Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
% — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Reporting period

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

Table fields and units

  • measure
  • calculation basis (spend or volume)
  • numerator
  • denominator
  • proportion (%)

Published dimensions

  • measure: tier 1 suppliers screened for nature-related risks
  • measure: screened tier 1 suppliers classified as high priority
  • basis: spend and/or volume
  • supplier tier: tier 1

Calculation method

Formula information

Status
Specified
Formula type
Percentage

Formula

Screened tier 1 supplier proportion = (tier 1 suppliers assessed for nature-related risks / tier 1 suppliers in scope) × 100; high-priority proportion = (assessed tier 1 suppliers classified as high priority / tier 1 suppliers assessed for nature-related risks) × 100.

Apply the source-defined TNFD sector-guidance method within the stated reporting boundary. This is a standalone additional-sector structured outcome metric: it reports two related supply-chain coverage and prioritization proportions, preserves their distinct denominators, and does not conflate screening with high-priority classification. No shortlisted metric has the same construct, population, value shape, and unit.

Variables

SymbolVariableDefinitionUnit
STier 1 suppliers assessed for nature-related risksTier 1 suppliers assessed for nature-related risks during the reporting period.supplier population, spend, or volume basis
TTier 1 suppliers in scopeTier 1 supplier population forming the denominator for the screening proportion.supplier population, spend, or volume basis
HAssessed tier 1 suppliers classified as high priorityTier 1 suppliers assessed for nature-related risks and classified as high priority under the disclosed methodology.supplier population, spend, or volume basis

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
    TNFD Additional Sector Guidance, Metals and Mining, p. 89, sector metric table, MM.A23.4. | Source evidence summary: disclose the proportion of tier 1 suppliers assessed for nature-related risks and the proportion of those assessed classified as high priority, with data provided by spend or volume. | Page 89, sector metric table, MM.A23.4

    Supports: The official TNFD sector guidance supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Tier 1 suppliers screened for nature-related risks and classified as high priority”.

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Use with context

Interpretation boundaries

Method disclosures required

Source-edition basis: TNFD sector guidance, Final English sector guidance collection through August 2026 (17 documents).

  • Disclose the methodology used to assess tier 1 suppliers for nature-related risks.
  • Disclose the transparent methodology used to classify assessed suppliers as high priority.
  • State whether each reported proportion is calculated using spend, volume, or both, and define the applicable denominator.
  • State the tier 1 supplier population and reporting-period boundary.

Record-specific limitations

  • The high-priority result depends on the organization's disclosed classification methodology.
  • Spend- and volume-based results may not be directly comparable where supplier coverage or supplier measurement differs.
  • The metric does not represent nature-risk screening beyond tier 1 suppliers.

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.