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MetricNature-related financial risks

Nature-related fines, penalties and litigation

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Reports significant fines, penalties and litigation arising from negative nature-related impacts.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Structured table
Unit
Structured table — see field-level units
Reporting basis
Reporting period or reference date declared for the TNFD disclosure
Aggregation
Aggregate only compatible observations with shared locations, ecosystems, value-chain positions, periods, units and methods.
Pillar
Environmental
Topic
Nature-related financial risks
Controlled domain
Sustainable finance
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Significant legal or regulatory consequences recognized in the reporting year due to negative nature-related impacts.

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

    CDP Full Corporate Questionnaire 2026

    tnfd-nature-related-fines-penalties-and-litigation
    Publisher
    CDP
    Edition
    Full Corporate Questionnaire and Reporting Guidance 2026 v1.3, revised 6 August 2026
    Requirement
    Conditional
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    Q3.3.1, numeric field 1 | Q3.3.1, numeric field 2 | Q3.3.1, numeric field 3 | Q3.3.2, numeric field 1 | Q3.4.1, numeric field 1
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  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD LEAP approach

    r022
    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 26, PDF page 174, metric row 1
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  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD sector guidance

    C7.2
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    Version 2.0, June 2024
    Requirement
    Conditional
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    PDF page 14, Table 2, C7.2 (Risk)
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  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD Recommendations

    Source evidence
    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, PDF page 88, Table 7, metric C7.2
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  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD Recommendations

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    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    September 2023
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Maps Source Identity
    Mapping outcome
    Published
    Source locator
    Page 88, Table 7, C7.2 | TNFD Recommendations, September 2023, PDF page 88, Table 7, metric C7.2
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Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
Structured table — see field-level units
Reporting basis
Reporting period or reference date declared for the TNFD disclosure

Unit meaning: Each field uses its source-defined unit and retains the applicable location, ecosystem type, value-chain position, status and method.

Table fields and units

  • Event type and description
  • Value
  • Currency and scale
  • Jurisdiction
  • Status
  • Impact and location

Published dimensions

  • Event type
  • Jurisdiction
  • Impact driver
  • Status
  • Location

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. Source occurrences are consolidated into tnfd-nature-related-fines-penalties-and-litigation while preserving TNFD location, ecosystem, value-chain, status and method dimensions.

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, PDF page 88, Table 7, metric C7.2

    Supports: The official TNFD Recommendations source supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Nature-related fines, penalties and litigation”.

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Use with context

Interpretation boundaries

Method disclosures required

Source-edition basis: Recommendations of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures, September 2023.

  • Direct operations, upstream or downstream value-chain boundary
  • Geographic location and priority-location status
  • Metric number, core or additional status and comply-or-explain treatment
  • Measured amount, field-level unit, period and method
  • Exclusions, estimates and aggregation basis

Record-specific limitations

  • Combine only observations with compatible locations, ecosystem types, value-chain positions, periods, units and methods.
  • TNFD core, additional, sector and placeholder status must remain explicit.

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.