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MetricPollution/pollution removal — Plastic pollution

Plastic footprint and packaging circularity across the value chain

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Reports plastics used or sold across direct operations, downstream activities and end of life by raw-material source, while retaining packaging circularity attributes and production leakage coverage.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Structured table
Unit
tonnes for plastic weight; percentage for packaging attributes — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Reporting period for plastics used or sold
Aggregation
Total plastic weight, disaggregated by raw-material source, with packaging circularity attributes reported as percentages.
Pillar
Environmental
Topic
Pollution/pollution removal — Plastic pollution
Controlled domain
Pollution
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Direct operations, downstream activities and end of life; includes leakage of plastic pellets, flakes and powders during production.

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-plastic-footprint-packaging-circularity-lifecycle-leakage
    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
    Q10.3, numeric field 1 | Q10.3, numeric field 2 | Q10.3, numeric field 3 | Q10.3, numeric field 4 | Q10.3, numeric field 5 | Q10.3, numeric field 6 | Q10.3, numeric field 7 | Q10.4, numeric field 1 | Q10.4, numeric field 2 | Q10.4, numeric field 3 | Q10.4, numeric field 4 | Q10.4, numeric field 5 | Q10.4, numeric field 6 | Q10.4, numeric field 7 | Q10.5, numeric field 1 | Q10.5, numeric field 2 | Q10.5, numeric field 3 | Q10.5, numeric field 4 | Q10.5, numeric field 5 | Q10.5, numeric field 6 | Q10.5, numeric field 7 | Q10.5.3, numeric field 1 | Q10.5.3, numeric field 2
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  • 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.49, Pollution/pollution removal table, Metric C2.3
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  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD sector guidance

    C2.3
    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.49, Pollution/pollution removal table, Metric C2.3
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Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
tonnes for plastic weight; percentage for packaging attributes — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Reporting period for plastics used or sold

Unit meaning: Values use tonnes for plastic weight; percentage for packaging attributes under the disclosed TNFD sector-guidance method, reporting period and boundary.

Table fields and units

  • Value-chain stage
  • Plastic category
  • Raw-material source
  • Plastic weight used or sold (tonnes)
  • Production leakage inclusion
  • Packaging circularity characteristic
  • Packaging share (percentage)

Published dimensions

  • Value-chain stage: direct operations, downstream or end of life
  • Plastic category: polymers, durable goods or packaging
  • Raw-material source: virgin fossil-fuel, post-consumer recycled, post-industrial recycled or virgin renewable
  • Packaging circularity characteristic: reusable, compostable, technically recyclable, recyclable in practice and at scale
  • Production leakage material: pellets, flakes or powders

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. This is a reportable structured plastic-pollution metric. It is retained as a distinct lifecycle-and-leakage variant because the extracted evidence explicitly requires direct-operation, downstream and end-of-life coverage and inclusion of production leakage, boundaries not demonstrated by the otherwise similar existing shortlist record.

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.49, Pollution/pollution removal table, Metric C2.3

    Supports: The official TNFD sector guidance supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Plastic footprint and packaging circularity across the value chain”.

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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).

  • State coverage of direct operations, downstream activities and end of life.
  • Break down plastics used or sold by the specified raw-material-source categories.
  • State that leakage of plastic pellets, flakes and powders during production is included in the footprint.
  • Report the specified packaging circularity characteristics.

Record-specific limitations

  • The extracted evidence does not specify the denominator or mutual exclusivity of the packaging-characteristic percentages.
  • The extracted evidence does not state whether production leakage is reported as a separately quantified component or incorporated only within the total plastic-footprint value.
  • The extracted evidence does not provide a calculation methodology for estimating plastics present downstream or at end of life.

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.