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Plausibility checks for waste- or residue-based biofuel yields

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Reports biofuel-yield plausibility-check activity, red flags, and the treatment of flagged volumes for waste- or residue-based biofuels.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Multi-field profile
Unit
count and percent — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Reporting period
Aggregation
Report counts across plausibility checks undertaken and red flags identified; report the share of flagged volumes for each stated disposition.
Pillar
Environmental
Topic
Biofuel feedstock verification
Controlled domain
Supply chain and value chain
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Waste- or residue-based biofuel yields assessed using context-specific benchmarks.

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, page 114, Table AF.C23.1 | page 114, Table AF.C23.1
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  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD sector guidance

    AF.C23.1
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    Version 1.0, June 2026
    Requirement
    Conditional
    Relationship
    Maps Source Identity
    Mapping outcome
    Published
    Source locator
    page 114, Table AF.C23.1
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Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
count and percent — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Reporting period

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

Table fields and units

  • Result type
  • Count
  • Flagged-volume disposition
  • Percentage of flagged volumes
  • Benchmark or check context

Published dimensions

  • result type: plausibility checks performed, red flags identified, or flagged-volume disposition
  • flagged-volume disposition: rejected, downgraded, reclassified, or reported to certification bodies
  • context-specific benchmark used

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 specifies multiple related reportable outputs rather than a single calculation operand. They are retained as one structured disclosure family because all outputs concern the same plausibility-check process and flagged-volume treatment. The mixed count and percentage outputs are preserved rather than flattened into one scalar.

Verified sources

Evidence and status sources

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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, page 114, Table AF.C23.1 | page 114, Table AF.C23.1

    Supports: The official TNFD sector guidance supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Plausibility checks for waste- or residue-based biofuel yields”.

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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).

  • Define the waste- or residue-based biofuel yields and volumes covered.
  • Describe the context-specific benchmarks used for plausibility checks.
  • Define a plausibility check and a red flag.
  • State how flagged volumes were classified as rejected, downgraded, reclassified, or reported to certification bodies.
  • State the denominator used for each percentage of flagged volumes.

Record-specific limitations

  • The disclosure records verification activity and treatment of flagged volumes; it does not by itself establish the sustainability, legality, or actual origin of biofuel feedstocks.
  • Comparability may be affected by the context-specific benchmarks applied and by differences in the definition of a check or red flag.

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.