Traceable raw-material production, consumption and sourcing
Measurement answer
What this metric measures
Percentage of raw materials in the supply chain whose origin can be traced back to the initial point of extraction or production.
Specification
Metric specification
- Result format
- Single value
- Unit
- % — source-defined reporting unit
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period
- Aggregation
- Percentage of raw materials in the supply chain whose origin is traceable to the initial point of extraction or production.
- Pillar
- Environmental
- Topic
- Raw-material traceability
- Controlled domain
- Materials, circularity and waste
- Entity type
- Metric
Reporting boundary
Raw materials in the reporting organization's supply chain, including production, consumption and sourcing activities within the disclosed material and value-chain scope.
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 Recommendations
- 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, Annex 2, page 97, metric A22.3
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TNFD Recommendations
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- September 2023
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- Page 97, metric A22.3 | TNFD Recommendations, September 2023, Annex 2, page 97, metric A22.3
Value structure
Dimensions and units
- Unit
- % — source-defined reporting unit
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period
Unit meaning: Values use % under the disclosed TNFD Recommendations method, period, location and reporting boundary.
Table fields and units
- Raw-material type
- Supply-chain stage
- Initial extraction or production location
- Total raw-material quantity or applicable population
- Traceable raw-material quantity or applicable population
- Traceable share (%)
- Traceability method
- Scope limitations and exclusions
Published dimensions
- raw-material type
- supply-chain stage
- initial extraction or production location
- upstream value chain
- direct-versus-proxy traceability method
Calculation method
Formula information
- Status
- Specified
- Formula type
- Percentage
Formula
Traceable raw materials / total raw materials in the defined supply-chain population × 100Apply the source-defined TNFD Recommendations method only within the disclosed location, ecosystem and value-chain boundary. A22.3 defines a reportable percentage outcome with a clear traceability condition. It is an Annex 2 optional additional metric, not a core acceptance gate. The shortlisted apparel profile and ESRS facts are not the same percentage construct, boundary, value shape or method.
Variables
| Symbol | Variable | Definition | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
T | Traceable raw materials | Raw materials in the defined supply-chain population whose origin can be traced to the initial point of extraction or production. | same unit as M |
M | Total raw materials | Total raw materials in the defined supply-chain population. | same unit as T |
Verified sources
Evidence and status sources
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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, Annex 2, page 97, metric A22.3
Supports: The official TNFD Recommendations source supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Traceable raw-material production, consumption and sourcing”.
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Interpretation boundaries
Method disclosures required
Source-edition basis: Recommendations of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures, September 2023.
- Define the raw materials included in the numerator and denominator.
- Describe the evidence and traceability approach used to determine whether origin is traceable to the initial point of extraction or production.
- Disclose the supply-chain boundary, value-chain stages and any exclusions.
- Identify whether reported traceability is based on direct evidence or proxy methods.
Record-specific limitations
- The metric depends on the availability, quality and completeness of chain-of-custody or origin-traceability evidence.
- The reported percentage is not meaningful without disclosure of the raw-material population and supply-chain scope used as the denominator.
- Traceability to an initial location does not by itself demonstrate nature performance or absence of nature-related impacts.
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.