• Driver of nature change: Land/freshwater/ ocean-use change

    Extent of land/freshwater/ ocean-use change (C1.1)

    Extent of land/freshwater/ocean ecosystem use change (km2) by:

    • Type of ecosystem;76 and
    • Type of business activity.

    Land-use change to report under the core global disclosure metric includes:

    • Conversion of primary forests, naturally regenerated secondary forests and any other areas of high biodiversity value/carbon stock that are not currently managed for productive purposes regardless of the future forest management plans (e.g. conversion of primary forests into plantation forests or other non-forest land- uses).
    For the purposes of the core global disclosure metric:

    • Extent of land-use change should be measured relative to the land cover type present at an established cut-off date (no later than 2020);
    • Business activity refers to core business activities/ stages of the value chain. A forest sector company should follow the same approach as defined in the Forest Sector Group (FSG) Nature Positive Roadmap: forest production, processing and manufacturing, downstream; and
    • An organisation may provide information additional to the Replace with Global Ecosystem Typology (GET) to define the type of ecosystem, such as regional or local classifications.

    FSC (2023); Afi (2019); WBCSD- FSG (2021)

    76 When disclosing on ecosystem types, refer to the International Union for Conservation of Nature Global Ecosystem Typology.

    OBJECTIVE 11. AVOID CONTROVERSIAL SOURCES

    Performance Measure 11.1. The Certified Organization shall have a process to access and collect information regarding the sources of its procured fiber.

    Performance Measure 11.2. The Certified Organization shall individually and/or through cooperative efforts involving SFI Implementation Committee(s) have a process to conduct a risk assessment.

    Performance Measure 11.3. The Certified Organization shall have a process to assess substantiated concerns.

    Performance Measure 11.4. The Certified Organization shall have a process to mitigate the risk of sourcing controversial fiber from high-risk areas.

    Performance Measure 11.5. The Certified Organization shall have a process to avoid controversial sources.

  • Driver of nature change: Land/freshwater/ocean-use change

    Extent of land/freshwater/ ocean-use change (C1.1)

    Extent of land/freshwater/ocean ecosystem conserved or restored (km2), split into:

    • Voluntary; and
    • Required by statutes or regulations.

    For the purposes of the core global disclosure metric, an organisation should report:

    • Land conserved and restored separately if data are available.

    If applicable, an organisation should describe its long-term (3+ years) efforts in context-based landscape management approaches focused on fire prevention, watershed stewardship, enhancing biodiversity and/ or ecosystems services. This should refer to initiatives engaging land tenants and other stakeholders at a landscape level.

    WBCSD- FSG (2021)

    OBJECTIVE 1. BIODIVERSITY IN FIBER SOURCING

    OBJECTIVE 2. ADHERENCE TO BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

    OBJECTIVE 7. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND LANDOWNER OUTREACH

    Performance Measure 1.2. Promotion and conservation of Forests with Exceptional Conservation Value.

    Indicator 1. Certified Organizations shall conduct an assessment, individually and/or through cooperative efforts involving SFI Implementation Committees, of Forests with Exceptional Conservation Value, defined as critically imperiled and imperiled species and ecological communities, within their wood and fiber supply area(s) and make the summary of the assessment available to wood producers.

    Indicator 2. Program to address Forests with Exceptional Conservation Value (critically imperiled and imperiled species and ecological communities) for all harvest operations through fiber sourcing activities such as: a. use of qualified logging professionals, certified logging companies (where available), and qualified resource professionals; or b. training program for qualified logging professionals on how to recognize and protect Forests with Exceptional Conservation Value; or c. through in-the-forest verification by certified logging companies; or d. forest landowner outreach; or e. SFI Implementation Committee involvement in the assessment of Forests with Exceptional Conservation Value, and development of recommendations for conservation.

    Indicator 3. Certified Organizations shall conduct and incorporate the results of a Forests with Exceptional Conservation Value (critically imperiled and imperiled species and ecological communities) assessment to promote conservation of Forests with Exceptional Conservation Value for purchased stumpage.

    Performance Measure 2.1. Certified Organizations shall clearly define and implement policies to ensure that facility inventories and fiber sourcing activities do not compromise adherence to the principles of sustainable forestry.

    Performance Measure 2.2. Certified Organizations shall, individually or through cooperative efforts monitor the use of best management practices relative to scale.

    Performance Measure 7.1. Certified Organizations shall support and promote efforts by consulting foresters, state, provincial and federal agencies, state or local groups, professional societies, conservation organizations, Indigenous Peoples and governments, community groups, sporting organizations, labor, universities, extension agencies, the American Tree Farm System® and/or other landowner cooperative programs to apply principles of sustainable forest management.

    Indicator 2. Support individually or and/or through cooperative efforts involving SFI Implementation Committees, education and outreach to forest landowners describing the importance of and providing implementation guidance on: a. best management practices; b. reforestation and afforestation; c. visual quality management; d. conservation objectives, such as of critical wildlife habitat elements, biodiversity, threatened and endangered species, and Forests with Exceptional Conservation Value; e. management of harvest residue (e.g., slash, limbs, tops) considers economic, social, environmental factors (e.g., organic and nutrient value to future forests) and other utilization needs; f. control of invasive species; g. characteristics of special sites; h. reduction of wildfire risk; i. use of qualified logging professionals, qualified resource professionals and/or certified logging companies; j. awareness of SFI, and k. reporting of inconsistent practices.

  • Driver of nature change: Land/freshwater/ ocean-use change

    Extent of land/freshwater/ ocean-use change (C1.1)

    Extent of land/freshwater/ocean ecosystem that is sustainably managed (km2) by:

    • Type of ecosystem; and
    • Type of business activity.

    This metric applies only to land owned/managed/ leased by the organisation.

    For the purposes of the core global disclosure metric:

    • Sustainably managed refers to the UN FAO definition of sustainable forest management (see glossary);
    • An organisation may provide information additional to the GET to define the type of ecosystem, such as regional or local classifications;
    • An organisation should provide additional detail on the type of forest, where applicable (e.g. semi-natural forests); and
    • Business activity refers to core business activities/stages of the value chain. A forest sector company should follow the same approach as defined in the FSG Nature Positive Roadmap: forest production, processing and manufacturing, downstream.

    WBCSD- FSG (2021)

    77 When disclosing on ecosystem types, refer to the International Union for Conservation of Nature Global Ecosystem Typology.

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