• 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.