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

    Total spatial footprint (C1.0)

    Total spatial footprint (km2) (sum of):

    • Total surface area controlled/ managed by the organisation, where the organisation has control (km2);
    • Total disturbed area (km2); and
    • Total rehabilitated/restored area (km2).

    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.

    No further guidance.

    OBJECTIVE 1. FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANNING

    Performance Measure 1.1. Certified Organizations shall ensure that forest management plans include long-term harvest levels that are sustainable and consistent with appropriate growth-and-yield models.

    Indicator 1. Forest management planning at a level appropriate to the size and scale of the operation, including: b. a periodic or ongoing forest inventory; c. a land classification system; e. soils inventory and maps, where available; g. up-to-date maps or a geographic information system (GIS);

    Performance Measure 1.2. Certified Organizations shall not convert one forest cover type to another forest cover type unless an assessment has been conducted to determine ecological impacts and provide appropriate justification.

    Indicator 1. Certified Organizations shall not convert one forest cover type to another forest cover type, unless the conversion: a. does not convert native forest cover types that are rare, ecologically important, or that put any native forest cover types at risk of becoming rare; and

    b. does not create significant adverse impacts on Forests with Exceptional Conservation Value, old growth forests, forest critical to threatened and endangered species, or special sites or ecologically important non-forest eco-systems; and c. includes objectives for long-term outcomes that support maintaining native forest cover types and ecological function; and d. is in compliance with relevant national and regional policy and legislation related to land use and forest management.

    Indicator 2. A proposed conversion deemed appropriate per 1.2.1, and which has considered impacts relative to scale, may be implemented subject to a landscape assessment that considers: a. a response to address forest health issues such as pests or pathogens, or proactive consideration of anticipated impacts of fire or climate change, reforestation challenges, or riparian protection needs, provided that such justification is supported by the best scientific information. b. site productivity, economics, and/or stand quality. c. ecological impacts of the conversion at the site and landscape scale, as well as consideration for any appropriate mitigation measures; and d. appropriate consultation with local communities, Indigenous Peoples, and other stakeholders who could be affected by such activities.

    Performance Measure 1.3. Certified Organizations shall not have within the scope of their certification to this SFI Standard, forest lands that have been converted to non-forest land use.

    Indicator 1. Forest lands converted to other land uses shall not be certified to this SFI standard. This does not apply to forest lands used for forest and wildlife management such as wildlife food plots or infrastructure such as forest roads, log processing areas, trails, etc.