NAT.B06.EC Ecosystem Restoration Time-Bound Targets
About the data
This metric was designed by The World Benchmarking Alliance, more information can be found here. Sources and Alignments for each indicator can be found here as well as the scoring guidelines here
The World Benchmarking Alliance's Nature Benchmark measures and ranks the world's most influential companies on their efforts to protect our environment and its biodiversity.
This metric relates to the Indicator: The company demonstrates restoration activities in its value chain across all relevant ecosystems.
Rationale: The UN has declared the ten years to 2030 the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration – a rallying call for the protection and restoration of ecosystems for the benefit of both people and nature. This indicator aligns with the SBTN interim targets on ensuring that a proportion of natural or semi-natural habitats are retained or regenerated in working lands from 2020, and areas under restoration in all ecosystems are increased.
Methodology
WBA analysed all publicly available group-level disclosure in English on the applicable group website, which was predominantly annual reports and sustainability reports. Draft assessments were then sent to each company inviting them to provide feedback. This feedback could include additional publicly available group disclosure published. These were then reviewed and finalised. Final assessments were then shared with each company before being published online.
For this metric not differentiating between targets in this iteration though should be following existing commitment framework as outlined in part a).
Examples of targets could include:
• Land use change, specifically deforestation and conversion, using the Accountability Framework Initiative • Resource exploitation, for example specifically water quantity and quality, using contextual targets for water • Bonn Challenge commitments exist in many countries and aim to have 350 million hectares of degraded land under restoration by 2030.
• Ecosystem integrity, specifically on working lands using regenerative agricultural practices in line with the European Commission.