Industries
Every industry depends on nature
Each guide combines real screening data from the SBTN Materiality Screening Tool with an overview of typical hotspots and the frameworks to prioritise.
Food & agriculture
Agriculture is the largest driver of land-use change and a major source of nutrient pollution, and it depends directly on soil, water and pollinators.
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Forest products & paper
Forest-based industries depend on healthy, productive forests, and how forests are managed shapes habitats for countless species.
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Apparel & textiles
From cotton fields to dye houses, the textile value chain uses large amounts of land, water and chemicals, much of it far upstream.
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Construction & real estate
Buildings and infrastructure permanently change land. Materials such as cement, steel, sand and timber carry their own nature footprint.
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Mining & metals
Extractive activities register material pressures across almost every pressure category in the SBTN screening data.
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Energy & utilities
The energy transition is essential for nature, but renewable infrastructure also needs land, water and careful siting.
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Financial institutions
For financial institutions, the material nature footprint sits in the portfolio: the companies and projects they finance, insure and invest in.
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Consumer goods & retail
Retailers and brands sit at the end of long value chains. Most of their nature footprint lies upstream, in the products they sell.
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About the data
Statistics on each page are calculated from the public SBTN Materiality Screening Tool v1 dataset (UNEP-WCMC, BCG and SBTN, May 2023). They show sector-level potential materiality for direct operations, not company-specific results. See limitations.
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