Materiality screening
Materiality screening for nature, in minutes
Start with a science-based view of which activities and pressures are likely material, using the dataset behind SBTN’s own Materiality Screening Tool.
What screening tells you
The SBTN Materiality Screening Tool was developed for SBTN to facilitate an initial materiality screening that companies could use to determine which economic activities and pressures likely require science-based targets for nature.
For each ISIC group and production process, it gives a pressure score (3–9) and a materiality rating for 12 pressure categories. Anything rated material moves on to a value chain assessment (SBTN Step 1b).
Twelve pressures, five drivers of nature loss
Pressure categories are based on ENCORE and grouped into the five direct drivers of nature loss defined by IPBES. Five are in scope for SBTN v1.
Land/Water/Sea Use Change
Terrestrial ecosystem use
Threshold 8 · In SBTN v1 scope
Freshwater ecosystem use
Threshold 8 · Encouraged
Marine ecosystem use
Threshold 8 · Encouraged
Resource exploitation
Water use
Threshold 8 · In SBTN v1 scope
Other resource use
Threshold 8 · Encouraged
Climate Change
GHG emissions
Threshold 9 · In SBTN v1 scope
Pollution
Non-GHG air pollutants
Threshold 7 · Encouraged
Water pollutants
Threshold 7 · In SBTN v1 scope
Soil pollutants
Threshold 6 · In SBTN v1 scope
Solid waste
Threshold 7 · Encouraged
Invasives and Other
Disturbances
Threshold 7 · Encouraged
Biological alterations/interferences
Threshold 6 · Encouraged
Source: SBTN Materiality Screening Tool v1 (May 2023), UNEP-WCMC, BCG and SBTN; pressure categories based on ENCORE.
Try it free: our open-source screening tool
In August 2023 EcoLynx released a free, open-source version of the SBTN Materiality Screening Tool to help companies get started with the framework and perform an initial assessment that corresponds to Step 1a of the SBTN methodology.
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