World Benchmarking Alliance+NAT.B12.EF Plastic Use and Waste Reduction Evidence Upstream+About

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 Indicator: The company reduces plastic use and waste across the most material parts of its value chain. 

Rationale:Since the 1980s, plastic pollution is estimated to have increased tenfold (IPBES, 2018). Estimates suggest that global plastic production will double by 2050, of which approximately 8 million tonnes will end up as marine debris (UNEP, BRS Conventions and Minamata Convention, 2021). The debris breaks into microplastics that are then ingested by marine organisms, leading to toxic effects on their feeding, growth and reproductive patterns. Due to plastic’s prolonged negative impact on ecosystems and biodiversity, this indicator focuses on reducing plastic use and waste from the private sector through globally applicable commitments and targets.