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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 respects the rights of legitimate tenure holders when acquiring, leasing or using land, paying particular attention to vulnerable tenure rights holders.

Rationale: When companies seek to acquire or lease land for their business activities, this can lead to relocation and loss of shelter or livelihoods for communities or individual households (IFC, 2012b). In countries where national governance and land administration are weak, local and indigenous communities are more exposed to rights violations and displacement (WRI, 2017).