The WBA Nature Benchmark measures and ranks the world's most influential companies on their efforts to protect the environment and its biodiversity, tracking how companies are reducing their negative impacts on nature and contributing to the protection and restoration of ecosystems, aligned with the goals of the Global Biodiversity Framework. The 2026 edition assessed 750 companies across multiple sectors including agro-food, forestry, building, tourism and the blue economy. The benchmark is developed in close collaboration with an Expert Review Committee and partners including GRI, SBTN, and TNFD, with a methodology designed to incentivise companies to understand where nature-related risks are highest and act to halt damaging trends, while keeping human rights and social impacts at its core.
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Since the 1980s, plastic pollution has increased tenfold (IPBES, 2018). Projections indicate
that global plastic production will double by 2050, with approximately 8 million tonnes entering
marine environments annually (UNEP, BRS Conventions and Minamata Convention, 2021). Notably,
around 50% of all plastic produced is designed for single-use purposes, contributing significantly to
this escalating issue. There is an urgent need for companies to adopt and disclose comprehensive
plastic management strategies to reduce their plastic use.The company must report on:
Total weight of plastic usage, and
% of renewable or recycled plastic, such as: the % of virgin fossil-based content, the % of renewable content (from renewable biological sources), or the % of recycled content.
Additionally, companies that produce plastics must also report on plastic production.
If the company does not report on its total weight of plastic used, it must at the very least report on the most material uses of plastic. If the company is not explicit about what its most material uses of plastic are, use the attached table for reference.
The company must report on categories classified as Moderate **and** High materiality for the industry, based on the [CDP Plastics Sector Guidance](https://cdn.cdp.net/cdp-production/comfy/cms/files/files/000/009/314/original/CDP_Plastics_sector_relevance_2024.pdf).
In the case of industries for which both categories are classified of Low materiality, they must report on either of them. If a company does not report on plastic use but explicitly states it does not use plastic in their products or packaging, they may get a Met for this element. This will be analysed on a case-by-case basis.