About the data
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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Methodology
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.Companies must either:
Disclose progress against the targets in element (b); only accepted if the target is timebound and measurable as specified by the requirements in element (b), or:
If there is no target, the company must disclose three years in a row with continuous, absolute improvements on the topics assessed in element (a).
Aligned with element (a) this is unmet if the progress:
Are based on financial metrics (e.g. sales)
Only include single product lines, or only regarding part of its operations (e.g. specific sites)
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.Companies must either:
Disclose progress against the targets in element (b); only accepted if the target is timebound and measurable as specified by the requirements in element (b), or:
If there is no target, the company must disclose three years in a row with continuous, absolute improvements on the topics assessed in element (a).
Aligned with element (a) this is unmet if the progress:
Are based on financial metrics (e.g. sales)
Only include single product lines, or only regarding part of its operations (e.g. specific sites)
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