Company Response options for the first release of SBTs for N

Step 3 Freshwater v1: Measure, Set & Disclose and Step 3 Land v0.3: Measure, Set & Disc
Overview
These spreadsheets summarize the response options, or actions taken in support of Step 3 target setting methods, for the first rele
nature. The contents of these spreadsheets are subject to updates per SBTN methods revisions and versioning.

These spreadsheets are meant to complement, but not replace the methods. This content can also be found in the appendices of S
methods.

Disclaimers on use This guidance is intended for use to assist companies in preparing to set science-based targets f

Lead authors
Amelia Meyer, WWF (Land and Freshwater), Hannah Baleta, Pacific Institute (Freshwater), Gregg Brill, Pacific Institute (Fresh

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citations can be found in the methods documents for reference. All references, data, and tools within the methods should be cited
and conditions.

Last updated: May 2023

 e first release of SBTs for Nature
Step 3 Land v0.3: Measure, Set & Disclose

upport of Step 3 target setting methods, for the first release of science-based targets for
TN methods revisions and versioning.

s. This content can also be found in the appendices of Step 3 Land and Freshwater

mpanies in preparing to set science-based targets for nature and is provided in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Com

titute (Freshwater), Gregg Brill, Pacific Institute (Freshwater), Craig Beatty, WWF (Land)

ublication or analysis involving the SBTN methods in any derived form or format. These
nces, data, and tools within the methods should be cited according to their respective terms
 Overview text to the freshwater response options: This is a non-exhaustive list of possible response options companies may c
for land too for example. It is important to note that collective action for water stewardship is strongly advised as a means
tackled on a company-by-company basis. The Alliance for Water Stewardship Standard is a useful resource to
Freshwater Quantity Freshwater Quality No Conversion of Land Footprint Reduction
(Target Benefit) (Target Benefit) Natural Ecosystems (Target Benefit)
ponse options companies may consider in their attempt to meet the science-based targets they have set. Many response options have co-
p is strongly advised as a means to engage proactively in partnerships and landscape-level initiatives. This is because there are likely to be
Standard is a useful resource to support companies in organising their Water Stewardship Plans that take into account response options th
Landscape Engagement SBTi Climate FLAG
(Target Benefit) (Target Benefit)
mpt to meet the science-based targets they have set. Many response options have co-benefits not only in terms of water quality and quan
ely in partnerships and landscape-level initiatives. This is because there are likely to be freshwater-related challenges that cannot be effecti
in organising their Water Stewardship Plans that take into account response options that will help achieve science-based targets.
Freshwater Response Option Avoid, Reduce, Regenerate,
Use of recycled water such that a facility does not need to withdraw Restore, Transform (AR3T)
water and has no net water consumption. Avoid

Use of treatment effluent and other non-potable water supplies such

that a facility does not need to use potable water for production and
operations. Avoid

Avoid further water use through efficient use of water through Avoid
behavior and technology.
Avoid withdrawals from sensitive ecosystems and limited sources (incl. Avoid
groundwater)
Avoid runoff and erosion by building green (vegetation) or grey
(barrier) infrastructure along waterways and in the watershed to avoid,
reduce or slow down overland flow and erosion Avoid

Avoid habitat conversion to reduce erosion, preserve the watershed Avoid

ability
Eliminateto store,
use oftreat and deliver
hazardous water, and reduce impact to terrestrial
chemicals Avoid
Zero liquid discharge of wastewater to the environment Avoid
Installation of (or upgrade to existing) wastewater treatment facilities Reduce
to reduce
Reduce pollutant
water loading or future) through efficient use of water
use (existing Reduce
because of behavior
Reduce water-intensive andproduction
technologycomponents
changes Reduce
Reduce hard surfaces and/or create pervious surfaces to limit surface Reduce
runoff
Reduceand associated
point erosion within
source pollution thesurface
affecting watershed
and groundwater Reduce
sources
Reduce nutrient runoff by promoting/adopting agricultural best Reduce
management
Rehabilitationpractices
of degraded(BMPs)
landsuch asinregenerative
cover catchments,agriculture
to increase Regenerate/Restore
infiltration (quantity) and reduce pollutant runoff
Restoring and managing wetlands and other aquatic habitats to (quality) Regenerate/Restore
improve
Remediate water quality andland/water
contaminated quantity in order to restore ecosystem Regenerate/Restore
function
Plant/restore native vegetation to improve water quality and quantity Regenerate/Restore
in watersheds
Remove or along riparian/wetland
alien vegetation buffers
and aggressive indigenous plant species Regenerate/Restore
Restore soil health across different degraded habitats Regenerate/Restore
Recharge aquifers and groundwater sources through solutions such as Regenerate/Restore
Managed
Restore flow Aquifer
regimeRecharge (MAR) hydrologic connection (e.g. removing
/ re-establish Regenerate/Restore
hard structures
Implement and barriers
regenerative such as to
agriculture dams and levy's,
regenerate re-operation of
degraded
existing dams to better align with natural flow regime, rewetting Regenerate/Restore
agricultural
Construct landscapes
treatment wetlands
wetlands and floodplains, etc.)or algal filters to meet water quality and Regenerate/Restore
quantity
Transform objectives
urban landscapes to include created waterscapes (e.g., Transform
ponds, rivers,
Creating policies wetlands etc.) that bring about a positive change in
and guidance Transform
water quantity or quality
Transform/replace in a company
unsustainable andand
products its impact on and
practices the watershed
expand Transform
sustainable product lines
Influence designer behavior e.g. reduce water use or reduce nonpoint Transform
source pollution when consuming your products
n terms of water quality and quantity but
d challenges that cannot be effectively
ve science-based targets.
Key:
Direct

Indirect

Unknown
 TARGET BENEFITS
No Conversion of Natural Land Footprint Reduction Landscape Engagement Freshwater Quantity
Ecosystems
This is a non-exhaustive list of possible response options companies may consider in their efforts to meet the Land SBTs they h
framework and should be implemented in that order to achieve progress on your targets in the most efficient way according t
impacts on nature and how best to reach your company specific targets. This list will be expanded over time to align with the
Freshwater Quality SBTi Climate FLAG
 ts to meet the Land SBTs they have set. Many response options have benefits across land, freshwater, and climate targets. These actions a
most efficient way according to what nature needs. These response options should be put together and packaged into an action plan tha
ded over time to align with the latest targets, science, tools, and data collected.
Response Option Avoid, Reduce,
Regenerate, Restore,
Transform (AR3T)
classification

Avoid pollution, effluents, and runoff, including acidification

Avoid
Avoid illegal logging through monitoring/patrolling and regulating forest use of all
timber and non-timber products
Avoid
Manage invasive alien species (IAS)/species encroachment through practice and
multiple policy instruments (e.g. monitor silvicultural interventions, remove aggressive
Indigenous species, remove invasives)
Avoid
Achieve zero conversion of natural lands in direct operations and supply chains Avoid
Protect Critical Natural Habitat and areas of High Conservation Value Avoid
Commodity production is not implemented on newly converted natural ecosystems or
Core Natural Lands (especially avoid global and regional land conversion-driving
commodities in Annex 1a)
Avoid
New operations, landfills, or recycling facilities are not implemented in or adjacent to
newly converted natural ecosystems or Core Natural Lands
Avoid
Avoid persistent organic pollutants and chemicals with demonstrated negative impacts
on biodiversity including harmful chemicals and hazardous substances
Avoid
Support reduced impact logging (RIL) with different techniques
Reduce
Reduce impact through conservation-agriculture practices Reduce
Increase food productivity and close the gap between actual and potential yield (e.g.
shade-cover system, forage improvement, improve technology and tools)
Reduce
Use land, fertilizers, and pesticides more efficiently in agriculture (e.g. minimize use of
chemical-based pesticides and fertilizers)
Reduce
Reduce agricultural land footprint in direct operations and supply chains Reduce
Improve sustainable forest management (e.g. enrichment planting, acahuales,
diversified vertical forest structure and age composition, seasonal planning, continuous
cover forestry, high-stumps, retention trees, maintenance of decaying wood,
silviculture, social forestry, sustainable woodlands, mature forest, natural forest,
secondary forest, improved woodlots)
Reduce
Improve cropland management (e.g. brush control, crop residue management, Reduce
contouring, coverland
Improve grazing crops, ground cover
management (e.g.management, improvedprescribed
tree range plantings, fallow, re-vegetation)
grazing) Reduce
Improve livestock management (e.g. agropastoral, agro-silvopastoral, silvopasture, Reduce
natural
Reduce pasture, perennial
disturbances (e.g., pastures andvibration)
light, noise, grains, silvopasture intensification,
from operations alterative
on surrounding
feed)
environment (e.g., installation of silencers)
Reduce
Monitor risks in regions of resource extraction and minimize resource exploitation of
over extracted, threatened, or CITES listed species
Reduce
Reduce off-site impacts of food and nonfood production (e.g. consolidate shipments
and suppliers, ensure proper waste disposal, safe disposal of hazardous waste, food
storage transformation)
Reduce
Improve distribution and transport (e.g. localizing food systems, optimizing road
network to avoid pressures on Core Natural Lands) Reduce
Reduce food waste (post-harvest, along production and supply chains, customer, and Reduce
retailer
Implementlevels)
water-efficient agricultural practices (e.g. minimize use of water-intensive
species in water stressed areas, reduce water use in nurseries, upgraded irrigation
system, rainwater harvesting, contour farming, terracing, managed drainage, protect
groundwater and surface water, reestablish hydrologic connection)

Reduce
Implement fire management practices (e.g., prescribed burns) Reduce
Reduce soil erosion through sustainable practices (e.g. plant vegetation buffers,
conservation tillage, no-till, strip tillage, progressive or radical terraces)
Reduce
Implement agroforestry (e.g. rainfed, cereal-dominated, hinterland, shade-grown
coffee, flood plain, improved Milpa, irrigation, perennial crops with trees, Quesungual
system, staple grains alley farming)
Reduce
Prevent/reduce soil compaction and/or salinization Reduce
Avoid establishing new water-intensive operations in water stressed areas. Protect,
create, restore and reduce conversion of watersheds and coastal wetlands for habitat
conservation, clean water supply and stormwater control (e.g. coastal green belt)

Avoid & Restore

Avoid conversion and implement restoration of peatlands
Avoid & Restore
Promote, implement, and improve agricultural certification schemes including organic
agriculture (e.g. RTRS, RSPO, organic cotton standards) Reduce & Transform
Promote and improve forest certification schemes (e.g. FSC, deforestation and
conversion free; sector, supply chains, places and commodities)
Reduce &Transform
Encourage and invest in a circular economy (e.g., paper sludge for bioenergy and
fertilizer producers, paper fibers and fillers for the brick industry)
Reduce & Transform
Increase soil organic carbon content (e.g. organic matter input through harvesting
residues, biochar)
Regenerate
Expand and enhance sustainable intensification on agricultural lands (e.g. mixed crop- Regenerate
livestock production
Improve soil models)
health (e.g. stabilize substrates, soil conservation, rice straw management,
fertility management, mulching)
Regenerate
Regenerate existing plantations with sustainable practices (e.g. annual crops,
agroforests, commercial trees, bamboo, enrichment strips, open field, renewal coffee,
perennial crops and trees, extended rotation system, and timber outside of livestock
areas) Regenerate
Improve ecological productivity in working lands in line with landscape scale objectives
and stakeholder needs (e.g. ecological agriculture, silvopasture, agroforestry, boarder
plantings, ecological corridors)
Regenerate
Switch emphasis of food production towards enhancing working lands (e.g. organic Regenerate
agriculture, sustainable
Ecosystem and/or production,
landscape sustainable
restoration rate ofregeneration,
(e.g. natural harvest, regenerative
habitat
agriculture)
fragmentation, native vegetation, pollinator habitat)
Restore
 Restoration of biodiversity and ecosystem conservation (e.g. protective forests, trees
along roads, buffer zones, wildlife corridors)
Restore
Support forest landscape restoration (e.g. reforestation, afforestation, rehabilitation, Restore
remediation of past conversion)
Restore and establish riparian buffers (e.g. streamside management, buffer zones, Restore
floodplain habitats)
Restore wetlands (sensu Ramsar definition includes rivers, lakes, floodplains, coastal Restore
areas,
Supportand
theothers)
ecological restoration of deforested and degraded land ((e.g. degraded
natural lands (e.g. grasslands), quarries, decommissioned mills and other infrastructure,
edge effects, pollution and toxics remediation and treatment))
Restore
Stewardship for the provision of multiple benefits (e.g. improved land and economic
and livelihood activity management)
Transform
Reward sustainable land management practices Transform
Leverage supply chains to transform productive systems in line with science-based Transform
targets
Championfor nature
nature positive policies
Transform
Implement practices using a place-based project as part of a jurisdictional approach Transform
Reform subsidy systems Transform
Advocate for integrated production systems, inter-sectoral coordination and Transform
cooperation
Establish land-use zoning, community mapping, spatial and environmental integrated Transform
landscape planning, decentralization
Establish community and co-management of land resources
forests and gardens Transform
Implement actions aimed at improving access to markets for inputs, outputs, and Transform
financial services
Participate in agricultural conservation easement programs Transform
Advocate for and implement risk sharing and transfer mechanisms Transform
Support local community rights and social safeguards (e.g. collective action pathways,
respect of customary land tenure, access and ownership, and/or social protection and
adaptive safety nets)
Transform
Adopt weather and health insurance
Transform
Improve policies relating to Payments for Ecosystem Services and Reducing Emissions
from Deforestation and Degradation, esp. to encourage multifunctional land
management (e.g. payment for enrichment plantings)
Transform
Introduce environmental incentive structures (e.g. provide financial material or in-kind Transform
support
Develop for
andlandscape restoration)
apply methods that measure farm output in terms that are more than just Transform
yield per area, but include nutritional value and
Encourage dietary transformations (towards wider values
plant-based, in terms of
whole-food both costs to
diets)
the environment and society and benefits of a healthy landscape Transform
se options have benefits across land, freshwater, and climate targets. These actions are organized according to the ARRRT
These response options should be put together and packaged into an action plan that directly addresses your companies
tools, and data collected.
Key:

Direct

Indirect

Unknown