Ecosystem Condition Protocol

The Ecosystem Condition Protocol (EC Protocol) aims to provide comprehensive guidance on measuring and accounting for ecosystem condition. It is currently under preparation and work under the Protocol will start later in 2024-2025.

The EC Protocol shall provide essential guidelines to corporates to easily report against key disclosure frameworks, such as the TNFD core disclosure metrics, the GRI 101 biodiversity standard, or the European standard ESRS E-4.

It shall enable companies to better understand their impacts, encourage positive impacts and reduce negative impacts on biodiversity.

Topics that could be addressed by the EC Protocol

Non-exhaustive list of topics that could be covered by the EC Protocol:

• Accounting and Reporting Principles
• Business Goals
• Setting Organisational Boundaries
• Setting Operational Boundaries
• Identifying Impacts on Ecosystem Condition
• Impact Drivers, Potential Impacts and Actual Impacts
• Measuring and Tracking Impacts on Ecosystem Condition over Time
• Calculating Ecosystem Condition Impacts in Practice
• Managing Impact Assessment Quality
• Accounting for Ecosystem Condition
• Reporting Impacts on Ecosystem Condition
• Verification of Impacts on Ecosystem Condition
• Setting Targets for Ecosystem Condition