The industry dependency and impact ratings have been derived from ENCOREs direct natural capital risk evaluation and the SBTN Sectoral Materiality Tool for Step 1a, respectively. Based on internal expertise WWF has adjusted these scores where necessary so as to fit into the context of the Biodiversity Risk Filter.

It should be noted, that the impact and dependency weights have been developed and adjusted to create meaningful risk assessments within the WWF BRF. Please do not use these weightings outside of the WWF BRF.  

This means that the tool only considers risks that may occur at a specific company site due to its industry and location. It does not take into account indirect (i.e., upstream or downstream) impacts and dependencies, such as risks that are caused by other company or supplier sites. For example: The impacts and dependency weightings for a food retail site do not take into account the biodiversity risks that may occur at the food production sites. These sites would need to be assessed independently as agricultural production sites.

To account for biodiversity risks along the value chain, the user is encouraged to upload all known upstream and downstream sites within a value chain – especially those of industries sectors with high impacts and dependencies – for a holistic assessment of biodiversity risk and to be able to prioritize actions accurately.