Measuring Performance, Powering Sustainability
LandScale drives improvements at scale by enabling the private sector, governments, and civil society to generate and communicate reliable information about landscape sustainability.
A Structured, Practical Approach
The result of two years of field-testing and extensive consultation, LandScale’s assessment framework is both practical and credible. It aligns with key Environmental, Social, and Governance frameworks and with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
A Common Language for Landscape Sustainability
The assessment framework provides a holistic set of performance indicators that resonate with a wide variety of stakeholders. Organized into four pillars, it’s designed to be globally relevant, yet it can also be tailored to different landscapes and stakeholders. Read the full framework here.
- Core Indicators (required)
- Optional Indicators
- Landscape-Dependent Indicators
- Effective conservation and protection of natural ecosystems
- Natural ecosystem conversion
- Natural ecosystem degradation
- Ecosystem restoration
- Natural ecosystem connectivity
- Threats to species
- Biodiversity habitat conversion
- Biodiversity habitat degradation
- Biodiversity habitat restoration
- Biodiversity habitat protection
- Water quantity
- Water quality
- Agriculture, forestry, and other land land use (AFOLU) sector GHG sources and sinks
- Other ecosystem services
- Land tenure
- Land conflicts
- Resources tenure
- Land use plan adoption and enforcement
- Coordination of government agencies in land-use policy, planning, and management
- Stakeholder participation and inclusion in land-use policy, planning, and management
- Illegality and corruption related to land and resources
- Climate change vulnerability and adaptation
- Household income and assets
- Health and nutrition
- Education
- Water, sanitation, and hygiene
- Basic infrastructure
- Vulnerability
- Child labor
- Women's rights
- Indigenous peoples' rights and other marginalized groups' rights
- Forced labor
- Worker’s rights
- Other human rights
- Agricultural, agroforestry, and tree plantation productivity
- Input use efficiency in agricultural, agroforestry, and tree production systems
- Adoption of sustainable land management practices
- Adoption of sustainable waste management practices
- User-defined indicator(s)
Tailor the Framework to Meet Your Needs
The framework and platform can be customized to meet your needs by adding custom goals, indicators, and metrics. Please contact the LandScale team to discuss your needs.