EFF-C-062 : Areas set aside for biodiversity
Effinature criterion · theme: Species and habitats
The Effinature criterion “Areas set aside for biodiversity” (EFF-C-062) belongs to the Species and habitats theme and applies to the EVO/NCO reference framework(s). It maps to 73 international provision(s), including strong matches with CSRD (ESRS-E4-3), GRI 101 (101-2), TNFD (Strategy D).
International correspondences (73)
| Framework | Provision | Relation | Confidence | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSRD | ESRS-E4-3 | Close match | High | Set-aside areas for biodiversity materialise the preservation/restoration action expected by E4-3. |
| GRI 101 | 101-2 | Close match | High | The setting-aside of areas for biodiversity falls under avoidance (avoid), the first level of the mitigation hierarchy of 101-2. |
| TNFD | Strategy D | Close match | Medium | The characterisation of ecological continuities and set-aside areas locates the site's sensitive/priority zones, aligned with the priority-location requirement. |
| TNFD | Strategy D | Close match | Medium | The characterisation of ecological continuities and set-aside areas locates the site's sensitive/priority zones, aligned with the priority-location requirement. |
| TNFD | C1.1 | Close match | Medium | Combating soil sealing, open ground and set-aside areas/EBS reflect land-use change and conserved/restored areas. |
| TNFD | C1.1 | Close match | Medium | Combating soil sealing, open ground and set-aside areas/EBS reflect land-use change and conserved/restored areas. |
| TNFD | RE.A1.1 | Exact match | High | Building greening, the native plant palette and the Biotope Area Factor directly measure the green spaces created and the share of native species of RE.A1.1. |
| TNFD | RE.A1.1 | Exact match | High | Building greening, the native plant palette and the Biotope Area Factor directly measure the green spaces created and the share of native species of RE.A1.1. |
| Taxonomie UE | 2.1-SC | Close match | High | Set-aside areas/EBS, the preservation of fauna and flora and ecological management plans implement habitat and species conservation/restoration measures. |
| Taxonomie UE | DNSH-BIO-SITE | Close match | Medium | The assessment of ecological continuities, habitat characterisation and set-aside areas identify and protect the site's sensitive zones and nearby areas. |
| SFDR | PAI-7 | Related match | Indicative (50%) | The setting-aside of areas for biodiversity contributes to not negatively affecting the sensitive areas, the objective of PAI 7. |
| CDP | 2.2 (Bio) | Close match | Medium | The delimitation of set-aside areas for biodiversity locates the important areas within the site. |
| CDP | 10.2 (Bio) | Close match | Medium | The creation of set-aside areas for biodiversity is a concrete action to implement commitments. |
| GRESB | GRESB-BI1-ENH | Close match | Medium (62%) | Sanctuarised biodiversity spaces are enhanced/restored areas dedicated to native species. |
| GBF | Target 1 | Narrow match | Medium | These requirements impose planning of land use, ecological continuities and areas reserved for biodiversity at the project/district scale, an operational translation of the biodiversity-friendly spatial planning targeted by the goal. |
| GBF | Target 2 | Narrow match | Medium | The creation of structured biodiversity areas, the restoration of living soils and the re-establishment of ecological continuities contribute to the rehabilitation and improvement of ecological integrity and connectivity at the site scale. |
| GBF | Target 12 | Narrow match | Medium | These requirements for the choice, planting, management and monitoring of plant heritage improve the quality and durability of urban green spaces, contributing more specifically to the target's objective. |
| NRL | Art. 1 | Broad match | Medium | These requirements (needs assessment, characterisation of habitats and continuities, set-aside and structured biodiversity area, final ecological assessment) are the operational translation, at the project scale, of the framework objective of durably re-establishing biodiversity and restoring degraded ecosystems. |
| NRL | Art. 4 | Narrow match | Medium | The set-aside of areas for biodiversity and the implementation/management of a Structured Biodiversity Area (EBS) constitute concrete measures to improve the ecological status of habitats at the site scale. |
| Habitats/Oiseaux | HAB-Art6.1 | Broad match | Medium (60%) | Set-aside areas for biodiversity constitute conservation zones dedicated to habitats and species, consistent with Natura 2000 conservation measures. |
| Habitats/Oiseaux | OIS-Art3 | Broad match | Medium (60%) | Set-aside areas for biodiversity provide refuge habitats for birdlife. |
| SNB 2030 | SNB-M03 | Close match | Medium | Set-aside areas for biodiversity provide accessible and preserved nature spaces. |
| SNB 2030 | SNB-M11 | Broad match | Medium | Set-aside areas protect restored ecosystems from any disturbance. |
| Loi biodiv 2016 | BIO-02 | Related match | Medium | Set-aside areas for biodiversity contribute to maintaining/increasing the site's ecological value, consistent with the no-net-loss objective. |
| Loi biodiv 2016 | BIO-05 | Related match | Low | ORE can legally perpetuate set-aside areas; the link is thematic (durable land-based protection of biodiversity) but the contractual instrument is not required by Effinature. |
| Code env. | L411-1 | Narrow match | Indicative (50%) | Set-aside areas for biodiversity remove habitats from harm, consistent with the protection of species' habitats. |
| Code env. | L122-1-ERC | Narrow match | Indicative (55%) | Set-aside areas for biodiversity make concrete the avoidance of impacts on habitats. |
| Code env. | L110-1-eviter | Narrow match | Indicative (50%) | Set-aside areas embody avoidance at source of harm to habitats. |
| Doctrine ERC | ERC-P2 | Close match | High | Set-aside areas for biodiversity materialise avoidance (removing high-stake footprints). |
| TVB | TVB-ORIENT-02 | Close match | High (85%) | Set-aside areas for biodiversity correspond, at project scale, to biodiversity reservoirs (preserved zones where fauna/flora complete their life cycle). |
| Pollinisateurs | A3.3 | Close match | High | The favourable management of large footprints and green spaces (brownfields, business parks) joins the setting-aside of areas dedicated to biodiversity. |
| Nomenclature ZAN | ZAN-NAT-9 | Related match | Medium | The preservation of a natural habitat (cat. 9, non-artificialised) is operationalised by the setting-aside of biodiversity areas (EFF-C-062); Effinature prescribes what the nomenclature merely qualifies. |
| HQE | HQE-BD-C1.2c | Close match | Medium | The preservation of spaces for living organisms in situ overlaps with the set-aside areas for biodiversity. |
| HQE | HQE-AMT-O7 | Related match | Low | The preservation/reconstruction of ecosystems overlaps with the set-aside areas for biodiversity. |
| UICN SfN | Critère 3 | Close match | High | The setting-aside of areas for biodiversity aims at a net benefit to the ecosystem's integrity, the central objective of criterion 3. |
| Labels complémentaires | LPO-01 | Close match | Medium (75%) | Setting-aside of areas for biodiversity, not harvested: common core with the absence of hunting/fishing. |
| ÉcoQuartier | Engagement 20 | Broad match | High | The ÉcoQuartier's preservation/restoration of plant biodiversity encompasses this Effinature requirement relating to flora, the plant palette, building greening and biodiversity areas. |
| BNG | BNG-05 | Close match | Medium (72%) | BNG's avoid-minimise-restore/create mitigation hierarchy corresponds to Effinature's preservation, prevention, set-aside and biodiversity-area creation measures applied throughout the operation. |
| BNG | BNG-06 | Close match | Medium (68%) | Prioritising the delivery of on-site gains (habitat creation and enhancement) corresponds to Effinature's implementation of a Structured Biodiversity Area (EBS), set-aside areas, building greening and shelters for fauna. |
| Crédits biodiv | BC-P06 | Close match | Medium (70%) | Set-aside areas target habitat-conservation objectives. |
| IFC PS6 | PS6-§7 | Close match | Medium (78%) | PS6's avoid-reduce-restore sequence corresponds to Effinature's preservation, prevention and set-aside measures applied throughout the operation. |
| IFC PS6 | PS6-§12 | Close match | Medium (70%) | Minimising biodiversity impacts in modified habitat corresponds to Effinature's measures for preserving existing plant and faunal heritage. |
| IFC PS6 | PS6-§15 | Close match | Medium (72%) | Mitigation measures in natural habitat (set-asides, corridors, restoration) correspond to Effinature's set-aside areas, EBS and ecological continuities. |
| ESS6 | ESS6-§9 | Close match | Medium (76%) | ESS6's avoid-reduce-restore sequence corresponds to Effinature's preservation, prevention and set-aside measures applied throughout the operation. |
| ESS6 | ESS6-§19-20 | Close match | Medium (70%) | Minimising biodiversity impacts in modified habitat (anthropised site of ecological value) corresponds to Effinature's measures for preserving existing plant and faunal heritage. |
| ESS6 | ESS6-§21-22 | Close match | Medium (60%) | Set-aside areas for biodiversity constitute a mitigation measure (set-aside) in natural habitat consistent with the logic of ESS6. |
| EP4 | EP-P2 | Close match | Medium (60%) | Principle 2's avoid-minimise-mitigate-offset sequence corresponds to Effinature's low-nuisance worksite, set-aside, fauna/flora preservation programmes and prevention measures. |
| EP4 | EP-DII-4 | Close match | Medium (72%) | Effinature's preservation of flora, sensitive ecosystems and the set-aside of areas for biodiversity (EBS) address the protection of habitats and ecosystems in Document II §4. |
| DGNB | ENV1-A | Close match | Medium | Both require a defined proportion of space dedicated / sanctuarised for biodiversity as habitat. |
| Green Star | GSB-NAT-SITE | Related match | Low | Protecting sites of high ecological value and no-net-loss echoes Effinature's sanctuarised biodiversity spaces, though Green Star protects existing value rather than mandating a sanctuary. |
| Green Star | GSDAB-LUE-ECOVALUE | Related match | Low | Excluding sites with endangered/vulnerable species relates to Effinature's spaces sanctuarised for biodiversity. |
| CASBEE | Q3.1 | Close match | Medium | Both require areas dedicated/set aside for biodiversity as habitat for wildlife. |
| Green Mark / CBI | GM-NATBIO | Related match | Medium | Set-aside areas for biodiversity strengthen native biodiversity, a Green Mark objective. |
| Green Mark / CBI | SI-01 | Related match | Medium | Effinature's set-aside areas for biodiversity are the project analogue of the natural spaces measured by indicator 1. |
| Green Mark / CBI | SI-08 | Close match | Medium | Set-aside areas for biodiversity = protected/secured areas at project scale, in the spirit of indicator 8. |
| Estidama | NS-R2 | Close match | Medium | Protection/setting-aside of the site's ecologically sensitive zones. |
| Estidama | NS-4 | Related match | Medium | Set-aside areas for biodiversity - preserved/restored habitats. |
| ISO 17620 | 7.3.6 | Narrow match | Medium (60%) | Set-aside areas for biodiversity constitute a design option favourable to the gain. |
| ISO 17620 | 7.3.7 | Related match | Indicative (45%) | Set-aside areas maintain existing biodiversity, limiting the time lag of gain. |
| ISO 17620 | 7.3.9 | Related match | Indicative (45%) | Set-aside areas create additional biodiversity value beyond the existing state. |
| ISO 17620 | 8.3 | Narrow match | Medium (62%) | Set-aside areas remove existing habitats from the impacts of the worksite. |
| ACT Biodiv | 9.3 | Narrow match | Indicative (55%) | Set-aside areas for biodiversity constitute a voluntary restoration/preservation action sustained over time on the site. |
| BREEAM LE | LE04 | Close match | High (80%) | Set-aside areas for biodiversity increase the site's ecological value. |
| BREEAM Communities | SE 11 | Related match | Indicative (40%) | Set-aside areas for biodiversity are part of the district's green infrastructure. |
| BREEAM Communities | LE 04 | Related match | Indicative (40%) | Set-aside areas for biodiversity contribute to the improvement of ecological value. |
| LEED | AÉS Crédit : Aménagement du site : protéger ou restaurer les habitats | Close match | High (85%) | Preserving 40% of the undeveloped sector from any development corresponds to Effinature's set-aside areas for biodiversity. |
| LEED | ET Crédit : Protection de terres sensibles | Close match | Medium (75%) | Avoiding the development of ecologically sensitive land to protect habitats overlaps with Effinature's setting-aside of areas for biodiversity. |
| SITES | Context P1.3 | Related match | Indicative (45%) | Preserved aquatic buffer zones = set-aside areas for biodiversity. |
| SITES | Pre-Design P2.3 | Related match | Medium (60%) | Vegetation and soil protection zones = set-aside areas for biodiversity. |
| LEED-ND | SLL-P2 | Related match | Indicative (45%) | Set-aside areas for biodiversity (EFF-C-062) - the LEED prerequisite sets aside the habitats of imperilled species. |
| LEED-ND | SLL-C5 | Close match | Medium (60%) | Site Design for Habitat conserves and sets aside significant habitat via buffer zones - corresponds to the Set-aside Areas (EFF-C-062). |
| LEED-ND | SLL-P3 | Related match | Indicative (40%) | Set-aside areas (EFF-C-062) - wetlands and buffers undisturbed and protected for conservation. |
| ARB IdF | IND-06 | Close match | High | The set-aside of areas for biodiversity aims to conserve the existing nature identified by the expertise. |
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- Publisher : IRICE (groupe NORMAXIS)
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- Dataset version : 9.1
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