This joint position paper is the third in a series of collective positions from the landscape and jurisdictional practitioner community that aim to provide companies and the organisations that support them with accessible and consistent guidance for effective investment and action in landscapes and jurisdictions. The series provides a common baseline set of expectations for companies, on which the practitioner community is building more detailed guidance and tools.

This third position paper sets initial guidelines for companies on the claims they can make about how their investments or actions have contributed to performance improvement in a landscape. This paper builds on and complements the first two collective positions on what constitutes a landscape investment or action and how companies can communicate about these investments and actions. A final position in the series will focus on assessing and validating sustainability performance improvements.