Eco standards
The standards behind every score.
Every Yarta category is measured against a published standard where one exists, and against your own target where it doesn't. This page lists them. "At the eco standards" on your report is the score you would have if every one of these were met.
01 · By category
Ten categories. One standard each, or your target.
The standard sets the bar for "at the eco standards". Your own target can be tighter, and where it is, the roadmap works to the tighter one. Where no national standard exists for a category, Yarta uses the target in your profile and says so on the report.
Sources checked 29 September 2026
Waste & Resource Recovery
80% recovery by 2030
The standard
An average resource recovery rate of 80% from all waste streams by 2030, half as much organic waste to landfill by 2030, and 10% less waste generated per person by 2030. These are the National Waste Policy Action Plan targets agreed by every Australian government.
On your score
The Waste score is 70% landfill diversion and 30% contamination. "At the eco standards" sets diversion to 80% or your target, whichever is higher.
Carbon & Emissions
43% below 2005 by 2030
The standard
Australia's legislated targets: 43% below 2005 levels by 2030 and net zero by 2050, with a 2035 target of 62 to 70% below 2005 announced in September 2025. Yarta calculates your Scope 1, 2 and reported Scope 3 emissions with the National Greenhouse Accounts factors.
Sources: Net Zero, DCCEEW · 2035 target, Norton Rose Fulbright
On your score
The Carbon score is your rolling 12-month emissions against the same months of your baseline year, working towards the reduction target in your profile.
Energy & Renewables
82% renewable electricity by 2030
The standard
The national target of 82% renewable electricity by 2030. Organisations reach it through onsite solar, GreenPower or power purchase agreements, and by using less.
Source: Powering Australia, DCCEEW
On your score
The Energy score is 60% renewable share and 40% grid electricity against your baseline. "At the eco standards" sets the renewable share to 82% or your target.
Fleet & Transport
Your electrification target
The standard
There is no national target for organisational fleets. Yarta uses the electrification target in your profile, the fuel factors in the National Greenhouse Accounts, and litres per 100 km against your baseline. The New Vehicle Efficiency Standard applies to new light vehicles sold from 2025 and lowers the fleet's intensity as vehicles turn over.
Source: DCCEEW
On your score
The Fleet score is 60% electrification (full marks at 50% of the fleet) and 40% fuel against your baseline.
Water
Your efficiency target
The standard
No single national target. State water corporations set efficiency programs, and large users report under their own licences. Yarta uses potable water against your baseline and the share of water from recycled, rain, stormwater and reused sources.
Source: your water utility's efficiency program and licence conditions
On your score
The Water score is 50% alternative water share (full marks at 50%) and 50% potable use against your baseline.
Circular Economy
Recycled content and packaging targets
The standard
The National Waste Policy Action Plan calls for a significant increase in the use of recycled content by governments and industry. For packaging, the National Packaging Targets: 100% reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging, 70% of plastic packaging recycled or composted, and 50% average recycled content.
Sources: National Waste Policy Action Plan · Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation
On your score
The Circularity score is 50% recycled-content procurement share (full marks at 30%), 30% reuse and 20% stewardship programs.
Land & Soil
Your rehabilitation target
The standard
Contaminated land is regulated by each state's environment protection authority. Beyond compliance there is no national rehabilitation target, so Yarta uses the hectares per year in your profile.
Source: your state EPA's contaminated land framework
On your score
The Land score is hectares rehabilitated against your annual target, pro-rated until a full year of data exists.
Biodiversity & Nature
30% of land protected by 2030
The standard
Australia's Strategy for Nature commits to protecting and conserving 30% of land and 30% of oceans by 2030. An organisation contributes through the trees it plants and the native vegetation, habitat and wetland it restores or protects.
Source: Biodiversity, DCCEEW
On your score
The Nature score is 50% trees planted and 50% hectares restored, each against your annual target.
Community & Participation
Your participation target
The standard
No national standard. Yarta uses the participants-per-year target in your profile, and reports events and participants as stated.
Source: your community or engagement strategy
On your score
The Community score is participants against your annual target, pro-rated until a full year exists.
Governance & Improvement
Mandatory climate reporting
The standard
Mandatory climate-related financial disclosure under AASB S2: Group 1 entities from 1 January 2025, Group 2 from 1 July 2026 and Group 3 from 1 July 2027, with Scope 3 reported from the second year and reviewed by the auditor. Councils are outside the law but report under state frameworks.
Sources: Mandatory climate reporting on this site · ASRS and AASB S2 guide, Anthesis
On your score
The Governance score is 50% data completeness, 30% evidence share and 20% environmental complaints closed.
Food waste · retail, health, education
Halve food waste by 2030
The standard
The National Food Waste Strategy's goal of halving Australia's food waste by 2030. Food rescued for people counts as recovered; food organics recovered counts towards the Waste score.
On your score
Food rescued and food organics recovered lift the Waste score; the report shows tonnes of food waste avoided at real-world scale.
02 · How Yarta uses them
Three rules.
- The standard is the floor, your target is the bar. "At the eco standards" uses the higher of the two, so an organisation that sets itself a tighter target is measured against it.
- Where there is no standard, we say so. Fleet, water, land and community use the target in your profile, and the report labels them as your targets, not a national standard.
- Standards are versioned. When a target changes, the method version changes with it and every report states the version it was calculated under, so a score can be reproduced later.