Area of land indirectly controlled by the organization during the reporting period.
Organizations should footnote details about the nature of the indirect control relationship and all assumptions used, including source of data. See usage guidance for further information.
The IRIS catalog differentiates between land that the organization directly controls and land that the organization indirectly controls. This metric is intended to capture the area of land that is under the organization's indirect control.
Indirect control refers to land that the organization supports or influences but does not directly cultivate or manage. Examples in which an organization indirectly controls land may include purchase contracts or sourcing from farmer cooperatives.
Organizations that exert control over land practices of indirectly controlled land should footnote these details (for example, when an organization specifies that farmers adhere to specific environmental practices).
This metric has 2 related submetrics.
June 2022 - IRIS v5.3 Released (current version)
Immaterial change. Minor revision to usage guidance for clarity.
January 2020 - IRIS v5.1 Released
No change.
May 2019 - IRIS v5.0 Released
No change.
March 2016 - IRIS v4.0 Released
Material change. Glossary and corresponding text in metric's usage guidance modified to clarify the definition of indirect control and to increase the metric's applicability.
March 2014 - IRIS v3.0 Released
Immaterial change. Minor revision to metric name and definition language for clarity.
November 2011 - IRIS v2.2 Released
New metric. Land Area Indirectly Controlled (PI3789) was developed via the Agriculture Working Group.
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