Number of times the organization's board of directors or governing body met during the reporting period.
Organizations should footnote all assumptions used.
This metric is intended to capture the frequency with which the board of directors or governing body met during the reporting period, a function of effective governance. If the reporting period used is not a year, organizations may wish to indicate the annual frequency of meetings held. For a reporting period of one year, “1," for example, would indicate that the organization's board of directors meets annually, while "2" would indicate that it meets semi-annually and "4" would indicate a quarterly cadence of meetings.
Metrics identified as "cross-category" are those that are relevant to any IRIS+ Impact Category or Impact Theme (i.e., these metrics are not specific to any particular industry/category or theme).
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. Metric definition language and reporting format modified to allow for numerical data collection.
March 2014 - IRIS v3.0 Released
Immaterial change. Minor revision to definition language for clarity.
November 2011 - IRIS v2.2 Released
No change.
February 2011 - IRIS v2.1 Released
No change.
September 2010 - IRIS v2.0 Released
Immaterial change. IRIS ID changed due to framework upgrade. Minor revision to definition language for clarity.
September 2009 - IRIS v1.0 Released
New metric. Board of Directors: Meeting Frequency (OG1.2) was developed via the Original IRIS Working Group.
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