Indicates whether any of the organization's employees participated in training sessions related to any aspect of managing environmental or social performance during the reporting period.
Indicates whether any of the organization's employees participated in training sessions related to any aspect of managing environmental or social performance during the reporting period.
Organizations should footnote details on the type and duration of training. See usage guidance for further information.
This metric is intended to capture whether any members of an organization's staff participated in training related to social and environmental performance during the reporting period. To quantify the number of employees trained, use Employees Trained (OI4229).
Examples of training include sessions on: acceptable practices for payment collection; being responsive to client needs; collecting high-quality social information; communicating with clients regarding product pricing, terms, and conditions; enacting gender sensitivity; preventing over-indebtedness; implementing policy and procedures to safeguard client data; measuring poverty levels; and handling client complaints appropriately. Organizations should footnote details on the trainings provided.
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 revisions to definition and usage guidance for clarity.
January 2020 - IRIS v5.1 Released
Immaterial change. Minor revision to Usage Guidance for clarity.
May 2019 - IRIS v5.0 Released
No change.
March 2016 - IRIS v4.0 Released
No change.
March 2014 - IRIS v3.0 Released
Material change. Metric definition and response format modified to provide clarity based on best practices and standard guidance.
November 2011 - IRIS v2.2 Released
No change.
February 2011 - IRIS v2.1 Released
No change.
September 2010 - IRIS v2.0 Released
Immaterial change. Financial Areas of Training (OI3943) replaced Staff Training: Areas of Training (M7.2). IRIS ID / metric name changed due to framework upgrade. Minor revision to definition language for clarity.
September 2009 - IRIS v1.0 Released
New metric. Staff Training: Areas of Training (M7.2) was developed via the Original IRIS Working Group.