Number of full-time equivalent employees dedicated to managing social and environmental performance during the reporting period.
Organizations should footnote all assumptions used, including the local definition of full-time employment.
This metric is intended to capture the number of employees managing an organization’s social and environmental performance.
In calculating the number of full-time equivalent jobs (FTEs), organizations should convert part-time jobs to full-time equivalent jobs on a pro rata basis, based on local definitions. (For instance, if the standard working week equals 40 hours, a 20 hour/week job would be equal to 0.5 FTEs). In this calculation, organizations should also consider the share of employees’ duties allocated to managing social and environmental performance. For instance, if an organization had 4 full-time employees working on social and environmental performance issues each for half of their work time, they would report 2 FTEs under this metric.
This metric is multi-dimensional with regard to the five dimensions of impact: it may help describe the WHO dimension when the stakeholder group represented by the metric is the stakeholder group targeted by the investment or organization. It may also help measure the HOW MUCH Scale dimension, which helps estimate the number of the targeted stakeholders experiencing the outcome. For more on the alignment of IRIS metrics to the five dimensions of impact, see IRIS+ and the Five Dimensions of Impact (https://iris.thegiin.org/document/iris-and-the-five-dimensions/). No single metric is sufficient to understand an impact; rather, metrics are selected as a set across all dimensions of impact. When possible, the selection of metrics to measure and describe the five dimensions should be based on best practice and evidence.
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
No change.
March 2014 - IRIS v3.0 Released
No change.
November 2011 - IRIS v2.2 Released
No change.
February 2011 - IRIS v2.1 Released
New metric. Employees Dedicated to Social and Environmental Performance (OE6370) was developed via the IRIS Taxonomy Development Group.
IRIS Metrics Work Better in Sets
To use IRIS metrics—and the resulting data—to understand impact performance, IRIS metrics should be used and analyzed in generally accepted sets and according to well-defined objectives. IRIS+ gives you access to generally accepted Core Metrics Sets aligned to common Impact Themes and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).