Indicates whether the company has a written policy on diverse representation and a system to monitor compliance with this policy.
Organizations should footnote at what levels of the organization this policy applies (including board of directors, C-suite, and management levels), as well as what mechanisms are in place to enforce this policy.
This metric is intended to capture the organization’s policy on diverse representation. Organizations using this metric should consider whether their policy accounts for the representation of women; members of groups historically marginalized on the basis of race and/or ethnicity, including people of color; gender and sexual minorities; and people living with disabilities.
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
New metric. Developed via IRIS+ core metrics sets.
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