Target Stakeholder Demographic (PD5752)

Describes the demographic groups of stakeholders targeted by the organization. Select all that apply:

Age group:

Children (younger than 10 years old)
Adolescents (10 years of age or older but younger than 19)
Adults (19+ years old)
Elderly/older adults

Gender:

Female
Male
Gender Non-Binary
Undisclosed
Other (describe)

Disability Status:

Persons with disabilities
Persons without disabilities
Undisclosed

Race/Ethnicity/Minority Status:

Historically marginalized groups
Dominant culture populations
Undisclosed

Other target populations:

Other (describe)

Reporting Format Selection
Metric Type Metric
Metric Level Product/Service, Organization
IRIS Metric Citation IRIS, 2021. Target Stakeholder Demographic (PD5752). v5.2.

Footnote

Organizations should footnote further details about the types of stakeholder(s) they target.

Usage Guidance

This metric is intended to capture the basic demographic groups of target stakeholders of an organization's products, services, and operations. A target stakeholder can be a client, employee, or anyone the organization is aiming to positively impact. Some organizations call a target stakeholder a ‘beneficiary.’
Target stakeholders—whether clients, employees, or others—should self-report their own demographic data to ensure accuracy, particularly for race and gender. Organizations should not assume gender for an individual and should protect vulnerable individuals in the LGBTQIA+ spectrum by reporting these data anonymously and in aggregate. Given that transwomen are women and transmen are men, this metric does not create separate segmentations for those groups. However, organizations are encouraged to create additional groupings using the write-in option as needed to capture those lived experiences that are helpful in understanding equity in outcomes.
The categorization of historically marginalized groups varies with location and context. With no internationally agreed-upon definition as to which groups constitute historically marginalized, if well-established local policies exist (as in South Africa, with the Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment [BBBEE] definition, or in India, based on backward caste), organizations should refer to these local guidelines to identify groups historically marginalized on the basis of race and/or ethnicity. Otherwise, and wherever appropriate, organizations should provide additional detail regarding their tailored methodology for defining these groups.
This metric may help describe the WHO dimension of impact, which details which stakeholders the investment or enterprise aims to reach with the outcome. This metric may also help clarify how underserved they were prior to the investment. 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.

Impact Categories & Themes

Cross Category

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).

SDG Goals & Targets

Joint Impact Indicators (JII)

This metric aligns to Joint Impact Indicators Number of Female Founded Enterprises, Female Direct Employment Jobs Supported (Operations and Maintenance), and Female Construction Jobs (Temporary Construction).

JII Guidance for Number of Female Founded Enterprises:

Alignment comments: Alignment to the JII indicator requires using IRIS metrics Client Organizations Founded: Total (PI7869) and Target Stakeholder Demographic (PD5752). Refer to each metric's usage guidance for details.

JII definition: Number of enterprises in which there is an active female founder(s). Female founder(s) must retain an active role in the organization as of the end of the reporting period. An active role may include acting in an advisory capacity for key decisions and does not necessarily require a full-time role at the organization.

JII guidance: Practitioners may refer to specific gender benchmarks and application guidance as needed, such as those specified by the 2X Challenge (www.2xchallenge.org).

JII applicability: Direct Equity client, General Partner of a Debt or Equity Fund client, and investment fund investees. For investment fund investees, refer to guidance for “Number of Active Fund Investments in Female Founded Enterprises” and “Number of Realized Fund Investments in Female Founded Enterprises”.

JII Guidance for Female Direct Employment Jobs Supported (Operations and Maintenance):

Alignment comments: Alignment to the JII indicator requires using IRIS metrics Jobs in Directly Supported/Financed Enterprises (PI4874), Jobs Type (OD0660), and Target Stakeholder Demographic (PD5752). Refer to each metric's usage guidance for details.

JII definition: Number of full-time equivalent female workers, as per local definition, working for the client company or investment project at the end of the reporting period unless there is seasonal variation (see guidance for “Direct Jobs Supported (Operations and Maintenance)”).

This includes female individuals hired directly and female individuals hired through third party agencies, as long as those female individuals provide services related to the operations and maintenance of the client company or investment project. This also includes full-time equivalent worked by seasonal, contractual and part-time workers.

JII guidance: Refer to guidance for “Direct Jobs Supported (Operations and Maintenance).”

JII applicability: All client companies, where relevant, but typically not used for clients of intermediated finance (e.g. commercial banks). For financial intermediary clients, refer to “Female Direct Jobs Supported in the Intermediary.” For investment fund investees, refer to “Female Direct Jobs Supported in the investee company.”

JII Guidance for Female Construction Jobs (Temporary Construction)

Alignment comments: Alignment to the JII indicator requires using IRIS metrics Jobs in Directly Supported/Financed Enterprises (PI4874), Jobs Type (OD0660), and Target Stakeholder Demographic (PD5752). Refer to each metric's usage guidance for details.

JII definition: Number of temporary full-time equivalent workers hired for the construction of the investment project’s hard assets during the reporting period.

JII guidance: Refer to guidance for “Construction Jobs (Temporary Construction)”. Applicability: All clients, where applicable. Practitioners may also use this metric for Investees of Investment Funds, where applicable, but it may be difficult to apply to beneficiaries of other intermediated structures, such as on lending through financial intermediaries (e.g. commercial banks).

JII applicability: All client companies, where relevant, but typically not used for clients of intermediated finance (e.g. commercial banks) or investment funds.

Metric History

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

No change.
May 2019 - IRIS v5.0 Released

Immaterial change. Name updated to clarify "beneficiary" as "stakeholder."
March 2016 - IRIS v4.0 Released

Immaterial change. Minor revision to metric definition language in order to align consistency of metric with catalog's structure and style.
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. Target Beneficiary Demographic (PD5752) replaced Demographic Served (Type) (DES13). IRIS ID / metric name changed due to framework upgrade. Minor revision to definition language for clarity.
September 2009 - IRIS v1.0 Released

New metric. Demographic Served (Type) (DES13) was developed via the Original IRIS Working Group.