Indicates whether basic services are present onsite, along with a system in place to maintain them, as of the end of the reporting period.
Organizations should footnote all assumptions used, including what type of basic services are available.
This metric is intended to capture whether the organization has basic services provided on premises along with a system in place to maintain them. Organizations in the WASH sector should report this metric in combination with WASH Facilities Type (PD3668).
For Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) services, this metric requires an access level of "Basic" or "Safely Managed," according to the criteria set forth in the Joint Monitoring Programme's Service Ladder for Drinking Water (https://washdata.org/monitoring/drinking-water). For more information, see Service Level Type (PD5205).
For other impact goals and sectors, organizations should provide services and facilities at the basic or higher level, as defined by international standards. Organizations should footnote which standards are applied.
These data are often most easily collected through site visits or surveys, with visual confirmation that improvement projects have been completed.
In some contexts, this metric can serve as an indicator of whether the outcome being sought by an investor or organization is occurring (the WHAT dimension of impact). 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. 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 revisions to definition and usage guidance for clarity.
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).