Percentage of supplier organizations during the reporting period that were screened using social and/or environmental criteria.
Organizations should footnote details regarding the types of criteria used to evaluate supplier organizations and how they conduct screening. See usage guidance for further information.
This metric is intended to capture the percentage of active suppliers used by the reporting organization that have undergone social/environmental screening. Organizations can include suppliers that were screened in a previous reporting period but should footnote details on the frequency of their screening process.
Social and environmental criteria screened could include specific negative practices (e.g., no child labor, no negative environmental impacts) or positive practices (e.g., environmentally friendly manufacturing processes, excellent labor practices). Organizations should footnote which factors are considered.
Many organizations may only screen significant supplier organizations or may screen less significant suppliers to a lesser extent. Organizations are encouraged to footnote how their screening policies differ between types of suppliers.
Organizations are encouraged to report this metric in conjunction with Supplier Screening Policy (OI4739).
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 metric name, definition, and usage guidance for clarity.
January 2020 - IRIS v5.1 Released
No change.
May 2019 - IRIS v5.0 Released
Immaterial change. Usage guidance updated to clarify "beneficiaries" as "stakeholders."
March 2016 - IRIS v4.0 Released
New metric. Supplier Screening Ratio (PI3016) was developed via the IRIS Taxonomy Group.
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