Earnings of distributor enterprises as a result of selling the organization’s products/services during the reporting period.
Organizations should footnote all assumptions used.
This metric is intended to capture the earnings, during the reporting period, of all distributors that sell the organization’s products or services either to other distributors (wholesale) or to end clients (retail). Distributors counted under this metric need not exclusively sell the organization’s products or services.
Direct employees who distribute the organization’s goods or services should be considered employees, not distributors.
This metric has 2 related submetrics.
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.
January 2020 - IRIS v5.1 Released
No change.
May 2019 - IRIS v5.0 Released
No change.
March 2016 - IRIS v4.0 Released
Immaterial change. Minor revision to metric name for clarity.
March 2014 - IRIS v3.0 Released
New metric. Distributors Organization Earnings: Total (PI6218) was developed via the IRIS Taxonomy Group.
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