Amount of the product/service provided by the organization for free during the reporting period.
Organizations should footnote all assumptions used.
This metric is intended to capture the volume of products/services distributed for which the organization neither receives nor requests payment from either the recipient or a third party for the products/services.
For example, a health clinic that provides free vaccines out of their operating budget would use Units/Volume Sold: Free to capture the number of vaccines administered.
Organizations that sell different types of products/services should consider reporting separately against each different product/service.
This is a submetric of Units/Volume Sold: Total (PI1263), which has 4 other 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 revision to 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
No change.
March 2014 - IRIS v3.0 Released
New metric. Units/Volume Sold: Free (PI8329) was developed via the IRIS Taxonomy Group.
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).