Number of enterprises that were clients of the organization during the reporting period.
Client Organizations: Total (PI9652)
- Reporting Format Unit Referenced within Metric Definition
- Metric Type Metric
- Metric Level Product/Service, Organization
- IRIS Metric Citation IRIS, 2021. Client Organizations: Total (PI9652). v5.2.
Footnote
Organizations should footnote all assumptions used, including source of data. Organizations should also footnote the types of enterprises that were clients, using Client Type (PD7993).
Usage Guidance
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This metric is intended to capture the number of unique client organizations (enterprises) of the reporting organization during the reporting period.
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This metric is multi-dimensional with regard to the five dimensions of impact. It may help describe the WHO dimension when the stakeholder group represented by the metric is the stakeholder group targeted by the investment or organization. It may also help measure the HOW MUCH Scale dimension, which helps estimate the number of the targeted stakeholders experiencing the outcome. 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.
Related metrics
This metric has 6 related submetrics.
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
No Poverty
- SDG Target 1.5
- SDG Target 1.4
Zero Hunger
- SDG Target 2.1
- SDG Target 2.3
- SDG Target 2.4
Clean Water and Sanitation
- SDG Target 6.1
- SDG Target 6.2
- SDG Target 6.4
Affordable and Clean Energy
- SDG Target 7.1
Decent Work and Economic Growth
- SDG Target 8.1
- SDG Target 8.2
- SDG Target 8.3
- SDG Target 8.5
- SDG Target 8.6
- SDG Target 8.8
- SDG Target 8.10
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- SDG Target 9.1
- SDG Target 9.3
Reduced Inequality
- SDG Target 10.1
- SDG Target 10.2
- SDG Target 10.3
- SDG Target 10.c
Sustainable Cities and Communities
- SDG Target 11.1
- SDG Target 11.2
- SDG Target 11.3
- SDG Target 11.5
- SDG Target 11.6
Responsible Consumption and Production
- SDG Target 12.3
- SDG Target 12.4
Climate Action
- SDG Target 13.1
Metric History
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June 2022 - IRIS v5.3 Released (current version)
Immaterial change. Minor revision to usage guidance for clarity.
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January 2020 - IRIS v5.1 Released
No change.
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May 2019 - IRIS v5.0 Released
No change.
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March 2016 - IRIS v4.0 Released
No change.
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March 2014 - IRIS v3.0 Released
Immaterial change. Minor revision to metric name and definition language for clarity.
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November 2011 - IRIS v2.2 Released
New metric. Client Organizations (PI9652) was developed via the IRIS Taxonomy Development Group.