Measuring Social Impact
“Goals are the Road Maps that Guide You and Show You what is Possible” - Les Brown
At PRINT our projects align with the Sustainable Development Goals as a means of measuring and communicating our social, economic, and environmental impact (referred to as “social impact”).
What is Social Impact?
Social impact is summarized as, “the net effect of an activity on a community and the well-being of individuals and families (csi.edu.au).” Our goal is to create numeric and descriptive questions (referred to as “social metrics”) that capture the number of individuals your project serves.
What are Sustainable Development Goals?
“The Sustainable Development Goals [SDG’s] are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. They address the global challenges we face, including poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace and justice (Un.org).” The SDG’s cover 17 categories related to education, health, equality, economics, infrastructure, and sustainability. At PRINT we use the SDG’s to broadly align your project to impact categories.
What are Targets?
Targets are a subcategory of the SDG’s and represent the project's primary goal(s) and are used to communicate the direction of impact to donors. Targets are adapted from the SDG’s Targets and are specific to each project. Ex: Sustainable Tourism, Job Creation, Access to Medicine etc.
What are Social Metrics?
Social Metrics measure the social impact of a project's activities and are the means by which we capture social impact. Social metrics are primarily quantitative but may also include descriptive answers or stories of individuals. Metrics are adapted from IRIS+ a universally accepted social impact measurement standard.
We work with our new projects and employees to identify and craft their specific social metrics that they report on quarterly.
Below are examples. There are more ways to address these goals. See the full description according to the United Nations Sustainable Goals here.
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TARGETS
1.1 Promote eradicating extreme poverty for [insert community/area], currently measured as people living on less than $1.25 a day
1.4 Promote and support that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance
POSSIBLE SOCIAL METRICS
Number of full-time employees. (Can be specified number of female employees, employees with disabilities, managers, female managers, minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Number of part-time employees. (Can be specified number of female employees, employees with disabilities, managers, female managers, minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Number of full-time, part-time, and temporary employees of the organization that are earning the local minimum wage as of the end of the reporting period.
Number of individuals who served as distributors of the organization's products/services during the reporting period. (Can be specified number of female employees, employees with disabilities, managers, female managers, minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Earnings generated by individual distributors from selling the organization's products/services during the reporting period.
Number of individuals projected to be housed in single-family or multi-family dwellings as a result of new construction, loans, repairs, or remodeling resulting from investments made by the organization during the reporting period.
Number of new businesses created in low income areas as a result of investments made during the reporting period.
Value of payments made to local enterprises that sold goods or services to the organization during the reporting period.
Number of individuals who sold goods or services to the organization during the reporting period.
Number of students receiving vocational or technical training during the reporting period.
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TARGETS
2.1 Promote ending hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round
2.3 Promote the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers, in particular women, indigenous peoples, family farmers, pastoralists and fishers, including through secure and equal access to land, other productive resources and inputs, knowledge, financial services, markets and opportunities for value addition and non-farm employment.
2.4 Promote sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters and that progressively improve land and soil quality.
2.5 Maintain the genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants and farmed and domesticated animals and their related wild species, including through soundly managed and diversified seed and plant banks at the national, regional and international levels, and promote access to and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, as internationally agreed.
2.a Increase investment in rural infrastructure, agricultural research and extension services, technology development and plant and livestock gene banks in order to enhance agricultural productive capacity in developing countries, in particular least developed countries.
POSSIBLE SOCIAL METRICS:
Number of full-time employees. (Can be specified number of female employees, employees with disabilities, managers, female managers, minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Number of part-time employees. (Can be specified number of female employees, employees with disabilities, managers, female managers, minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Average agricultural yield per hectare of clients (who were farmers) of the organization during the reporting period.
Number of unique households that were clients of the organization and provided access, during the reporting period, to products/services they were unable to access prior to the reporting period.
Number of unique client households who received free products/services from the organization during the reporting period.
Number of communities where the organization's products/services were available during the reporting period.
Type of crop(s) produced by the organization during the reporting period.
Number of individuals who served as distributors of the organization's products/services during the reporting period. (Can be specified number of female individuals, individuals with disabilities, minorities/previously excluded, rural, poor etc.)
Earnings generated by distributor enterprises from selling the organization's products/services during the reporting period.
Area of land directly controlled by the organization and under cultivation.
Describe the type of non-financial support the organization offers to clients.
Value of payments made by the organization to individuals who sold to the organization during the reporting period.
Describe (qualitatively) the product or service provided by the organization.
Number of individuals who sold goods or services to the organization during the reporting period.
Amount of the product/service provided by the organization for free during the reporting period.
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TARGETS
3.2 End preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age.
3.3 End the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases
3.4 Reduce premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being
3.5 Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol
3.7 Promote universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programs.
3.8 Promote universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all.
P.1: Promote high quality health services through teaching medical techniques and/or providing medical training seminars for other medical professionals. (Created for PRINT)
POSSIBLE SOCIAL METRICS
Number of unique individuals who were active clients of the organization as of the end of the reporting period. (Can specify for specific area, ie. children, women, disabilities, etc.)
Number of unique client individuals who were served by the organization and provided access, during the reporting period, to products/services they were unable to access prior to the reporting period
Number of unique client individuals who received free products/services from the organization during the reporting period.
Number of communities where the organization's products/services were available during the reporting period.
Number of employees (full-time, part-time, or temporary) who were trained through programs provided by the organization (both internally and externally) during the reporting period.
Number of individuals who received training offered by the organization during the reporting period.
Describes third-party certifications for products/services sold by the organization that are valid as of the end of the reporting period.
Number of patients to receive medical services from the organization at the end of the reporting period.
Amount of the product/service provided by the organization for free during the reporting period.
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TARGETS
4.1 Work towards ensuring that all girls and boys complete free, quittable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes
4.2 Work towards ensuring that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education
4.3 Promote equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university.
4.4 Increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship.
4.5 Work towards eliminating gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities.
4.7 Work towards ensuring that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development.
4.a Build and upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive and provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all.
4.c Increase the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States.
4.1.P Work towards ensuring that individuals have access to quality education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes. (Created for PRINT)
POSSIBLE SOCIAL METRICS
Number of full-time employees. (Can be specified number of female employees, employees with disabilities, managers, female managers, minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Number of part-time employees. (Can be specified number of female employees, employees with disabilities, managers, female managers, minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Number of unique individuals who were active clients of the organization as of the end of the reporting period.
Number of unique children and adolescents who were clients of the organization during the reporting period.
Number of unique client individuals who received free products/services from the organization during the reporting period.
Describe the extracurricular activities that the educational organization offers to its students.
Number of individuals who received training offered by the organization during the reporting period.
Number of learning hours provided to students during the reporting period.
The type of learning time provided through the organization's products/services during the reporting period. Choose all that apply (School time, Instructional time, Engaged time/time-on-task, Supportive learning time, Other (describe))
Percentage of students receiving free and subsidized school meals as of the end the reporting period.
Number of students who belong to minority or previously excluded groups and are enrolled as of the end of the reporting period, both full-time and part-time, where each discrete student is counted regardless of number of courses.
Number of students enrolled as of the end of the reporting period, both full-time and part-time, where each discrete student is counted regardless of number of courses.
Number of free or subsidized meals provided by the organization during the reporting period.
Percentage of school students passing standardized tests set by a regional governance body during the reporting period.
Rate of student attendance during the reporting period.
Percentage of students advancing from one level of schooling to the next during the reporting period.
Number of students receiving full scholarships during the reporting period.
Number of students receiving partial scholarships during the reporting period.
Number of full-time and part-time teachers employed by the organization as of the end of the reporting period.
Number of students receiving vocational or technical training during the reporting period.
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TARGETS
5.2 Work towards eliminating all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation
5.3 Work towards eliminating all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation
5.5 Work towards ensuring women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life
5.a Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws
5.b Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women
5.c Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels
POSSIBLE SOCIAL METRICS
Number of unique women who were clients of the organization during the reporting period.
Number of unique client individuals who received free products/services from the organization during the reporting period.
Number of unique client individuals who were served by the organization and provided access, during the reporting period, to products/services they were unable to access prior to the reporting period.
Number of female individuals who served as distributors of the organization's products/services during the reporting period.
Number of employees who are female and who were promoted from within the organization during the reporting period
Number of paid full-time female employees at the organization as of the end of the reporting period.
Number of paid full-time female management employees (managers) at the organization as of the end of the reporting period.
Value of wages (including bonuses, excluding benefits) paid to all female full-time employees of the organization during the reporting period.
Ratio of the average wage paid during the reporting period to female employees of the organization for a specified position, compared to the average wage paid to male employees of the organization for the same position.
Number of paid female part-time employees at the organization as of the end of the reporting period.
Indicates whether the organization offers a product or service that disproportionately benefits women.
Number of female students enrolled as of the end of the reporting period, both full-time and part-time, where each discrete student is counted regardless of number of courses.
Amount of the product/service produced by the organization during the reporting period.
Units/volume purchased from female individuals who sold to the organization during the reporting period.
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TARGETS
6.1 Promote universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all
6.2 Promote access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations
6.3 Promote improved water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally
6.4 Promote substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity
6.6 Protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes
6.b Support and strengthen the participation of local communities in improving water and sanitation management
POSSIBLE SOCIAL METRICS
Number of unique client individuals/client households who received free products/services from the organization during the reporting period.
Number of unique individuals who were clients of the organization during the reporting period.
Number of microenterprises that were clients of the organization during the reporting period.
Number of communities where the organization's products/services were available during the reporting period.
Describes the primary characteristics of hectares directly or indirectly controlled during the reporting period that are desirable to maintain or enhance through protection, restoration, or sustainable stewardship. (Refer to Conservation Priority Characteristics from IRIS+ PD9009)
Area of land under ecological restoration management during the reporting period. Include both land area directly controlled and land area indirectly controlled by the organization.
Describes the ecosystem services provided by land directly or indirectly controlled by the organization, during the reporting period. (Refer to Ecosystem Services Provided PD8494)
Indicates whether the organization implements a forest management plan.
Area of land directly/indirectly controlled by the organization and under cultivation. Report directly controlled land area cultivated during the reporting period.
Area of land directly/indirectly controlled by the organization and under sustainable cultivation or sustainable stewardship. Report directly/indirectly controlled land area sustainably managed during the reporting period.
Area of land directly/indirectly controlled by the organization during the reporting period.
Amount of non-hazardous waste disposal avoided based on the organization's refurbishing/reusing/recycling as part of delivering or developing the organization's products/services during the reporting period.
Number of individuals within the organization's service area (municipality, administrative region, or other geographic parameters) as of the end of the reporting period.
Amount of the product/service produced by the organization during the reporting period.
Amount of the product/service sold by the organization during the reporting period.
Describes the type of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities available onsite as a result of the organization's activities during the reporting period.
Volume of potable water provided and delivered to offtaker(s) during the reporting period.
Volume of reduced water usage achieved as a result of the organization's water conservation efforts during the reporting period.
Volume of wastewater treated/removed by the organization during the reporting period.
Percent of water samples at distribution points or network sampling points that meet the national standards for chemical water quality, residual chlorine, and microbiological contamination during the reporting period.
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TARGETS
7.1 Promote access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services
7.2 Increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix
7.a Promote international cooperation to facilitate access to clean energy research and technology, including renewable energy, energy efficiency and advanced and cleaner fossil-fuel technology, and promote investment in energy infrastructure and clean energy technology
7.b Expand infrastructure and upgrade technology for supplying modern and sustainable energy services for all in developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing States, and land-locked developing countries, in accordance with their respective programs of support
POSSIBLE SOCIAL METRICS
Area of buildings projected to receive energy efficiency improvements as a result of investments made by the organization during the reporting period.
Number of unique client individuals who received free products/services from the organization during the reporting period.
Number of unique individuals who were clients of the organization during the reporting period.
Number of enterprise clients that received free products/services from the organization during the reporting period.
Number of communities where the organization's products/services were available during the reporting period.
Amount of reduction in energy consumption achieved as a direct result of energy conservation and efficiency initiatives employed by the organization during the reporting period.
Amount of energy generated and sold to offtaker(s) during the reporting period.
Amount of energy generated and consumed by the organization during the reporting period.
Describes third-party certifications for products/services sold by the organization that are valid as of the end of the reporting period.
Amount of the product/service produced by the organization during the reporting period.
Amount of the product/service sold by the organization during the reporting period.
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TARGETS
8.2 Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labor-intensive sectors
8.3 Promote and support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services
8.5 Promote full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value
8.6 Reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training
8.7 Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labor, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labor, including recruitment and use of child soldiers
8.8 Protect labor rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment
8.9 Promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products
8.10 Strengthen the capacity of domestic financial institutions to encourage and expand access to banking, insurance and financial services for all
POSSIBLE SOCIAL METRICS
Average agricultural yield per hectare of clients (who were farmers) of the organization during the reporting period.
Average loan size disbursed by the organization during the reporting period.
Number of unique households that were clients of the organization and provided access, during the reporting period, to products/services they were unable to access prior to the reporting period.
Number of unique client households who received free products/services from the organization during the reporting period
Number of unique households that were clients of the organization during the reporting period.
Number of unique client individuals who received free products/services from the organization during the reporting period.
Number of unique individuals who were clients of the organization during the reporting period.
Number of communities where the organization's products/services were available during the reporting period.
Number of Organizations /individuals that served as distributors of the organization's products/services during the reporting period.
Earnings generated by individual distributors from selling the organization's products/services during the reporting period.
Describe the type and scope of programs implemented and assistance provided during the reporting period to upgrade employee skills.
Number of training hours provided for employees (full-time, part-time, or temporary) during the reporting period.
Number of full-time, part-time, and temporary employees of the organization that are earning a local living wage or higher as of the end of the reporting period.
Number of permanent employees who were promoted from within the organization during the reporting period.
Number of employees (full-time, part-time, or temporary) who were trained through programs provided by the organization (both internally and externally) during the reporting period.
Number of permanent and temporary workers who received a regular performance and career development review during the reporting period.
Number of paid full-time employees at the organization as of the end of the reporting period. (Can be specific number of female employees, employees with disabilities, managers, female managers, minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Value of wages (including bonuses, excluding benefits) paid to all full-time employees of the organization during the reporting period.
Number of individuals who received group-based training from the organization during the reporting period.
This metric is intended to describe the third-party certifications that the organization holds during the reporting period.
Number of organizations that received training from the organization during the reporting period.
Value of payments made by the organization to individuals who sold goods or services to the organization during the reporting period. (Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Value of wages (including bonuses, excluding benefits) paid to all full-time and part-time employees of the organization during the reporting period. (Can be specific number of female employees, employees with disabilities, managers, female managers, minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Number of people employed by the organization as of the end of the reporting period. This is the sum of all paid full-time and part-time employees. (Can be specific number of female employees, employees with disabilities, managers, female managers, minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Describes third-party certifications for products/services sold by the organization that are valid as of the end of the reporting period.
Number of individuals who sold goods or services to the organization during the reporting period. (Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Units/volume purchased from supplier individuals and organizations that sold to the organization that have received a price premium during the reporting period. (Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Value of payments made by the organization during the reporting period towards activities that benefit local communities.
Number of students receiving vocational or technical training during the reporting period.
Indicates whether the organization has an initiative in place to advance women in their workforce.
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TARGETS
9.1 Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all
9.2 Promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and work towards raising industry’s share of employment and gross domestic product, in line with national circumstances
9.3 Increase the access of small-scale industrial and other enterprises, in particular in developing countries, to financial services, including affordable credit, and their integration into value chains and markets
9.4 Upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes, with all countries taking action in accordance with their respective capabilities.
9.a Facilitate sustainable and resilient infrastructure development in developing countries through enhanced financial, technological and technical support to African countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States
9.b Support domestic technology development, research and innovation in developing countries, including by ensuring a conducive policy environment for, inter alia, industrial diversification and value addition to commodities
9.c Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in least developed countries
POSSIBLE SOCIAL METRICS
Number of unique households that were clients of the organization during the reporting period. (Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Number of unique individuals who were clients of the organization during the reporting period. (Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Number of microenterprises that were clients of the organization during the reporting period.
Number of enterprise clients that received free products/services from the organization during the reporting period.
Ratio of the number of the organization's active clients retained from the start to the end of the reporting period.
Number of communities where the organization's products/services were available during the reporting period.
Number of individuals who received training offered by the organization during the reporting period.
Describes whether the organization expanded operations and increased market share during the reporting period in a concentrated market in which the organization was not a dominant player.
Number of new businesses created as a result of investments made by the organization during the reporting period.
Price premium percentage that the producer (supplier) selling to the organization obtains from the organization for its goods or services during the reporting period
Describes third-party certifications for products/services sold by the organization that are valid as of the end of the reporting period.
Describes (qualitatively) the product or service provided by the organization.
Value of the revenue from sales of the organization's products/services during the reporting period.
Number of individuals who sold goods or services to the organization during the reporting period. (Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Amount of the product/service produced by the organization during the reporting period.
Amount of the product/service provided by the organization for free during the reporting period.
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TARGETS
10.2 Empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status.
POSSIBLE SOCIAL METRICS
Average agricultural yield per hectare of clients (who were farmers) of the organization during the reporting period.
Average wage paid to non-salaried full-time, part-time, or temporary employees of the organization during the reporting period. Employees that are salaried should not be included in this calculation.
Number of unique client households who received free products/services from the organization during the reporting period.
Number of unique households that were clients of the organization during the reporting period.
Number of unique individuals who were clients of the organization during the reporting period. (Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Number of unique client individuals who received free products/services from the organization during the reporting period.
Number of microenterprises that were clients of the organization during the reporting period.
Number of enterprise clients that received free products/services from the organization during the reporting period.
Ratio of the number of the organization's active clients retained from the start to the end of the reporting period.
Number of communities where the organization's products/services were available during the reporting period.
Number of individuals who served as distributors of the organization's products/services during the reporting period.(Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Earnings generated by individual distributors from selling the organization's products/services during the reporting period. (Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Earnings generated by distributor enterprises from selling the organization's products/services during the reporting period. (Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Number of training hours provided for employees (full-time, part-time, or temporary) during the reporting period.
Number of full-time, part-time, and temporary employees of the organization that are earning a local living wage or higher as of the end of the reporting period.
Number of employees (full-time, part-time, or temporary) who were trained through programs provided by the organization (both internally and externally) during the reporting period.
Number of paid full-time employees at the organization as of the end of the reporting period. (Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Value of wages (including bonuses, excluding benefits) paid to all full-time employees of the organization during the reporting period. (Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Number of individuals who received training offered by the organization during the reporting period.
Number of learning hours provided to students during the reporting period.
Value of wages (including bonuses, excluding benefits) paid to all part-time employees of the organization during the reporting period.
Value of payments made by the organization to individuals who sold to the organization during the reporting period. (Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Number of people employed by the organization as of the end of the reporting period. This is the sum of all paid full-time and part-time employees. (Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Number of students enrolled as of the end of the reporting period, both full-time and part-time, where each discrete student is counted regardless of number of courses. (Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Number of students receiving full and/or partial scholarships during the reporting period. (Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Number of individuals who sold goods or services to the organization during the reporting period. (Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Number of full-time and part-time teachers employed by the organization as of the end of the reporting period.
Amount of the product/service provided by the organization for free during the reporting period.
Number of students receiving vocational or technical training during the reporting period.
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TARGETS
11.1 Promote access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums
11.2 Provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, women, children, persons with disabilities and older persons
11.3 Promote inclusive and sustainable urbanization and capacity for participatory, integrated and sustainable human settlement planning and management in all countries
11.5 Work towards reducing the number of deaths and the number of people affected and substantially decrease the direct economic losses relative to global gross domestic product caused by disasters, including water-related disasters, with a focus on protecting the poor and people in vulnerable situations
11.6 Work towards reducing the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management
11.7 Promote universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible, green and public spaces, in particular for women and children, older persons and persons with disabilities
11.a Support positive economic, social and environmental links between urban, per-urban and rural areas by strengthening national and regional development planning
11.c Support least developed countries, including through financial and technical assistance, in building sustainable and resilient buildings utilizing local materials
POSSIBLE SOCIAL METRICS
Number of unique client households who received free products/services from the organization during the reporting period.
Number of unique households that were clients of the organization during the reporting period.
Number of unique client individuals who received free products/services from the organization during the reporting period.
Number of unique individuals who were clients of the organization during the reporting period.
Number of microenterprises that were clients of the organization during the reporting period.
Number of enterprise clients that received free products/services from the organization during the reporting period.
Number of enterprises that were clients of the organization during the reporting period.
Number of communities where the organization's products/services were available during the reporting period.
Number of individuals who served as distributors of the organization's products/services during the reporting period. (Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Number of paid full-time employees at the organization as of the end of the reporting period. (Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
This metric is intended to describe the third-party certifications that the organization holds during the reporting period.
Number of paid part-time employees at the organization as of the end of the reporting period.
Number of people employed by the organization as of the end of the reporting period. This is the sum of all paid full-time and part-time employees.
Describes third-party certifications for products/services sold by the organization that are valid as of the end of the reporting period.
Describes (qualitatively) the product or service provided by the organization.
Number of individuals who sold goods or services to the organization during the reporting period.
Number of enterprises that sold goods or services to the organization during the reporting period.
Amount of the product/service produced by the organization during the reporting period.
Amount of the product/service sold by the organization during the reporting period.
Value of payments made by the organization during the reporting period towards activities that benefit local communities.
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TARGETS
12.2 Promote the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources
12.4 Promote the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment
12.5. Work towards reducing waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse
12.6 Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle
12.a Support [input country/region] to strengthen their scientific and technological capacity to move towards more sustainable patterns of consumption and production
12.b Develop and implement tools to monitor sustainable development impacts for sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products
POSSIBLE SOCIAL METRICS
Number of unique client households who received free products/services from the organization during the reporting period.
Number of unique households that were clients of the organization during the reporting period. (Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Number of unique client individuals who received free products/services from the organization during the reporting period.
Number of unique individuals who were clients of the organization during the reporting period.(Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Number of communities where the organization's products/services were available during the reporting period.
Number of individuals who served as distributors of the organization's products/services during the reporting period. (Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Number of paid full-time employees at the end of the reporting period. (Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Number of individuals who received training offered by the organization during the reporting period.
Price premium percentage that the producer (supplier) selling to the organization obtains from the organization for its goods or services during the reporting period.
Indicates purchase price paid by clients for product or service sold by the organization.
Number of individuals who sold goods or services to the organization during the reporting period. (Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Number of enterprises that sold goods or services to the organization during the reporting period. (Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Amount of the product/service produced by the organization during the reporting period.
Units/volume purchased from supplier individuals and organizations that sold to the organization that have received a price premium during the reporting period.
Certified units/volume purchased from individuals who sold to the reporting organization during the reporting period. (Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Amount of the product/service sold by the organization during the reporting period.
Amount of the product/service provided by the organization for free during the reporting period.
Value of payments made by the organization during the reporting period towards activities that benefit local communities.
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TARGETS
13.1 Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries
13.3 Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning
POSSIBLE SOCIAL METRICS
Number of unique client households who received free products/services from the organization during the reporting period.
Number of unique individuals who were clients of the organization during the reporting period. (Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Number of enterprises that were clients of the organization during the reporting period.
Number of communities where the organization's products/services were available during the reporting period.
Number of individuals who served as distributors of the organization's products/services during the reporting period. (Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Number of organizations that served as distributors of the organization's products/services during the reporting period.
Number of permanent employees who were promoted from within the organization during the reporting period.
Number of paid full-time employees at the organization as of the end of the reporting period.
Number of individuals projected to be housed in single-family or multi-family dwellings as a result of new construction, loans, repairs, or remodeling resulting from investments made by the organization during the reporting period.
Number of paid part-time employees at the organization as of the end of the reporting period. (Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Number of people employed by the organization as of the end of the reporting period. This is the sum of all paid full-time and part-time employees. (Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Number of individuals who sold goods or services to the organization during the reporting period. (Can be specific female individuals, individuals with disabilities, low income, poor, rural minorities/previously excluded, etc.)
Number of enterprises that sold goods or services to the organization during the reporting period.
Value of payments made by the organization during the reporting period towards activities that benefit local communities.
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TARGETS
14.1 Work towards reducing marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution
14.2 Sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans
14.3 Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification, including through enhanced scientific cooperation at all levels
14.4 Regulate harvesting and end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices and implement science-based management plans, in order to restore fish stocks in the shortest time feasible, at least to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield as determined by their biological characteristics
14.7 Increase the economic benefits to Small Island developing States and least developed countries from the sustainable use of marine resources, including through sustainable management of fisheries, aquaculture and tourism
14.a Increase scientific knowledge, develop research capacity and transfer marine technology, taking into account the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Criteria and Guidelines on the Transfer of Marine Technology, in order to improve ocean health and to enhance the contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of developing countries, in particular small island developing States and least developed countries
14.b Provide access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets
POSSIBLE SOCIAL METRICS
Describes the ecosystem services provided by land directly or indirectly controlled by the organization, during the reporting period. (See Metric PD8494)
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TARGETS
15.1 Promote the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, in particular forests, wetlands, mountains and drylands, in line with obligations under international agreements.
15.2 Promote the implementation of sustainable management of all types of forests, halt deforestation, restore degraded forests and substantially increase afforestation and reforestation globally
15.3 Combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land degradation-neutral world
15.4 Ensure the conservation of mountain ecosystems, including their biodiversity, in order to enhance their capacity to provide benefits that are essential for sustainable development
15.9 Integrate ecosystem and biodiversity values into national and local planning, development processes, poverty reduction strategies and accounts
15.a Mobilize and significantly increase financial resources from all sources to conserve and sustainably use biodiversity and ecosystems
15.b Mobilize significant resources from all sources and at all levels to finance sustainable forest management and provide adequate incentives to developing countries to advance such management, including for conservation and reforestation
POSSIBLE SOCIAL METRICS
Area of land on which trees were planted by the organization during the reporting period.
Indicates whether the organization has undertaken biodiversity-related assessments to evaluate the biological diversity present on the land that is directly or indirectly controlled by the organization.
Describes the ecosystem services provided by land directly or indirectly controlled by the organization, during the reporting period. (See Metric PD8494)
Area of land directly controlled by the organization during the reporting period.
