Environmental-assessment coverage across apparel supplier sites
Measurement answer
What this metric measures
Percentage of apparel supplier facilities completing the full named environmental assessment, reported separately for direct-tier and upstream-tier facility populations.
Specification
Metric specification
- Result format
- Structured table
- Unit
- Supplier facilities completing assessment (%)
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period
- Aggregation
- Do not add or arithmetically average percentages; recompute only from compatible numerator and denominator facility or audit-event counts.
- Pillar
- Environmental
- Topic
- Supplier environmental assessment
- Controlled domain
- Supply chain and value chain
- Entity type
- Metric
Reporting boundary
Completion is measured separately for direct-tier and upstream-tier supplier facilities. The denominator is total supplier facilities in the same tier. A partial questionnaire or isolated environmental data point is not a completed qualifying assessment.
Cross-library identity
Library mappings and variants
These links compare quantity, population, boundary, period, unit, denominator, aggregation, dimensions, and method edition. Partial relationships are navigation aids only and never authorize observation reuse.
- Related but distinct metricPartial relationship; observations remain separate.New suppliers screened using environmental criteria
- Related but distinct metricPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Suppliers assessed for environmental impacts
Verified source occurrences
Framework coverage
This is one canonical metric. The bindings below show every verified framework occurrence without creating duplicate metric pages. Edition, disclosure, role, and relationship remain source-specific.
- Adopting DisclosureSource evidence
ISSB/SASB industry-based metrics
- Publisher
- IFRS Foundation / International Sustainability Standards Board
- Edition
- Primary guidance reviewed 2026-08-16
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Defines Disclosure
- Mapping outcome
- Direct Evidence
- Source locator
- Apparel industry measurement topics and implementation guidance
- Adopting DisclosureCG-AA-430a.2
ISSB/SASB industry-based metrics
- Publisher
- IFRS Foundation / International Sustainability Standards Board
- Edition
- 2024-11-07
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- sasb:2024-11-07:CG-AA-430a.2
Value structure
Dimensions and units
- Unit
- Supplier facilities completing assessment (%)
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period
Unit meaning: The denominator is total supplier facilities in the tier, not a reporter-selected eligible subset; the result is multiplied by 100.
Table fields and units
- supplier tier group.
- supplier facility.
- assessment method and version.
- completion state.
- covered environmental categories.
- Reported value and value state
- Supplier facilities completing assessment (%)
- Measurement-source edition
- Estimate and assurance status
Published dimensions
- supplier tier group.
- supplier facility.
- assessment method and version.
- completion state.
- covered environmental categories.
- geography.
- actual or estimated denominator.
Calculation method
Formula information
- Status
- Specified
- Formula type
- Percentage
Formula
P_t = (A_t ÷ F_t) × 100For each supplier tier, divide facilities completing the full qualifying assessment by total supplier facilities in that tier. Do not introduce an unsupported eligible-facility exclusion.
Variables
| Symbol | Variable | Definition | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
A_t | facilities completing the assessment in tier t | Supplier facilities in tier t that completed the full named assessment or a demonstrated equivalent covering the required categories. | supplier facilities |
F_t | total supplier facilities in tier t | All supplier facilities in the same tier and reporting-period denominator, including any disclosed upstream estimation basis. | supplier facilities |
Verified sources
Evidence and status sources
Sustopedia checked each record-specific claim directly against primary publisher material. Labels distinguish current measurement authority from future compatibility and corroborative, legal, edition, or method status context. Corroborative evidence can support a stated limitation but cannot establish the core measurement by itself.
Measurement evidence
- Measurement evidenceChecked 16 August 2026
Industry-based apparel, accessories and footwear reporting guidance
- Publisher
- IFRS Foundation / International Sustainability Standards Board
- Edition
- Primary guidance reviewed 2026-08-16
- Locator
- Apparel industry measurement topics and implementation guidance
Supports: Primary industry guidance informed the source census and boundary review; the metric wording, structure and formula explanation in this record are Sustopedia-authored.
Open official source
Use with context
Interpretation boundaries
Method disclosures required
Source-edition basis: Sustopedia apparel measurement method profile, version 1.0, reviewed 2026-08-16 against primary industry-based reporting guidance.
- supplier tier group.
- supplier facility.
- assessment method and version.
- completion state.
- covered environmental categories.
- geography.
- actual or estimated denominator.
- Reporting entity, reporting boundary, reporting period, source edition, estimation state, and assurance state.
- Numerator, denominator, zero-denominator state, and rounding method when a derived formula applies.
Record-specific limitations
- Do not treat a partial questionnaire or isolated environmental data point as completion.
- Supplier organizations and supplier facilities are different count units.
- Keep tier denominators separate and retain any upstream estimation state.
- Equivalent assessment claims require method-scope evidence rather than a label match.
- Tier results are separate and cannot be averaged without their facility counts.
- The source supplies no zero-denominator or rounding rule.
Interpret this metric with the stated reporting boundary, period convention, value shape, and unit. Results prepared with different boundaries or conventions may not be directly comparable.
Measurement evidence supports the core record-specific claims described above. Corroborative evidence can support limitations, while compatibility and status sources provide their separately labelled context. None of these cards by itself determines an organisation's legal applicability, filing readiness, assurance status, or compliance conclusion.