Child labour risk exposure
Measurement answer
What this metric measures
Child labour risk exposure identifies relevant operations and suppliers through a structured table, with the assessment context and geographic or operational grouping stated explicitly. It is not a universal score or compliance conclusion.
Specification
Metric specification
- Result format
- Structured table
- Unit
- Structured table — see field-level units
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period
- Aggregation
- Not applicable
- Pillar
- Social
- Topic
- Value-chain workers
- Controlled domain
- Human rights
- Entity type
- Metric
Reporting boundary
Operations and suppliers included in the stated risk-assessment boundary.
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.
- Aggregate relationshipPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Geographies or commodities for which there is significant risk of child labour or of forced labour… — SBM-3
- Related but distinct metricPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Information about type of operations at significant risk of incidents of child labour explanatory — SBM-3
- Related but distinct metricPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Ranked apparel supply-chain workforce, environmental and safety risks
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 DisclosureESRS S2
European Sustainability Reporting Standards
- Publisher
- EFRAG
- Edition
- Taxonomy entry point dated 22 December 2023; package published 30 August 2024
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Component Of
- Mapping outcome
- Cross Library Link
- Source locator
- ESRS S2; SBM-3; paragraph 11; datapoint S2.SBM-3_04; taxonomy concept esrs_DisclosureOfGeographiesOrCommoditiesForWhichThereIsSignificantRiskOfChildLabourOrOfForcedLabourOrCompulsoryLabourAmongWorkersInUndertakingSValueChainExplanatory
- Adopting DisclosureSource evidence
GRI Standards
- Publisher
- Global Reporting Initiative
- Edition
- 2016
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Defines Disclosure
- Mapping outcome
- Direct Evidence
- Source locator
- Disclosure 408-1
Value structure
Dimensions and units
- Unit
- Structured table — see field-level units
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period
Unit meaning: This metric is reported as a structured table; each field carries the unit stated in the table fields below.
Table fields and units
- Operation or supplier group
- Risk context
- Geographic area
Published dimensions
- Risk-exposure table
Disclosure method
Formula information
- Status
- Not applicable
- Formula type
- Structured Disclosure
Disclosure form
No single formulaPopulate the structured fields from qualifying source observations and retain each field-level unit, boundary, status, and method; do not collapse the disclosure into one calculated value.
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 15 August 2026
GRI 408: Child Labor 2016
- Publisher
- Global Reporting Initiative
- Edition
- 2016
- Locator
- Disclosure 408-1
Supports: Official publisher reference linked specifically to the Sustopedia metric “Child labour risk exposure”; interpret it with the source-edition basis and limitations shown on this page.
Open official source
Use with context
Interpretation boundaries
Method disclosures required
Source-edition basis: GRI 408: Child Labor 2016
- Assessment coverage and date
- Geographic and operational grouping
- Risk-identification method
Record-specific limitations
- Risk exposure identifies assessed operations or suppliers; it is not evidence that child labour occurred.
- Coverage, geography, operation type, assessment date, and risk method affect interpretation and comparability.
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.