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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.

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 Disclosure

    European Sustainability Reporting Standards

    ESRS S2
    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
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  • Adopting Disclosure

    GRI Standards

    Source evidence
    Publisher
    Global Reporting Initiative
    Edition
    2016
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Disclosure
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    Disclosure 408-1
    Open official framework source

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 formula

Populate 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.

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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.