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MetricConsumers and product responsibility

Consumer and end-user complaints received

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Source-reported number of complaint records received from or on behalf of consumers or end-users through the declared channels during the reporting period.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Structured table
Unit
Distinct consumer or end-user complaint records received
Reporting basis
Reporting period
Aggregation
Add only non-overlapping records after applying the stated identity and deduplication controls
Pillar
Social
Topic
Consumers and product responsibility
Controlled domain
Consumers and end users
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Count complaint records received within one channel population and period. Add only disjoint channel or subject rows after duplicate, merged and reopened-case treatment.

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

    Source evidence
    Publisher
    European Union
    Edition
    Consolidated 1 January 2025
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Disclosure
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    ESRS S4 paragraphs 23-27, PDF page 282; Application Requirements 21-24, PDF page 289
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Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
Distinct consumer or end-user complaint records received
Reporting basis
Reporting period

Unit meaning: A non-negative count of complaint records accepted during the period under the stated channel and deduplication rules; it is not a count of unique people.

Table fields and units

  • Channel
  • Consumer or end-user population
  • Complaint subject
  • Records received
  • Received date or period
  • Case state
  • Duplicate treatment

Published dimensions

  • consumer or end-user population
  • channel
  • subject taxonomy
  • product or service
  • market and jurisdiction
  • received date
  • case state
  • duplicate treatment
  • privacy and assurance state

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

    Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2772, consolidated display

    Publisher
    European Union
    Edition
    Consolidated 1 January 2025
    Locator
    ESRS S4 paragraphs 23-27, PDF page 282; Application Requirements 21-24, PDF page 289

    Supports: Supports a channel-qualified consumer and end-user complaint profile and optional complaint count.

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Use with context

Interpretation boundaries

Method disclosures required

Source-edition basis: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2772 consolidated 1 January 2025, with current phase-in context.

  • Define the eligible consumer or end-user channel population.
  • State the subject taxonomy, reporting period and deduplication rules.
  • Keep receipt, substantiation, finding, resolution and remedy states separate.

Record-specific limitations

  • The count depends on channel awareness, accessibility, trust, intake policy and classification.
  • It does not measure unique people, severity, substantiation, fault, resolution quality or remedy.

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.