Highest governance body member count
Measurement answer
What this metric measures
Counts people serving on the reporting organization’s board or equivalent highest governance body at the declared measurement date.
Specification
Metric specification
- Result format
- Single value
- Unit
- Members (#)
- Reporting basis
- Measurement date or reporting-period-end snapshot
- Aggregation
- Do not add overlapping boards, committees, alternate memberships or dual roles; consolidate only unique people under one declared governance-body boundary.
- Pillar
- Governance
- Topic
- Governance structure and composition
- Controlled domain
- Governance and business conduct
- Entity type
- Metric
Reporting boundary
The reporting organization’s board or equivalent highest governance body, with the body definition, membership basis, vacancies and measurement date declared.
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
UN Global Compact Communication on Progress
- Publisher
- United Nations Global Compact
- Edition
- 2026 Communication on Progress Questionnaire and Guidebook, effective 2026
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Defines Disclosure
- Mapping outcome
- Direct Evidence
- Source locator
- G9, PDF page 15; Guidebook PDF page 20
- Adopting Disclosureg9-board-members-total
UN Global Compact Communication on Progress
- Publisher
- United Nations Global Compact
- Edition
- 2026 Communication on Progress Questionnaire and Guidebook, effective 2026
- Requirement
- Conditional
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- 2026 CoP Questionnaire PDF page 15, G9, Total number of board or highest-governance-body members
Value structure
Dimensions and units
- Unit
- Members (#)
- Reporting basis
- Measurement date or reporting-period-end snapshot
Unit meaning: A whole-person count of members in the declared board or equivalent highest-governance-body population.
Table fields and units
- Highest governance body
- Measurement date
- Member count (#)
- Counting basis and exclusions
Published dimensions
- Reporting entity and organizational boundary
- Board or equivalent highest governance body
- Person or membership basis
- Measurement date
- Executive, non-executive and independent classification where reported
Calculation method
Formula information
- Status
- Specified
- Formula type
- Count
Formula
member_count = count(distinct eligible_members)Count each eligible person once after applying the declared governance-body and membership boundary.
Variables
| Symbol | Variable | Definition | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
eligible_members | eligible highest-governance-body members | Distinct people eligible for inclusion under the declared board or equivalent governance-body boundary. | people |
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 1 September 2026
2026 Communication on Progress Questionnaire
- Publisher
- United Nations Global Compact
- Edition
- 2026 Communication on Progress Questionnaire and Guidebook, effective 2026
- Locator
- G9, PDF page 15; Guidebook PDF page 20
Supports: The 2026 CoP requests the total number of board or equivalent highest-governance-body members as a whole number.
Open official source
Use with context
Interpretation boundaries
Method disclosures required
Source-edition basis: 2026 Communication on Progress Questionnaire and Guidebook, effective 2026
- Named board or equivalent highest governance body
- Measurement date and organizational boundary
- Person or membership counting basis
- Treatment of vacancies, alternates, observers, dual roles and multiple bodies
- Source edition and assurance state
Record-specific limitations
- A member count does not measure governance effectiveness, independence, attendance, competence or diversity.
- Dual board structures and alternate-member rules can reduce comparability unless the counted body and person basis are explicit.
- Vacancies, observers and committee-only participants must not be silently included.
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.