Identified smelters and refiners by due-diligence evidence status
Measurement answer
What this metric measures
Smelters and refiners identified within a declared mineral or metal supply-chain boundary, recorded with dated traceability, audit, scheme-recognition, conformity and origin-evidence states without treating any one state as a universal conflict-free certification.
Specification
Metric specification
- Result format
- Structured table
- Unit
- Identified smelter/refiner records
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period or measurement date declared by the source method
- Aggregation
- Do not sum or arithmetically average reported percentages, rates, ratios, or averages; consolidate only from compatible component observations under a disclosed method.
- Pillar
- Social
- Topic
- Value-chain human rights and due diligence
- Controlled domain
- Human rights
- Entity type
- Metric
Reporting boundary
One entity can process multiple commodities and have multiple evidence states, so commodity and status rows are parallel views. Entity counts can be added only across mutually exclusive, deduplicated records under the same covered universe and as-of date. Audit, scheme, list and origin statuses are not added together. Recycled/scrap conclusions remain separate from primary-material sourcing.
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
EU laws and regulatory guidance
- Publisher
- European Union
- Edition
- 2017 edition
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Defines Disclosure
- Mapping outcome
- Direct Evidence
- Source locator
- Article 4 traceability PDF p8, Article 5 p9, Articles 6-7 p10, Articles 8-9 pp11-12 and Article 17 pp14-15.
Value structure
Dimensions and units
- Unit
- Identified smelter/refiner records
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period or measurement date declared by the source method
Unit meaning: One unit is one identified processing entity with mineral or metal scope, location, source relationship, and dated evidence status; it is not a conflict-free certification.
Table fields and units
- Source profile and edition
- Reporting entity and boundary
- Upstream or downstream position
- Mineral or metal
- Commodity code when supplied
- Reported value
- Identified smelter/refiner records
- Measurement-source edition
- Assurance status
Published dimensions
- Source profile and edition.
- Reporting entity and boundary.
- Upstream or downstream position.
- Mineral or metal.
- Commodity code when supplied.
- Smelter/refiner name, address and stable identifier.
- Supplier link.
- Country of processing.
- Country-of-origin state.
- Recycled, scrap, primary or mixed origin.
- High-risk-area assessment method and date.
- Traceability record availability.
- Third-party audit availability, scope, period and auditor.
- Due-diligence scheme name and version.
- Commission-recognition decision and date where applicable.
- Conformity evidence type and validity period.
- Reporter conclusion.
- Confidentiality or omission state.
- Reporting period.
- Source and assurance status.
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
Regulation (EU) 2017/821, Official Journal act
- Publisher
- European Union
- Edition
- 2017 edition
- Locator
- Article 4 traceability PDF p8, Article 5 p9, Articles 6-7 p10, Articles 8-9 pp11-12 and Article 17 pp14-15.
Supports: Supports the measurement definition, boundary, and source-reported fields for Identified smelters and refiners by due-diligence evidence status.
Open official source
Use with context
Interpretation boundaries
Method disclosures required
Source-edition basis: Regulation (EU) 2017/821, Official Journal act — 2017 edition. Retain the exact source edition on every observation; later editions require a separate method profile.
- Source profile and edition.
- Reporting entity and boundary.
- Upstream or downstream position.
- Mineral or metal.
- Commodity code when supplied.
- Smelter/refiner name, address and stable identifier.
- Supplier link.
- Country of processing.
- Retain the exact measurement-source edition with every observation.
- One unit is one identified processing entity with mineral or metal scope, location, source relationship, and dated evidence status; it is not a conflict-free certification.
Record-specific limitations
- An audit can have limited scope or period.
- A recognised scheme can change.
- Country of origin can be unavailable.
- An indicative high-risk-area list is non-exhaustive.
- Confidentiality can suppress evidence. Identification does not establish responsible sourcing, absence of adverse impact or legal compliance outside the named source profile.
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.