Sustopedia

Search Sustopedia

Results stay grouped by content type. A future collection joins Search as its own labelled group when its public index is ready.

MetricCircular materials and waste

Packaging material inputs by material

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Weight or volume of materials used specifically to package the organization's primary products and services during the reporting period, retained by material, renewability, sourcing route, physical state, and measurement method.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Structured table
Unit
Structured table — see field-level units
Reporting basis
Packaging material inputs during the reporting period
Aggregation
Add compatible mass rows or compatible volume rows only; never combine parent and component totals
Pillar
Environmental
Topic
Circular materials and waste
Controlled domain
Materials, circularity and waste
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Packaging-material inputs used to package the organization's primary products and services. This material-input subset remains distinct from packaging first made available in a jurisdiction, packaging stock, purchased packaging, packaging waste generated, and packaging recycled.

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

    GRI Standards

    Source evidence
    Publisher
    Global Reporting Initiative
    Edition
    2016 edition; effective 1 July 2018; publisher file retrieved 15 August 2026
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Disclosure
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    Edition and rights pages 1–2; Disclosures 301-1 to 301-3 pages 8–10; glossary pages 11–12
    Open official framework source

Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
Structured table — see field-level units
Reporting basis
Packaging material inputs during the 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

  • Named material, packaging-use role, product or service category, and site or operation
  • Renewable or non-renewable classification method and internally sourced or externally purchased route
  • Input quantity (t — metric tonnes, where 1 t = 1,000 kg; kg — kilograms; or m³ — cubic metres of the named material)
  • Physical condition, direct or estimated status, estimation method, reporting period, source, and assurance
  • Lifecycle profile: packaging input only, kept separate from market placement, stock, waste, and recycling

Published dimensions

  • Material, packaging use, product or service, renewability, sourcing route, physical state, unit, and period

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 301: Materials 2016

    Publisher
    Global Reporting Initiative
    Edition
    2016 edition; effective 1 July 2018; publisher file retrieved 15 August 2026
    Locator
    Edition and rights pages 1–2; Disclosures 301-1 to 301-3 pages 8–10; glossary pages 11–12

    Supports: Official publisher reference linked specifically to the Sustopedia metric “Packaging material inputs by material”; 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: Binding ESRS E5-4 under Regulation (EU) 2023/2772 consolidated 1 January 2025, effective GRI 301: Materials 2016, and the distinct applicable PPWR market-placement profile under Regulation (EU) 2025/40.

  • Name material type, packaging-use role, product or service category, renewable or non-renewable classification method, sourcing route, and site or operation.
  • Use one source-native unit per row: t — metric tonnes (1 t = 1,000 kg), kg — kilograms, or m³ — cubic metres of the named material in its stated physical condition.
  • State physical state, direct or estimated status, estimation method, reporting period, source, and assurance.
  • Keep material-input, market-placement, stock, purchased-packaging, waste-generation, and recycled-packaging boundaries separate.

Record-specific limitations

  • The packaging-only breakdown is a source-supported subset of the broader materials-used population.
  • Mass and volume are not interchangeable without a material-specific density and physical-state method.
  • Renewable, recyclable, recycled, reclaimed, market-placed, and waste quantities are different properties and lifecycle boundaries.

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.