Renewable material input
Measurement answer
What this metric measures
Named renewable material input used to produce or package primary products and services during the reporting period, reported by mass or volume with the renewable-classification basis, sourcing state, physical state, and measurement method visible.
Specification
Metric specification
- Result format
- Structured table
- Unit
- Structured table — see field-level units
- Reporting basis
- Physical renewable-material input during the reporting period
- Aggregation
- Never combine mass and volume, totals and components, or unlike definitions
- Pillar
- Environmental
- Topic
- Circular materials and waste
- Controlled domain
- Materials, circularity and waste
- Entity type
- Metric
Reporting boundary
Renewable material inputs used to produce and package primary products and services under the declared GRI 301 profile. Water enters only when explicitly classified as a material input and protected from duplication with water-accounting records.
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.
- Related but distinct metricPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Apparel finished-goods priority-material inflow
- Related but distinct metricPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Certified apparel priority-material inflow by standard
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
GRI Standards
- 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
Value structure
Dimensions and units
- Unit
- Structured table — see field-level units
- Reporting basis
- Physical renewable-material input 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, renewable-classification authority, definition and edition, material type, source, geography, and use
- Renewable input mass (kg — kilograms, or metric tonnes; 1 metric tonne = 1,000 kilograms)
- Renewable input volume (L — litres, or m³ — cubic metres; 1 cubic metre = 1,000 litres), if used
- % of total compatible input-material mass or volume, only when the exact denominator is available
- Original physical state, certification and sustainably sourced state, method, source, boundary, period, and uncertainty
Published dimensions
- Material, renewable definition, material type, source, use, physical state, quantity basis, and period
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
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 “Renewable material input”; 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: Publisher-current GRI 301: Materials 2016 provides the renewable-material profile; current ESRS E5-4 sustainably sourced biological-material share is related but non-equivalent.
- Name material, renewable-classification authority, definition and edition, material type, purchased-or-internal source, geography, product or service use, entity, and period.
- Keep renewable classification, certification, and sustainably sourced status as separate fields.
- For mass, state kilograms or metric tonnes in the named material’s reported physical state and that one metric tonne equals 1,000 kilograms.
- For volume, state litres or cubic metres, physical state and temperature when material, and that one cubic metre equals 1,000 litres.
- If a share is shown, name the matching compatible total input-material denominator, unit basis, method, source, and overlap controls.
Record-specific limitations
- Renewable does not necessarily mean sustainably sourced, certified, low impact, biodegradable, recycled, or abundant at the extraction place and rate.
- Classification, geography, timescale, management, product mix, physical state, and estimation method affect comparability.
- Mass and volume, totals and components, renewable classification and sustainably sourced status, and water-accounting populations remain separate.
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.