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MetricConsumers and product responsibility

Significant categories with health and safety impacts assessed for improvement

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Source-reported percentage of the declared significant product and service category population whose health and safety impacts were assessed for improvement.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Structured table
Unit
Percent of declared significant categories assessed for improvement
Reporting basis
Reporting date or measurement snapshot
Aggregation
Non-additive; retain the complete declared profile and do not force a scalar total
Pillar
Social
Topic
Consumers and product responsibility
Controlled domain
Consumers and end users
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Use one category taxonomy, significance method, assessment rule and measurement date. Do not add or average overlapping category, lifecycle, market or jurisdiction percentages.

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.

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
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Disclosure
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    Disclosure 416-1, PDF page 8
    Open official framework source
  • Adopting Disclosure

    GRI Standards

    GRI 416-1
    Publisher
    Global Reporting Initiative
    Edition
    Files published 19 June 2025; entry point dated 23 June 2025
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Method Variant
    Mapping outcome
    Cross Library Link
    Source locator
    GRI 416-1, paragraph a; taxonomy entry point dated 23 June 2025
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Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
Percent of declared significant categories assessed for improvement
Reporting basis
Reporting date or measurement snapshot

Unit meaning: A source-reported value from 0 to 100 for the declared significant-category population; it is not item, revenue, volume or consumer coverage.

Table fields and units

  • Category
  • Significance method
  • Assessment criteria
  • Lifecycle scope
  • Completion rule
  • Reported percent
  • Measurement date

Published dimensions

  • product or service
  • category taxonomy
  • significance method
  • assessment criteria and version
  • lifecycle stages
  • completion rule
  • market and jurisdiction
  • measurement date

Calculation method

Formula information

Status
Specified
Formula type
Percentage

Formula

P = (N ÷ D) × 100

Use the source-defined numerator and denominator for the same population, period, boundary, and method; do not infer an unstated denominator.

Variables

SymbolVariableDefinitionUnit
Nqualifying numeratorQualifying observations within the qualifying population and boundary defined for Significant categories with health and safety impacts assessed for improvement.Dimensionless
Ddeclared denominatorComplete compatible denominator for the qualifying population and boundary defined for Significant categories with health and safety impacts assessed for improvement.Dimensionless

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 416: Customer Health and Safety 2016

    Publisher
    Global Reporting Initiative
    Edition
    2016
    Locator
    Disclosure 416-1, PDF page 8

    Supports: Supports the significant product and service category health-and-safety assessment observation.

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Interpretation boundaries

Method disclosures required

Source-edition basis: GRI 416: Customer Health and Safety 2016, current effective edition at the research cutoff.

  • Define the significant-category population and taxonomy.
  • State the assessment criteria, lifecycle scope and completion rule.
  • Use only the source-reported percentage unless a complete compatible component method is available.

Record-specific limitations

  • The value depends on significance, category and assessment-completion methods.
  • It does not measure assessment quality, individual products, compliance, incidents, recalls, injuries, risk reduction or outcomes.

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.