Suppliers assessed for environmental impacts
Measurement answer
What this metric measures
Distinct suppliers assessed for environmental impacts during the stated reporting period and supplier boundary, preserving the assessment method without treating an audit or finding as the same unit.
Specification
Metric specification
- Result format
- Structured table
- Unit
- Suppliers assessed for environmental impacts (distinct suppliers)
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period
- Aggregation
- Sum only non-overlapping rows with compatible populations, periods, definitions, units, and deduplication rules.
- Pillar
- Environmental
- Topic
- Supplier environmental assessment
- Controlled domain
- Supply chain and value chain
- Entity type
- Metric
Reporting boundary
Count suppliers, not assessments, audits, sites, products, findings or impact categories. Add only disjoint supplier rows under one method and period. Location and impact breakdowns can overlap and must not be summed without deduplication.
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 supplier count by tier
- Related but distinct metricPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Environmental-assessment coverage across apparel supplier sites
- Related but distinct metricPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Share of apparel supplier sites meeting wastewater requirements
- Different calculation methodPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Suppliers assessed for environmental impacts count — GRI 308-2, paragraph a
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
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Defines Disclosure
- Mapping outcome
- Direct Evidence
- Source locator
- effective date and rights PDF pp1-2; management guidance p7; Disclosure 308-1 p8; Disclosure 308-2 p9; supplier and supplier-screening definitions p12
- Adopting DisclosureGRI 308-2
GRI Standards
- 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 308-2, paragraph a; taxonomy entry point dated 23 June 2025
Value structure
Dimensions and units
- Unit
- Suppliers assessed for environmental impacts (distinct suppliers)
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period
Unit meaning: One unit is one distinct supplier assessed for environmental impacts; it is not one assessment, audit, site, product, finding, or impact category.
Table fields and units
- Environmental criteria or impact categories
- Supplier type, tier and location
- Direct or indirect
- Assessment method
- Audit used as evidence yes, no or unknown
- Reported value
- Suppliers assessed for environmental impacts (distinct suppliers)
- Measurement-source edition
- Assurance status
Published dimensions
- Environmental criteria or impact categories.
- Supplier type, tier and location.
- Direct or indirect.
- Assessment method.
- Audit used as evidence yes, no or unknown.
- Reporting- organization, second-party or third-party method when reported.
- Performance-expectation basis.
- Completed, ongoing or other source assessment state.
- Distinct-supplier key.
- Reporting boundary and period.
- Source edition.
- Estimate, rounding 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
GRI 308: Supplier Environmental Assessment 2016
- Publisher
- Global Reporting Initiative
- Edition
- 2016 edition
- Locator
- effective date and rights PDF pp1-2; management guidance p7; Disclosure 308-1 p8; Disclosure 308-2 p9; supplier and supplier-screening definitions p12
Supports: Supports the measurement definition, boundary, and source-reported fields for Suppliers assessed for environmental impacts.
Open official source
Use with context
Interpretation boundaries
Method disclosures required
Source-edition basis: GRI 308: Supplier Environmental Assessment 2016 — 2016 edition. Retain the exact source edition on every observation; later editions require a separate method profile.
- Environmental criteria or impact categories.
- Supplier type, tier and location.
- Direct or indirect.
- Assessment method.
- Audit used as evidence yes, no or unknown.
- Reporting- organization, second-party or third-party method when reported.
- Performance-expectation basis.
- Completed, ongoing or other source assessment state.
- Retain the exact measurement-source edition with every observation.
- One unit is one distinct supplier assessed for environmental impacts; it is not one assessment, audit, site, product, finding, or impact category.
Record-specific limitations
- A higher count can reflect a larger or more risk-focused supplier population. It does not show coverage, assessment quality, audit rigor, findings, impact severity, prevention, improvement or environmental performance.
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.