Water consumption in high water-stress regions share
Measurement answer
What this metric measures
Reports the percentage of total own-operation water consumption occurring in regions classified as high or extremely high water stress.
Specification
Metric specification
- Result format
- Single value
- Unit
- Water consumption in high-stress regions (%)
- Reporting basis
- Reporting-period flow
- Aggregation
- Never average reported percentages; consolidate compatible site or basin volumes first and recompute the percentage with one water-stress classification edition.
- Pillar
- Environmental
- Topic
- Water use and stress
- Controlled domain
- Water and marine resources
- Entity type
- Metric
Reporting boundary
Own-operation water consumption for the reporting period, classified by the disclosed high-or-extremely-high water-stress method and spatial resolution.
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
UN Global Compact Communication on Progress
- Publisher
- United Nations Global Compact
- Edition
- 2026 Communication on Progress Questionnaire and Guidebook, effective 2026
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Defines Disclosure
- Mapping outcome
- Direct Evidence
- Source locator
- E12, PDF page 44; Guidebook PDF page 64
- Adopting Disclosuree12-water-consumption-high-stress-share
UN Global Compact Communication on Progress
- Publisher
- United Nations Global Compact
- Edition
- 2026 Communication on Progress Questionnaire and Guidebook, effective 2026
- Requirement
- Conditional
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- 2026 CoP Questionnaire PDF page 44, E12; Guidebook PDF page 64
Value structure
Dimensions and units
- Unit
- Water consumption in high-stress regions (%)
- Reporting basis
- Reporting-period flow
Unit meaning: Water consumed in high or extremely high water-stress regions divided by total compatible water consumption, multiplied by 100.
Table fields and units
- High-stress water consumption volume
- Total water consumption volume
- Water consumption in high-stress regions share (%)
- Stress-classification edition
- Boundary, period and method
Published dimensions
- Site, basin, country or region
- Water-stress classification, edition and spatial resolution
- Water-consumption method and source
- Own-operation organizational boundary
- Reporting period
Calculation method
Formula information
- Status
- Specified
- Formula type
- Percentage
Formula
high_stress_water_consumption_share_percent = (high_stress_water_consumption / total_water_consumption) * 100Divide consumption in regions classified as high or extremely high water stress by compatible total water consumption for the same boundary and period, then multiply by 100.
Variables
| Symbol | Variable | Definition | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
high_stress_water_consumption | water consumption in high-stress regions | Water consumed in locations classified as high or extremely high water stress. | volume |
total_water_consumption | total water consumption | Complete compatible water-consumption denominator for the same boundary and period. | volume |
Verified sources
Evidence and status sources
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Measurement evidence
- Measurement evidenceChecked 1 September 2026
2026 Communication on Progress Questionnaire
- Publisher
- United Nations Global Compact
- Edition
- 2026 Communication on Progress Questionnaire and Guidebook, effective 2026
- Locator
- E12, PDF page 44; Guidebook PDF page 64
Supports: The 2026 CoP asks participants to report the percentage of total water consumed in high or extremely high water-stress regions.
Open official source
Use with context
Interpretation boundaries
Method disclosures required
Source-edition basis: 2026 Communication on Progress Questionnaire and Guidebook, effective 2026
- High and extremely high water-stress classifier, edition and spatial resolution
- Consumption numerator and complete total-consumption denominator
- Site or basin mapping and organizational boundary
- Direct measurement, calculation or estimation method
- Reporting period, exclusions, missing data and assurance status
Record-specific limitations
- Different water-stress tools, editions and spatial resolutions can change classification.
- The percentage does not measure local ecological impact, seasonal scarcity, water quality or community access.
- Missing site data must not be treated as zero consumption or a non-stressed location.
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.