Water consumption in water-stressed areas
Measurement answer
What this metric measures
Water consumption in water-stressed areas is the reporting-period volume consumed within own operations at sites or basins assessed as material water-risk areas, including areas of high water stress. It is a subset of total water consumption, not an additional volume.
Specification
Metric specification
- Result format
- Single value
- Unit
- Cubic metres (m³)
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period
- Aggregation
- Sum of included water-consumption volumes
- Pillar
- Environmental
- Topic
- Water and marine resources
- Controlled domain
- Water and marine resources
- Entity type
- Metric
Reporting boundary
Own operations at locations assessed as material water-risk areas, including areas of high water stress, using the declared risk model, assessment date, materiality method, and measurement or estimation basis.
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.
- Different calculation methodPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Total water consumption from all areas with water stress — GRI 303-5, paragraph b
- Related but distinct metricPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Water consumption in areas at water risk — E3-4
- Related but distinct metricPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Water consumption in areas of highwater stress — E3-4
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 Disclosurewater-consumption-stressed-areas
Revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards
- Publisher
- European Commission / EFRAG
- Edition
- Commission delegated act adopted 3 July 2026; application from 1 January 2027 after Official Journal publication
- Requirement
- Conditional
- Relationship
- Reuses Canonical Metric
- Mapping outcome
- Reused
- Source locator
- ESRS E3 E3-4 paragraph 16 b (ESRS26_E3-4_02)
- Adopting DisclosureSource evidence
European Sustainability Reporting Standards
- Publisher
- European Commission
- Edition
- Consolidated text as of 1 January 2025, document version 001.001
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Defines Disclosure
- Mapping outcome
- Direct Evidence
- Source locator
- Annex I, ESRS E3-4, paragraph 28(b) and (e), application requirements AR 28 to AR 30, and Annex II definitions of areas at water risk, water stress and water consumption
- Adopting Disclosurewater-consumption-stressed-areas
EU Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standard
- Publisher
- European Commission / EFRAG
- Edition
- Commission delegated act adopted 3 July 2026; pending Official Journal publication
- Requirement
- Conditional
- Relationship
- Reuses Canonical Metric
- Mapping outcome
- Reused
- Source locator
- Annex I paragraph 37
- Adopting DisclosureGRI 303-5
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 303-5, paragraph b; taxonomy entry point dated 23 June 2025
- Adopting DisclosureC3.0
TNFD sector guidance
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Version 1.0, January 2025
- Requirement
- Conditional
- Relationship
- Reuses Canonical Metric
- Mapping outcome
- Reused
- Source locator
- pp. 70-71, metric table row C3.0
Value structure
Dimensions and units
- Unit
- Cubic metres (m³)
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period
Unit meaning: One cubic metre equals 1,000 litres of volume.
Published dimensions
- Volume
- Site or basin
- Geography
- Water-risk or water-stress classification
Calculation method
Formula information
- Status
- Specified
- Formula type
- Sum
Formula
T = ΣqᵢSum only non-overlapping qualifying observations that use compatible units, boundaries, periods, classifications, and method editions.
Variables
| Symbol | Variable | Definition | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
qᵢ | qualifying observation | Each compatible observation within the qualifying population and boundary defined for Water consumption in water-stressed areas. | m³ |
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
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2772 supplementing Directive 2013/34/EU as regards sustainability reporting standards
- Publisher
- European Commission
- Edition
- Consolidated text as of 1 January 2025, document version 001.001
- Locator
- Annex I, ESRS E3-4, paragraph 28(b) and (e), application requirements AR 28 to AR 30, and Annex II definitions of areas at water risk, water stress and water consumption
Supports: Official publisher reference linked specifically to the Sustopedia metric “Water consumption in water-stressed areas”; 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: Current in-force ESRS E3 consolidated as of 1 January 2025; the adopted 2026 amendment is compatibility context only.
- Water-risk model, classification threshold and assessment date
- Materiality scope and included sites or basins
- Measurement, sampling, extrapolation or estimation basis
- Treatment of acquisitions, disposals and reporting-boundary changes
Record-specific limitations
- The result depends on the declared water-risk model, classification threshold, assessment date, and materiality decision.
- This metric is a subset of total water consumption and must not be added to the total as if it were a separate flow.
- Changes in site coverage or risk classification can change the result even when physical consumption is unchanged.
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.