MetricWater and marine resources
Water consumed in own operations
Measurement answer
What this metric measures
Water consumed in own operations is the volume entering the reporting organization or facility boundary that is not discharged to the water environment or a third party during the reporting period. It is reported in cubic metres with the measurement, modelling and estimation basis stated.
Specification
Metric specification
- Result format
- Single value
- Unit
- Cubic metres (m³)
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period
- Aggregation
- Sum within a declared operational boundary
- Pillar
- Environmental
- Topic
- Water and marine resources
- Controlled domain
- Water and marine resources
- Entity type
- Metric
Reporting boundary
Own operations within the stated organizational or facility boundary; includes water drawn during the reporting period and not discharged to the environment or a third party. Consumption in areas at water risk is a subset of the total, not an additional amount.
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 — GRI 303-5, paragraph a
- Population or boundary coverage relationshipPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Water consumed profile for agricultural products
- Population or boundary coverage relationshipPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Water consumed profile for alcoholic beverages
- Population or boundary coverage relationshipPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Water consumed profile for biofuels
- Population or boundary coverage relationshipPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Water consumed profile for chemicals
- Population or boundary coverage relationshipPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Water consumed profile for coal operations
- Population or boundary coverage relationshipPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Water consumed profile for construction materials
- Population or boundary coverage relationshipPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Water consumed profile for containers and packaging
- Population or boundary coverage relationshipPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Water consumed profile for e-commerce
- Population or boundary coverage relationshipPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Water consumed profile for electric utilities and power
- Population or boundary coverage relationshipPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Water consumed profile for electronic manufacturing service
- Population or boundary coverage relationshipPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Water consumed profile for hotels and lodging
- Population or boundary coverage relationshipPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Water consumed profile for household and personal products
- Population or boundary coverage relationshipPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Water consumed profile for internet media and service providers
- Population or boundary coverage relationshipPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Water consumed profile for iron and steel producers
- Population or boundary coverage relationshipPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Water consumed profile for meat, poultry and dairy
- Population or boundary coverage relationshipPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Water consumed profile for metals and mining
- Population or boundary coverage relationshipPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Water consumed profile for non-alcoholic beverages
- Population or boundary coverage relationshipPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Water consumed profile for oil and gas - exploration
- Population or boundary coverage relationshipPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Water consumed profile for oil and gas - refining and marketing
- Population or boundary coverage relationshipPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Water consumed profile for processed foods
- Population or boundary coverage relationshipPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Water consumed profile for pulp and paper products
- Population or boundary coverage relationshipPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Water consumed profile for restaurants
- Population or boundary coverage relationshipPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Water consumed profile for semiconductors
- Population or boundary coverage relationshipPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Water consumed profile for software and it service providers
- Population or boundary coverage relationshipPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Water consumed profile for solar technology and project
- Different calculation methodPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Water consumption — GRI 101-6, paragraph b
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-total
CDP Full Corporate Questionnaire 2026
- Publisher
- CDP
- Edition
- Full Corporate Questionnaire and Reporting Guidance 2026 v1.3, revised 6 August 2026
- Requirement
- Conditional
- Relationship
- Reuses Canonical Metric
- Mapping outcome
- Reused
- Source locator
- Q9.3.1, numeric field 15
- 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, paragraphs 26 to 29; application requirements AR 28 to AR 32; Annex II glossary definition of water consumption
- 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 a; taxonomy entry point dated 23 June 2025
- Adopting DisclosureGRI 101-6
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 101-6, paragraph b; taxonomy entry point dated 23 June 2025
- Adopting DisclosureRecord-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
ISSB/SASB industry-based metrics
- Publisher
- IFRS Foundation / International Sustainability Standards Board
- Edition
- Final taxonomy package published 7 November 2024
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Narrower Than
- Mapping outcome
- Cross Library Link
- Source locator
- Record-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
- Adopting DisclosureRecord-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
ISSB/SASB industry-based metrics
- Publisher
- IFRS Foundation / International Sustainability Standards Board
- Edition
- Final taxonomy package published 7 November 2024
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Narrower Than
- Mapping outcome
- Cross Library Link
- Source locator
- Record-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
- Adopting DisclosureRecord-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
ISSB/SASB industry-based metrics
- Publisher
- IFRS Foundation / International Sustainability Standards Board
- Edition
- Final taxonomy package published 7 November 2024
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Narrower Than
- Mapping outcome
- Cross Library Link
- Source locator
- Record-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
- Adopting DisclosureRecord-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
ISSB/SASB industry-based metrics
- Publisher
- IFRS Foundation / International Sustainability Standards Board
- Edition
- Final taxonomy package published 7 November 2024
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Narrower Than
- Mapping outcome
- Cross Library Link
- Source locator
- Record-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
- Adopting DisclosureRecord-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
ISSB/SASB industry-based metrics
- Publisher
- IFRS Foundation / International Sustainability Standards Board
- Edition
- Final taxonomy package published 7 November 2024
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Narrower Than
- Mapping outcome
- Cross Library Link
- Source locator
- Record-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
- Adopting DisclosureRecord-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
ISSB/SASB industry-based metrics
- Publisher
- IFRS Foundation / International Sustainability Standards Board
- Edition
- Final taxonomy package published 7 November 2024
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Narrower Than
- Mapping outcome
- Cross Library Link
- Source locator
- Record-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
- Adopting DisclosureRecord-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
ISSB/SASB industry-based metrics
- Publisher
- IFRS Foundation / International Sustainability Standards Board
- Edition
- Final taxonomy package published 7 November 2024
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Narrower Than
- Mapping outcome
- Cross Library Link
- Source locator
- Record-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
- Adopting DisclosureRecord-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
ISSB/SASB industry-based metrics
- Publisher
- IFRS Foundation / International Sustainability Standards Board
- Edition
- Final taxonomy package published 7 November 2024
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Narrower Than
- Mapping outcome
- Cross Library Link
- Source locator
- Record-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
- Adopting DisclosureRecord-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
ISSB/SASB industry-based metrics
- Publisher
- IFRS Foundation / International Sustainability Standards Board
- Edition
- Final taxonomy package published 7 November 2024
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Narrower Than
- Mapping outcome
- Cross Library Link
- Source locator
- Record-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
- Adopting DisclosureRecord-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
ISSB/SASB industry-based metrics
- Publisher
- IFRS Foundation / International Sustainability Standards Board
- Edition
- Final taxonomy package published 7 November 2024
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Narrower Than
- Mapping outcome
- Cross Library Link
- Source locator
- Record-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
- Adopting DisclosureRecord-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
ISSB/SASB industry-based metrics
- Publisher
- IFRS Foundation / International Sustainability Standards Board
- Edition
- Final taxonomy package published 7 November 2024
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Narrower Than
- Mapping outcome
- Cross Library Link
- Source locator
- Record-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
- Adopting DisclosureRecord-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
ISSB/SASB industry-based metrics
- Publisher
- IFRS Foundation / International Sustainability Standards Board
- Edition
- Final taxonomy package published 7 November 2024
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Narrower Than
- Mapping outcome
- Cross Library Link
- Source locator
- Record-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
- Adopting DisclosureRecord-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
ISSB/SASB industry-based metrics
- Publisher
- IFRS Foundation / International Sustainability Standards Board
- Edition
- Final taxonomy package published 7 November 2024
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Narrower Than
- Mapping outcome
- Cross Library Link
- Source locator
- Record-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
- Adopting DisclosureRecord-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
ISSB/SASB industry-based metrics
- Publisher
- IFRS Foundation / International Sustainability Standards Board
- Edition
- Final taxonomy package published 7 November 2024
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Narrower Than
- Mapping outcome
- Cross Library Link
- Source locator
- Record-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
- Adopting DisclosureRecord-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
ISSB/SASB industry-based metrics
- Publisher
- IFRS Foundation / International Sustainability Standards Board
- Edition
- Final taxonomy package published 7 November 2024
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Narrower Than
- Mapping outcome
- Cross Library Link
- Source locator
- Record-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
- Adopting DisclosureRecord-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
ISSB/SASB industry-based metrics
- Publisher
- IFRS Foundation / International Sustainability Standards Board
- Edition
- Final taxonomy package published 7 November 2024
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Narrower Than
- Mapping outcome
- Cross Library Link
- Source locator
- Record-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
- Adopting DisclosureRecord-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
ISSB/SASB industry-based metrics
- Publisher
- IFRS Foundation / International Sustainability Standards Board
- Edition
- Final taxonomy package published 7 November 2024
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Narrower Than
- Mapping outcome
- Cross Library Link
- Source locator
- Record-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
- Adopting DisclosureRecord-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
ISSB/SASB industry-based metrics
- Publisher
- IFRS Foundation / International Sustainability Standards Board
- Edition
- Final taxonomy package published 7 November 2024
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Narrower Than
- Mapping outcome
- Cross Library Link
- Source locator
- Record-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
- Adopting DisclosureRecord-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
ISSB/SASB industry-based metrics
- Publisher
- IFRS Foundation / International Sustainability Standards Board
- Edition
- Final taxonomy package published 7 November 2024
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Narrower Than
- Mapping outcome
- Cross Library Link
- Source locator
- Record-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
- Adopting DisclosureRecord-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
ISSB/SASB industry-based metrics
- Publisher
- IFRS Foundation / International Sustainability Standards Board
- Edition
- Final taxonomy package published 7 November 2024
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Narrower Than
- Mapping outcome
- Cross Library Link
- Source locator
- Record-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
- Adopting DisclosureRecord-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
ISSB/SASB industry-based metrics
- Publisher
- IFRS Foundation / International Sustainability Standards Board
- Edition
- Final taxonomy package published 7 November 2024
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Narrower Than
- Mapping outcome
- Cross Library Link
- Source locator
- Record-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
- Adopting DisclosureRecord-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
ISSB/SASB industry-based metrics
- Publisher
- IFRS Foundation / International Sustainability Standards Board
- Edition
- Final taxonomy package published 7 November 2024
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Narrower Than
- Mapping outcome
- Cross Library Link
- Source locator
- Record-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
- Adopting DisclosureRecord-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
ISSB/SASB industry-based metrics
- Publisher
- IFRS Foundation / International Sustainability Standards Board
- Edition
- Final taxonomy package published 7 November 2024
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Narrower Than
- Mapping outcome
- Cross Library Link
- Source locator
- Record-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
- Adopting DisclosureRecord-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
ISSB/SASB industry-based metrics
- Publisher
- IFRS Foundation / International Sustainability Standards Board
- Edition
- Final taxonomy package published 7 November 2024
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Narrower Than
- Mapping outcome
- Cross Library Link
- Source locator
- Record-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
- Adopting DisclosureRecord-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
ISSB/SASB industry-based metrics
- Publisher
- IFRS Foundation / International Sustainability Standards Board
- Edition
- Final taxonomy package published 7 November 2024
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Narrower Than
- Mapping outcome
- Cross Library Link
- Source locator
- Record-level correspondence is retained in Sustopedia’s internal source map
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
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 consumed in own operations. | 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 of 31 July 2023 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, paragraphs 26 to 29; application requirements AR 28 to AR 32; Annex II glossary definition of water consumption
Supports: Official publisher reference linked specifically to the Sustopedia metric “Water consumed in own operations”; 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 consolidated as of 1 January 2025
- Direct measurement, modelling, or estimation basis
- Water-storage change treatment
- Inter-site transfer treatment
Record-specific limitations
- The record must state whether values are directly measured, modelled, estimated, or derived from withdrawal and discharge data.
- Storage changes and transfers between sites can invalidate simple subtraction or aggregation unless their treatment is declared.
- Consumption in areas at water risk is a companion subset and must not be added to the total as a separate category.
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.