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MetricPayment practices, public policy and whistleblowing

Whistleblowing-channel reports received

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Distinct report records received through the declared whistleblowing channel, retaining receiver population, subject scope, intake rule, jurisdiction and confidentiality controls.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Structured table
Unit
Distinct whistleblowing-channel report records received
Reporting basis
Reporting period
Aggregation
Add only non-overlapping records after applying the stated identity and deduplication controls
Pillar
Governance
Topic
Payment practices, public policy and whistleblowing
Controlled domain
Governance and business conduct
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Keep internal legal-entity and external competent-authority receiver populations separate. Add only disjoint report-record identities under compatible intake and duplicate rules.

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

    EU laws and regulatory guidance

    Source evidence
    Publisher
    European Union
    Edition
    Consolidated 30 December 2024
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Disclosure
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    Report and channel definitions, PDF page 5; Article 9, page 8; Article 18, page 13; Article 27, page 18
    Open official framework source
  • Adopting Disclosure

    GRI Standards

    Source evidence
    Publisher
    Global Reporting Initiative
    Edition
    2021
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Disclosure
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    Disclosure 2-26 guidance, PDF page 43
    Open official framework source

Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
Distinct whistleblowing-channel report records received
Reporting basis
Reporting period

Unit meaning: A non-negative count of report records, not reporting people, allegations, investigations, findings or retaliation events.

Table fields and units

  • Receiver
  • Channel
  • Subject scope
  • Jurisdiction
  • Report-record identity
  • Reports received
  • Duplicate treatment
  • Confidentiality state

Published dimensions

  • receiving organization and class
  • internal or external channel
  • covered subject matter
  • reporting-person population
  • jurisdiction
  • channel mode
  • anonymous-report acceptance
  • receipt rule
  • report-record identity
  • duplicate and transfer treatment
  • confidentiality state

Disclosure method

Formula information

Status
Not applicable
Formula type
Structured Disclosure

Disclosure form

No single formula

Populate 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

    Directive (EU) 2019/1937, consolidated

    Publisher
    European Union
    Edition
    Consolidated 30 December 2024
    Locator
    Report and channel definitions, PDF page 5; Article 9, page 8; Article 18, page 13; Article 27, page 18

    Supports: Supports report, internal/external channel and record-keeping distinctions while not defining a universal company count.

    Open official source
  • Measurement evidenceChecked 15 August 2026

    GRI 2: General Disclosures 2021

    Publisher
    Global Reporting Initiative
    Edition
    2021
    Locator
    Disclosure 2-26 guidance, PDF page 43

    Supports: Supports the relationship between concern-raising mechanisms and report-state context without a universal event rule.

    Open official source

Use with context

Interpretation boundaries

Method disclosures required

Source-edition basis: Directive (EU) 2019/1937 consolidated 30 December 2024, with GRI 2: General Disclosures 2021 context.

  • Define receiving organization, internal/external channel and covered subject matter.
  • Define report-record identity and duplicate, transfer, reopened, multi-allegation and test-report treatment.
  • State jurisdiction, receipt-period rule, anonymity and confidentiality controls.

Record-specific limitations

  • The count depends on awareness, access, trust, channel scope, duplicate handling and recording practice.
  • It does not measure wrongdoing, severity, unique reporters, investigation, substantiation, remedy, effectiveness, compliance or retaliation.

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.