Number of enterprise clients that were served by the organization and provided access, during the reporting period, to products/services they were unable to access prior to the reporting period.
Organizations should reference New Access to Water, New Access to Energy, New Access to Education, New Access to Finance, or New Access to Healthcare in the glossary for more clarification.
Organizations should footnote all assumptions used as well as the types of enterprises that were clients using Client Type (PD7993).
This metric is multi-dimensional in regards to the five dimensions of impact. It may help describe the WHO dimension when the stakeholder group represented by the metric is the stakeholder group targeted by the investment or organization. It may also help measure the HOW MUCH Scale dimension, which helps estimate the number of the targeted stakeholders experiencing the outcome. For more on the alignment of IRIS metrics to the five dimensions of impact, see specific guidance document. No single metric is sufficient to understand an impact; rather, metrics are selected as a set across all dimensions of impact. When possible, the selection of metrics to measure and describe the five dimensions should be based on best practice and evidence.
This metric has 0 related submetrics.
Metrics identified as "cross-category" are those that are relevant to any IRIS+ Impact Category or Impact Theme (i.e., these metrics are not specific to any particular industry/category or theme).
April 2021 - IRIS v5.2 Released
No change.
December 2019 - IRIS v5.1 Released
No change.
April 2019 - IRIS v5.0 Released
No change.
February 2016 - IRIS v4.0 Released (current version)
No change.
February 2014 - IRIS v3.0 Released
Immaterial change. Minor revision to metric name and definition language for clarity.
October 2011 - IRIS v2.2 Released
Immaterial change. Client Organizations Provided New Access (PI2575) replaced Clients Provided New Access - Business (PI2575). Metric name changed to maintain consistency with other aspects of IRIS structure.
January 2011 - IRIS v2.1 Released
No change.
August 2010 - IRIS v2.0 Released
Material change. Clients Provided New Access - Business (PI2575) replaced New Access to Energy: Businesses (EE13). Metric modified to increase clarity.
August 2009 - IRIS v1.0 Released
New metric. New Access to Energy - Businesses (EE13) developed via Original IRIS Working Group.
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