Describes the legal structure of the organization. Select one:
- Benefit Corporation
- Co-op
- Corporation
- Limited Liability Company
- Nonprofit/Non-Governmental Organization
- Partnership
- Sole-proprietorship
- Other
Describes the legal structure of the organization. Select one:
Organizations should footnote details in cases with related organizations, hybrids, or spinoffs reporting as a single organization.
This metric is intended to capture the organization’s legal structure. Organizations can refer to the glossary for additional information on these various legal structures.
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).
June 2025 - IRIS+ v5.3b Released (current version)
No change.
December 2024 - IRIS+ v5.3a Released
No change.
June 2022 - IRIS+ v5.3 Released
Immaterial change. Minor revisions to definition and usage guidance for clarity.
May 2021 - IRIS+ v5.2 Released
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January 2020 - IRIS+ v5.1 Released
No change.
May 2019 - IRIS+ v5.0 Released
No change.
March 2016 - IRIS+ v4.0 Released
Immaterial change. Minor revision to definition language in order to align consistency of metric with catalog's structure and style.
March 2014 - IRIS+ v3.0 Released
Immaterial change. Minor revision to definition language for clarity.
November 2011 - IRIS+ v2.2 Released
No change.
February 2011 - IRIS+ v2.1 Released
No change.
September 2010 - IRIS+ v2.0 Released
Immaterial change. IRIS ID changed due to framework upgrade. Minor revision to definition language for clarity.
September 2009 - IRIS+ v1.0 Released
New metric. Legal Structure (DES3) was developed via the Original IRIS Working Group.