Describes the product or service replaced for clients, households, or businesses by the products or services provided by the organization.
Product/Service Replaced Description (PD4861)
- Reporting Format Text
- Metric Type Metric
- Metric Level Product/Service
- IRIS Metric Citation IRIS, 2021. Product/Service Replaced Description (PD4861). v5.2.
Footnote
Organizations should footnote all assumptions used.
Usage Guidance
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This metric is intended to capture a description of the product or service the organization replaces. This metric aligns to, and can be reported in conjunction with, Product/Service Description (PD7899), Product/Service Type (PD3017), and Product/Service Detailed Type (PD1516).
Impact Categories & Themes
Cross Category
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).
SDG Goals & Targets
No Poverty
- SDG Target 1.5
- SDG Target 1.4
Zero Hunger
- SDG Target 2.1
- SDG Target 2.2
- SDG Target 2.3
- SDG Target 2.4
Good Health and Well-being
- SDG Target 3.1
- SDG Target 3.2
- SDG Target 3.3
- SDG Target 3.4
- SDG Target 3.5
- SDG Target 3.7
- SDG Target 3.8
Quality Education
- SDG Target 4.1
- SDG Target 4.2
- SDG Target 4.3
- SDG Target 4.4
- SDG Target 4.5
- SDG Target 4.a
Gender Equality
- SDG Target 5.6
Clean Water and Sanitation
- SDG Target 6.1
- SDG Target 6.2
- SDG Target 6.3
- SDG Target 6.4
Affordable and Clean Energy
- SDG Target 7.1
- SDG Target 7.2
- SDG Target 7.3
Decent Work and Economic Growth
- SDG Target 8.1
- SDG Target 8.2
- SDG Target 8.3
- SDG Target 8.4
- SDG Target 8.5
- SDG Target 8.10
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- SDG Target 9.1
- SDG Target 9.3
- SDG Target 9.4
Reduced Inequality
- SDG Target 10.1
- SDG Target 10.2
- SDG Target 10.3
- SDG Target 10.c
Sustainable Cities and Communities
- SDG Target 11.1
- SDG Target 11.2
- SDG Target 11.3
- SDG Target 11.5
- SDG Target 11.6
Responsible Consumption and Production
- SDG Target 12.2
- SDG Target 12.3
- SDG Target 12.4
Metric History
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June 2025 - IRIS+ v5.3b Released (current version)
No change.
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December 2024 - IRIS+ v5.3a Released
No change.
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June 2022 - IRIS+ v5.3 Released
Immaterial change. Minor revisions to definition and usage guidance for clarity.
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May 2021 - IRIS+ v5.2 Released
No change.
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January 2020 - IRIS+ v5.1 Released
No change.
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May 2019 - IRIS+ v5.0 Released
New metric. Developed via IRIS+ core metrics sets.