Describes the type of non-financial support the organization offers to clients, if applicable.
Non-financial Support Offered (PD9681)
- Reporting Format Text
- Metric Type Metric
- Metric Level Product/Service, Organization
- IRIS Metric Citation IRIS, 2021. Non-financial Support Offered (PD9681). v5.2.
Footnote
Organizations should footnote details regarding the types of services offered and their uptake. See usage guidance for further information.
Usage Guidance
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This metric is intended to capture services offered by the organization to support clients other than with financial resources. Examples of services to footnote include support on topics such as education (e.g., in financial literacy, workplace safety, basic health and nutrition, for children and youth), enterprise services (e.g., business development services, enterprise skills development), female empowerment (e.g., women’s leadership training, women’s rights education and gender equality training, counseling and legal services for female victims of violence), health (e.g., basic medical services, special medical services for women and children), and housing (e.g., housing counseling, other housing-related support), among other non-financial services.
Impact Categories & Themes
SDG Goals & Targets
No Poverty
- SDG Target 1.5
- SDG Target 1.4
Zero Hunger
- SDG Target 2.1
Gender Equality
- SDG Target 5.1
- SDG Target 5.2
- SDG Target 5.5
- SDG Target 5.6
Decent Work and Economic Growth
- SDG Target 8.1
- SDG Target 8.2
- SDG Target 8.3
- SDG Target 8.5
- SDG Target 8.6
- SDG Target 8.8
- SDG Target 8.10
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- SDG Target 9.3
Reduced Inequality
- SDG Target 10.1
- SDG Target 10.2
- SDG Target 10.3
Sustainable Cities and Communities
- SDG Target 11.5
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 metric name 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
Immaterial change. Usage guidance slightly updated to include reference to housing services.
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March 2016 - IRIS+ v4.0 Released
Material change. Metric definition language and reporting format modified to maintain consistency with changes to IRIS structure.
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March 2014 - IRIS+ v3.0 Released
Material change. Metric definition and response format modified to provide clarity based on best practices and standard guidance.
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November 2011 - IRIS+ v2.2 Released
No change.
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February 2011 - IRIS+ v2.1 Released
Material change. Non-financial Services Offered (PD9681) replaced Non-financial Services Offered-Partnership (PD9681). Metric modified to include non-financial services offered without a partnership.
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September 2010 - IRIS+ v2.0 Released
Material change. Non-financial Services Offered - Partnership (PD9681) and Non-financial Services Offered-Direct (PD2807) replaced Non-financial Services (M5). Metric bifurcated to maintain consistency with the Social Performance Task Force Guidelines (SPTF).
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September 2009 - IRIS+ v1.0 Released
New metric. Non-financial Services (M5) was developed via the Original IRIS Working Group.