Earnings of individual distributors as a result of selling the organization’s products/services during the reporting period.
Earnings of Distributor Individuals: Total (PI4881)
- Reporting Format Reporting Currency (OD5990)
- Metric Type Metric
- Metric Level Product/Service, Organization
- IRIS Metric Citation IRIS, 2021. Earnings of Distributor Individuals: Total (PI4881). v5.2.
Footnote
Organizations should footnote all assumptions used.
Usage Guidance
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This metric is intended to capture the total gross margin earned by, or commission paid to, individual distributors, a measure of how organizations support the livelihoods of individuals through their distribution chains. Organizations wishing to report on earnings paid to distributor organizations should instead use Earnings of Distributor Organizations: Total (PI6218) and its associated submetrics.
Related metrics
This metric has 9 related submetrics.
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 1.4
Zero Hunger
- SDG Target 2.3
Decent Work and Economic Growth
- SDG Target 8.1
- SDG Target 8.2
- SDG Target 8.3
- SDG Target 8.5
Reduced Inequality
- SDG Target 10.1
- SDG Target 10.2
- SDG Target 10.3
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
No change.
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March 2016 - IRIS+ v4.0 Released
Immaterial change. Minor revision to metric name for clarity.
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March 2014 - IRIS+ v3.0 Released
Material change. Metric definition 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
No change.
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September 2010 - IRIS+ v2.0 Released
New metric. Microentrepreneur Distributors Earnings (PI4881) was developed via the Financial Services Working Group.