Unified Metrics Library - Water management policy

Helper question

Did the company have a water management policy related to water usage and discharge methodology, during the period?.

Summary

A water management policy is a set of guidelines and practices implemented by a company to responsibly use, conserve and protect water resources in its operations.

Unit

Boolean: Yes or No

Description

This indicator aims to assess if the company have water management policies in place or not. In case it’s a portfolio company, it enables the identification of the proportion of the company’s investments that lack water management policies.

Regulatory definition

According to the (EU) 2022/1288 of 6 April 2022, it is defined as "Share of investments in investee companies without water management policies"

Sources

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1288 of 6 April 2022 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the details of the content and presentation of the information in relation to the principle of do no significant harm. ANNEX I (Table 2, Indicators applicable to investments in investee companies, Indicator 7)

Total water withdrawal

Tax investigations