For this metric question you are being asked to identify the total Economic Value Distributed (operating costs, employee wages and benefits, payments to providers of capital, payments to government by country, and community investments) of the organization for a specific year.

Start by searching publicly available documents like Annual and CSR reports.

Keywords and search terms for this metric:

- Economic Value Distributed
- 201
- GRI
- GRI Index

The distribution categories include:

• Operating costs

• Employee wages and benefits

• Payments to providers of capital

• Payments to government

•  Community investments

You can find more information on these categories here.

Units
The reporting unit is US Dollars. If the value is reported different currency, please consult this page to find the conversion rate to use according to the company's reporting year. Once you have found the correct conversion rate, multiply that number by your answer to get the USD rate. Include this calculation in your comments.

Always include the page number where you found the answer in the Comments field below. Select the 'Unknown' answer box if the company has not published the data.