Quota Data

This Model Table function represents quotas for the conversion of total output to social, environmental, and economic effects. The quotas are ratios, providing information about the effect value created per unit of output (in monetary terms). In particular, a given quota indicates the amount in the target unit used for measuring the related effect into which one unit of total output translates. For example, a quota value of 0.50 means that one monetary unit of the total output, for example, 1.00 USD, creates 0.50 units of the respective effect value in either a physical or monetary unit. The quotas take into consideration differences between countries and sectors.

The function defines the following fields:

• Data Year: You use this field to specify the year of the data entry.

• Country/Region: You use this field to specify the country/region of business.

• Sector: You use this field to specify the sector of business.

• Effect: You use this field to determine a specific impact induced by business activities, including environmental, social, and economic effects.

• Quota: You use this field to specify a factor used to convert impacts in monetary units into physical units in which the corresponding effects are measured.

• Quota Unit: You use this field as the unit of the quota, that is the physical unit to measure the effect per monetary unit.