This metric is intended to capture the amount of water discharged by the organization to any source and for any purpose during the reporting period.
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Water discharged includes effluents, used water, and unused water released to surface water, groundwater, seawater, or a third party, for which the organization has no further use.
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The scope of this metric only includes results from land or facilities directly controlled by the organization (i.e., land for which the organization controls land use through direct operation or management, including situations in which the organization's employees cultivate the land directly). This does not include water withdrawn by external entities in the organization’s value chain.