Sustainable Packaging & EPR Compliance worked example

Recycled Content Compliance Gap with compliance gap severity of 15 score: a worked example

What does the result look like when compliance gap severity reaches 15 score? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. Use it when recycled content compliance gap in sustainable packaging and epr compliance needs a defensible ranking against other sustainable packaging and epr compliance risks for the next review.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Compliance gap severity (harm if under-target): 15 score (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 6)
  • Compliance gap occurrence (likelihood of falling short): 4 score (unchanged)
  • Compliance gap detection (ability to catch it pre-audit): 3 score (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Recycled content compliance gap risk score = recycled content compliance gap severity score × recycled content compliance gap occurrence score × recycled content compliance gap detection score) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 8.15 score for recycled content compliance gap risk score, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 15 score for recycled content compliance gap severity score.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4 score for recycled content compliance gap occurrence score.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3 score for recycled content compliance gap detection score.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where compliance gap severity sits at 6 score and the headline result is 4.55 score, this scenario comes in 79.12% above the baseline at 8.15 score.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when compliance gap severity is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. The number is only as good as your scoring discipline — inconsistent 1-10 scales between raters or SKUs make the RPNs uncomparable and can hide a high-severity, low-frequency gap.

Results at a glance

  • Recycled content compliance gap risk score: 8.15 score (headline result)
  • Recycled content compliance gap severity score: 15 score
  • Recycled content compliance gap occurrence score: 4 score
  • Recycled content compliance gap detection score: 3 score

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Recycled Content Compliance Gap calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.