Glossary
Jargon-busting explanations of sustainability terminologies.
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C
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Conservation
- Conscious Capitalism
- Conflict Minerals
- Composting
- Closed Loop
- Climate Positive
- Climate Change
- Circular Economy
- Chief Technical Officer / Chief Information Officer
- Chief Sustainability Officer
- Chief Operations Officer
- Chief Marketing Officer
- Chief Legal Officer
- Chief Financial Officer
- Chief Executive Officer
- CDP Worldwide
- Carbon Zero
- Carbon Trading
- Carbon Sink
- Carbon Sequestration
- Carbon Reduction Commitment
- Carbon offsetting
- Carbon Neutral
- Carbon Net Zero
- Carbon Negative
- Carbon labelling
- Carbon footprint
- Carbon Dioxide equivalents
- Carbon capture and storage
- Carbon Budget
- Capital
- Cap and trade
- Cambridge Institute of Sustainable Leadership (CISL)
- C-Suite
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E
- Environmental Management Systems
- Ethical Tea Partnership
- Ethical Investment or Socially Responsible Investment
- Ethical Consumerism
- Equity Fund
- Equity
- Equality
- Environmentally Friendly
- Environment, Social and Governance criteria
- Endangered Species
- End of Life
- Emissions Trading
- Emissions
- Embodied Energy
- Embodied Emissions
- Embedded Water
- Embedded Carbon
- Ecosystem
- Eco-footprint
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G
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M
N
O
P
R
S
- Scope 1 Emissions
- Scope 3 Emissions
- Scope 2 Emissions
- Sustainable Investing
- Sustainable Design
- Sustainability
- Sustainability Linked Bonds
- Sustainability Accounting Standards Board
- Sustainability Bond
- Supplier Code of Conduct
- Supply Chain
- Startup
- Solar Panels
- Social Return on Investment
- Social Impact
- Social Enterprise
- Social Capital
- Social Bonds
- Small Cap
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- Single Use Plastic
- Sick Building Syndrome
- The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)
- Share
- Sexual Exploitation
- Series C
- Series B
- Series A
- Seed Funding
- Science Based Targets Initiative
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- UTZ Certified
- Upstream
- United Nations - Supported Principles for Responsible Investment
- United Nations Global Compact
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
- United Nations
- United Nation Sustainable Development Goals
- UN Development Programme
- UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties