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Glossary
'How To' Guide
Contact Us
Getting Started
Platform Overview
FAQs
Account and Payment Information
Providing Evidence
Scoring Explained
Further Resources
Portfolio Dashboard
Downloadable Guides
FuturePlus User Guides
Strategy Guides
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UN SDG Guides
Framework & Legislation Guides
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Jargon-busting explanations of sustainability terminologies.
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Anthropogenic
Angel Investor
Anaerobic digestion
Air Pollutants
Adaptation
Abatement
Alternative Energy
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B
Biodegradable
Biodiesel
Biodiversity
Biodiversity Net Gain
Bioethanol
Biogas
Biomass
Biophilia
Biophilic design
Board of Directors (BoD)
Board of Trustees
Bond Fund
Bond
BREEAM
Brown power / Brown energy
Business Model
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C
C-Suite
Cambridge Institute of Sustainable Leadership (CISL)
Cap and trade
Capital
Carbon Budget
Carbon capture and storage
Carbon Dioxide equivalents
Carbon footprint
Carbon labelling
Carbon Negative
Carbon Net Zero
Carbon Neutral
Carbon offsetting
Carbon Reduction Commitment
Carbon Sequestration
Carbon Sink
Carbon Trading
Carbon Zero
CDP Worldwide
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Legal Officer
Chief Marketing Officer
Chief Operations Officer
Chief Sustainability Officer
Chief Technical Officer / Chief Information Officer
Circular Economy
Climate Change
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Closed Loop
Composting
Conflict Minerals
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Conservation
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D
Deforestation
Diversity
Doughnut Economy
Downstream
E
Eco-footprint
Ecosystem
Embedded Carbon
Embedded Water
Embodied Emissions
Embodied Energy
Emissions
Emissions Trading
End of Life
Endangered Species
Environment, Social and Governance criteria
Environmentally Friendly
Equality
Equity
Equity Fund
Ethical Consumerism
Ethical Investment or Socially Responsible Investment
Ethical Tea Partnership
Environmental Management Systems
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F
Fairtrade
Financial materiality
Financial Times Stock Exchange-Russell Group (FTSE4Good)
Food miles
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
Fossil fuels
Fracking
Fuel Cell
Fund
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G
Gender Equality
Geopolitical
Global Reporting Initiative
Global Warming
Green Bond
Green Bond Principles
Green Climate Fund
Green Energy
Green Computing
Green Roofs
Green Roofs - Extensive
Green Roofs - Intensive
Greenhouse Effect
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Greenwashing
Ground Source Heat Pumps
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H
Hurdle Rate
Hydroelectric
I
Impact Investing
Incineration
Inclusion
Index
Indigenous People
Indoor Air Quality
Indoor Environment Quality
Initial Public Offering
Integrated Reporting
Investee
Investment Stewardship
Investor
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Investment Company
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K
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Kyoto Protocol
L
Landfill
Large Cap
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
Life Cycle Assessment
Low Carbon Economy
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M
Marine Conservation Society
Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)
Materiality Assessment
Methane
Micro Generation or Micro Energy
Mid Cap
Mitigation
MSCI (Morgan Stanley Capital International) ESG rating
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N
Nasdaq
Natural Capital
Negative Screening
Non-Governmental Organisation
Non-Renewable Source
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O
Ocean Acidification
Organic
Ozone Depletion
P
Paris Agreement
Parity
Parts Per Million
Passive Buildings
Petrol or Petroleum
Photovoltaics
Planetary boundaries
Polyvinyl Chloride
Positive Screening
Post Consumer Food Waste
Pre-Seed Funding
Private Equity
Private Equity Fund
Protected Area
Public Limited Company
Portfolio
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R
Rainforest Alliance
Rainwater Harvesting
Reclaimed
Recycle
Reduce
Regenerative Sustainability
Regenerative System
Remediation
Renewable Energy
Resilience
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S
Science Based Targets Initiative
Seed Funding
Series A
Series B
Series C
Sexual Exploitation
Share
The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)
Sick Building Syndrome
Single Use Plastic
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Small Cap
Social Bonds
Social Capital
Social Enterprise
Social Impact
Social Return on Investment
Solar Panels
Startup
Supply Chain
Supplier Code of Conduct
Sustainability Bond
Sustainability Accounting Standards Board
Sustainability Linked Bonds
Sustainability
Sustainable Design
Sustainable Investing
Scope 2 Emissions
Scope 3 Emissions
Scope 1 Emissions
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T
Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TFCD)
The International Institute for Sustainable Development
Thematic
Third Party Certification
Triple Bottom Line
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U
UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties
UN Development Programme
United Nation Sustainable Development Goals
United Nations
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
United Nations Global Compact
United Nations - Supported Principles for Responsible Investment
Upstream
UTZ Certified
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V
Valuation
Value Chain
Venture Capital Fund
Venture Capital
Volatile Organic Compounds
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W
Water Footprint
Water Scarcity
Wish Cycling
WELL Standard
Z
Zero Waste