The Clean Development Mechanism
Is defined in Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol. It allows a country with an emission reduction or limitation commitment to implement an emission reduction project in developing countries.
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Climate Disclosure Standards Board
This is a non-profit organisation that works to provide information to investors and financial markets by integrating climate change-related information into mainstream financial reporting.
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Compressed Natural Gas
InSweden called vehicle gas. It can consist of both natural gas and biogas. Both natural gas and biogas consist mainly of methane, which means that the two gases are interchangeable in most contexts.

Conference of the Parties 23 (1997 in Kyoto, Japan)
The 1997 United Nations Climate Change Conference took place in December 1997 in Kyoto, Japan. It was here that the Kyoto Protocol was adopted. This was the 3rd time the COP met. The COP is the decision-making body responsible for monitoring and reviewing the implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Conference of the Parties 21 (2015 in Paris, France)
The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference took place from 30 November to 12 December 2015 in Paris, France and was the largest gathering of world leaders ever.
This was the 21st time the COP met.

Conference of the Parties 23 (2017, in Bonn, Germany)
The United Nations Climate Change Conference 2017 took place from 6 to 17 November 2017 in Bonn, Germany. The presiding country was Fiji, but the meeting was held in Bonn, where the UNFCCC Secretariat is located. This was the 23rd time the COP met.

Conference of the Parties 25 (2019, in Madrid, Spain)
The United Nations Climate Change Conference 2019 was held in Madrid, Spain, from 2 to 13 December 2019 under Chilean leadership. This was the 25th time the COP met.

Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
A proposed EU directive to enable faster green transformation and protect human rights in Europe but also beyond. More about the CSDD here

Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
EU Directive on Sustainability Reporting replacing the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD).                                              

Environment, Health and Safety
In English Environment, Health and Safety. The abbreviation is often used as a name for a department in a company or authority.         

European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register
Is a Europe-wide register that provides environmental data from industrial installations in EU Member States and in Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Serbia and Switzerland.

Environmental, Social and Governance
i.e. environment, society and (corporate) governance. It has become a central concept for sustainability work in the world of business and finance.

Green House Gas
Greenhouse gases are both natural and man-made gases that form the basis of the greenhouse effect by absorbing and emitting infrared radiation.

Global Reporting Initiative
The Global Reporting Initiative is an international independent standards organisation that helps companies, governments and other organisations understand and communicate their impact on issues such as climate change, human rights and corruption.
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Global warming potential
Is a measure of the ability of a greenhouse gas to contribute to the greenhouse effect and global warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports estimates of the GWP values of the various greenhouse gases.

International Organization for Standardization 14001
Is the collective name for the standards dealing with environmental management.

International Organization for Standardization 37001
Sets requirements and provides guidance for establishing, implementing, maintaining, reviewing and improving an anti-bribery management system.

Non-Financial Reporting
A form of transparency reporting in which companies disclose non-financial information, including information on human rights.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is an international organisation for the exchange of ideas and experience in areas affecting economic development between industrial countries with democracies and market economies, mainly in its 38 member countries. To be environmentally sustainable according to the Taxonomy, one of the requirements is that an operation must comply with minimum safeguards in the form of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.

Principles for Responsible Investment
PRI is a UN-supported international network of investors working together to implement its six aspirational principles, often referred to as the "Principles".
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Science Based Targets
Targets adopted by companies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are considered "science based" if they are in line with the level of carbon dioxide emissions required to keep the global temperature increase below 2 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial temperatures, as described in the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR5).

Sustainable Development Goals
The Global Goals, or the Sustainable Development Goals, are part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.                                  

United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is on the ground in 170 countries to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities, promote peaceful societies and support countries to achieve the Global Goals by 2030.

United Nations Global Compact
The UN Global Compact was established at the request of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 1999 at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The Global Compact sets out guiding principles for working towards sustainability. The principles of the Global Compact are now an established practice among many companies, not least multinationals. Through the Global Compact, companies commit to working on human rights, labour rights, anti-corruption and the environment, through ten principles.