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A

Absolute Zero Carbon

Afforestation

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B

B Corporation Certification

Biodiversity

Biofuel

BREEAM

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C

Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS)

Carbon Credit

Carbon Emissions

Carbon Footprint

Carbon Neutral

Carbon Offset

Carbon Sequestration

Carbon Sinks

Carbon Source

CDP

Circular Economy

Climate Adaptation

Climate Change Act

Climate Mitigation

Climate Resilience

Climate Risk

Conference of Parties (COP)

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)

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D

Decarbonisation

Deforestation

Doughnut Economics

DREAM

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E

Earth Overshoot Day

Ecosystem

Ecosystem Services

Embodied Carbon

Environmental Management Systems

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)

European Green Deal

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F

Fitwel

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G

GHG Protocol

Global Compact

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

Greenhouse Gases (GHG)

Greenwashing

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H

Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO)

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I

Impact Investing

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

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J

Just Transition

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L

LEED

Life Cycle Assessment

Living Building Challenge

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N

NABERS

Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)

Natural Capital

Nature-Based Solutions

Net Zero Carbon

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P

Paris Agreement

PAS 2080

Passivhaus

Planetary Boundaries

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R

REDD+

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S

Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi)

Science-Based Targets

Scope 1

Scope 2

Scope 3

SKA Rating

Social Value

Sustainability

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Sustainable Finance

Sustainable Procurement

Systems Thinking

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T

Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)

Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)

Transition Plan

Triple Bottom Line

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U

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

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W

WELL Certification

Whole Life Carbon

WiredScore

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Z

Zero Waste

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