- Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
- An international organization that encourages companies to disclose their carbon emissions and climate change strategies, and provides a platform for benchmarking and reporting.
- Carbon Footprint
- The total amount of carbon emissions a company produces, including direct and indirect emissions.
- Carbon Intensity
- The amount of carbon emissions per unit of economic activity, e.g. per dollar of GDP or per unit of product produced.
- Carbon Leakage
- When carbon reduction policies in one region lead to higher emissions in another, because companies relocate to avoid regulation.
- Carbon Market
- A market-based mechanism for trading carbon credits or offsets, often used to meet reduction targets or finance reduction projects.
- Carbon Offset
- Compensating for emissions produced by an activity by supporting carbon-reduction projects elsewhere. We prefer the term "carbon contribution".
- Carbon Pricing
- A policy tool that puts a price on emissions — through a tax or cap-and-trade — to incentivise reductions.
- Circular Economy
- An economic model that minimises waste and maximises the use of resources by designing products for reuse, repair and recycling.
- Climate Change
- Long-term shifts in weather patterns caused by human activities such as burning fossil fuels and deforestation, leading to global warming.
- Climate Finance
- Financial investments or mechanisms designed to support climate mitigation or adaptation, such as climate bonds or green loans.
- Climate Risk Assessment
- A process of evaluating the physical and financial risks climate change poses to a company's operations, assets and supply chain.
- CSRD
- The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive — an EU directive expanding non-financial reporting requirements with a double materiality lens.
