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Clear definitions of the sustainability, climate, and ESG terms that matter most — from CBAM and CSRD to SBTi and PCAF. Written by Semtrio's advisory team.
The CDP A List is the highest band in CDP's annual environmental scoring, awarded to companies whose disclosure demonstrates leadership on climate change, forests or water security.
The CDP Climate Programme is climate-change disclosure through CDP — now the largest module of CDP's integrated corporate questionnaire — through which thousands of companies report their emissions, climate risks, targets and governance to investors and buyers each year and receive a score.
MEDAS (the Central Electronic Verifier Assignment System) is the platform through which accredited verification bodies are centrally assigned to Türkiye ETS installations. It supports the verification step of MRV and is operated in line with the MRV calendar.
A Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) is the senior executive responsible for leading and coordinating an organisation's sustainability strategy, performance and reporting.
A circular economy is an economic model that keeps materials and products in use for as long as possible — through reuse, repair, recycling and design-out of waste — rather than the take-make-dispose linear model. It is the framing behind the EU Green Deal's product, packaging and ecodesign rules.
Climate adaptation is the process of adjusting systems, operations and infrastructure to reduce harm from the actual or expected impacts of climate change.
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