Glossary
This glossary is a list of abbreviations and their meanings to help you understanding contents and their interrelationships.
On this page you will find important acronyms and their explanations in relation to ESTAINIUM.
The separation of carbon dioxide, especially from combustion exhaust gases, and its usage in further chemical processes.
Human activities capturing CO2 from the atmosphere and storing it durably in geological, land or ocean reservoirs, or in products.
A chemical compound of carbon and oxygen.
The total of all the impressions that a customer receives from a company during the entire duration of a customer relationship.
A set of components to build data spaces.
The EPD presents quantified environmental information from the lifetime of a product or service to enable comparisons between products or services with the same function.
A framework that should be embedded in an organization's strategy and consider the needs and ways to create value for all stakeholders in the organization.
This protocol provides standards and tools that countries and cities can track their progress toward climate goals.
An initiative to develop a European standard for independent and monitored data exchange.
It is a globally standardized exchange and management system for material data in the automotive industry.
Collective term for technologies of a global infrastructure of information societies.
The international association of standardizing organizations and develops international standards in all areas except electrical and electronics.
This is a systematic analysis of the potential environmental impacts and the energy balance of products throughout their life cycle.
Independent, non-governmental and in most cases internationally oriented organizations that do not aim to generate profit.
An OEM is a manufacturer of components or products that he does not retail himself.
The goal of this partnership is to accelerate decarbonization by creating transparency about emissions in the value chain.
The balance of greenhouse gas emissions over the entire life cycle of a product in a specific application and in relation to a defined unit of benefit.
Distributed assessment approach for aggregating PCFs with supplier-specific data along the supply chain.
These rules provide the basic and general rules for the preparation of the Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs).
Rules which specify that the materials have had a change in tariff classification or have undergone specified processing or working.
An emissions management tool that connects companies with their suppliers. For data-driven decisions that reduce a product's footprint and accelerate decarbonization.
Collective term for companies that do not cross defined limits in terms of number of employees, sales revenue or balance sheet total.
A set of software components that are built on top of each other and form a platform together.
This initiative focuses on promoting sustainability practices in the chemical industry supply chain.
This is a method for exchanging certified information in supply chains at the product level.
The committee for standardization of techniques on the World Wide Web.
An organization that deals exclusively with the topic of "Business and sustainable development".
A group that works together on a topic.