A numerical score (out of 100) that indicates the level of reporting of a company’s climate-change initiatives.
Corporate Digital Responsibility
Using digital technologies to promote ethical and sustainable business practices including data capture, decision-making, impact assessment and refinement of tech.
Cleantech
Also known as Greentech, refers to tech products/services that improve businesses’ operational performance while reducing costs/waste/energy use and negative environmental impact.
Collaborative Consumption
A system where consumers share access to products or services by a peer-to-peer model, rather than individual ownership.
Community Investment
Businesses invest in strategic long-term community projects with charities and local organisations, rather than providing one-off donations.
Differential Pricing
This refers to the charging of different prices for the same product to different customers – typically linked to financial situation or disabilities.
Green Procurement
A strategy of buying products with a reduced environmental impact in direct comparison to similar products.
Remanufacturing
Rebuilding, repairing, or restoring a product to meet the same consumer standards as new products.
Supply Chain Transparency
Requirement of companies to know what’s happening throughout the supply chain and to communicate this knowledge both internally and externally.
Waste-to-Profit
Using one company’s waste or byproduct as an input or raw material in the manufacture of something else. This process is also known as ‘byproduct synergy’.
