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Corporate social responsibility, governance, substainable development
CSR terms and definitions 

A useful glossary of terms used in the field of corporate sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR).

A-C  D-H  I-Q  R-Z 
AA1000 Diversity Impact assessment Recyclate
Accountability Dow Jones Sustainability Group Index Innovation Regeneration
Adaptation (to climate change) Eco-efficiency Integrity Renewable energy
Anti-Corruption Ecological footprints Internal audit Reporting
Article 13 Economic impact assessment Internal control Risk
Assurance Embeddedness ISO26000 Risk management
Balanced scorecard Emissions Joint Implementation (JI) Scenarios
Behaviour change Emission trading Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Social and ethical accounting, auditing and reporting
Benchmarking Employee engagement Kingsmill report Social capital
Best practice Energy efficiency Knowledge management Social cohesion
Biodiversity Enlightened shareholder value Kyoto protocol Social entrepreneurship
Biofuels Entrepreneur Leadership Social exclusion
Biopiracy Environmental impact assessment Leapfrogging Social marketing
Bioprospecting Environmental justice Licence to operate/grow Socially responsible investment (SRI)
BiTC CR Index Environmental management system standards Life cycle assessment Solar power
Bribery Ethical accounting Mass balance Stakeholders
Business responsibility Ethical investment Measurement Stakeholder engagement
Business transformation Ethical trade Mentoring Supply chain
Capacity-building Ethics Millennium Development Goals Sustainability
Carbon emissions European Emissions Trading Scheme Mission statement Sustainable communities
Carbon footprint Executive coaching Mitigation (of climate change) Sustainable consumption and production
Carbon labelling Fair trade Nanotechnology Sustainable development
Carbon neutral Financial audit Non-financial audit Tidal power
Carbon offsetting FTSE4Good Nuclear power Transparency
Carbon Reduction Commitment Full-cost accounting Participation Triple bottom line
Carbon trading Futures Participative leadership UN Global Compact
Choice editing Gene technology Personal social responsbility (PSR) Values
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)  Phillis review Verification
Clean technologies Governance Poverty Vision statement
Climate change Greenhouse gas Precautionary approach Waste cycle
Climate Change Act Green tech Private finance initiatives (PFIs) Waste-to-energy
Code of conduct Greenwashing Product development partnerships (PDPs) Water footprint
Combined Code of Corporate Governance Higgs' report Public-private partnerships (PPPs) Wind power
Communication on Progress (CoP) Human rights Workforce
Community participation
Competitive advantage
Compliance
Consultation
Co-production
Corporate citizenship / corporate social responsibility
Corporate governance
Corruption
Culture change

(Source: Article 13 sources and World Business Council on Sustainable Development).

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