Glossary
Biomass combined heat and power (CHP) plant: Generates electrical energy by burning solid biomass such as wood chips. A biomass CHP plant also provides heat which can be used as district heat, local heat, or process heat.
CSRD – Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive: Directive of the European Union that requires companies to report detailed and standardised information on environmental, social, and governance aspects.
EcoVadis: The platform provides holistic assessments in the area of sustainability (environment, labour and human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement). On the one hand, this gives companies a better understanding of their own performance in these areas. On the other hand, companies can also see assessments of their suppliers through this platform and thereby obtain a more comprehensive picture of their supply chains.
EPD – Environmental Product Declaration: Documentation of detailed information on the environmental impact of a product or service over its entire life cycle the entire life cycle, based on international standards.
ESRS – European Sustainability Reporting Standards: Binding reporting standards of the European Union that were introduced in the framework of the CSRD. They define how companies have to disclose their environmental, social, and governance aspects.
EU taxonomy: Classification system of the European Union which is to disclose ecologically sustainable economic activities. Companies are required to assess their activities on the basis of specific criteria and quantify them in relation to income, investment expenses, and operating expenses.
FSC® – Forest Stewardship Council: An international certification system for more sustainable forestry. The wood of furniture, books, packages, and other products with the FSC symbol comes from forests that are sustainably managed.
Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol Initiative: A partnership of different companies, NGOs, and governments. The initiative is coordinated by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). The goal of the initiative is to develop internationally recognised standards for greenhouse gas accounting.
GRI – Global Reporting Initiative: The GRI standards for creating sustainability reports were developed to provide organisations with guidelines for creating reports on their economic, environmental, and social impacts.
Heat exchanger: A device used to transfer thermal energy from one material flow to another. The two elements do not come into direct contact with each other; they are conveyed past each other.
IEA – International Energy Agency: A cooperation platform in the area of research, development, market introduction, and application of energy technologies.
ISO – International Organization for Standardization: The International Organization for Standardization develops international standards that help to improve the quality and safety of goods and services as well as simplifying trade between countries and companies.
LkSG – Act on Corporate Due Diligence Obligations in Supply Chains: German federal law for controlling the economic action of companies based in or active in Germany by subjecting them to duties of care with respect to human rights and environmental protection within their supply chains.
NDR (network detection and response): Describes security solutions that continuously monitor and analyse network traffic in order to identify and automatically react to suspicious data traffic. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) methods are used to analyse network traffic and identify anomalies.
PEFC – Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes: Certification system for larger and smaller forest owners as well as wood-processing and wood-selling companies that are committed to sustainable management and fair as well as transparent trade.
Pre-composite furnace: Industrial furnace used for the thermal treatment of glass, for example, to heat it to a temperature at which it is prepared for final processing or further processing. In this process, an even heat distribution is ensured in order to minimise material tensions and achieve the desired product quality.
quinquies: This Latin word is often used in legal texts to indicate that a particular article, section, or paragraph has been amended or supplemented five times.
SBTi – Science Based Targets initiative: An initiative of different organisations that specifies reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions. It specifies how much and how quickly a company has to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming to less than 1.5 °C in line with the Paris Agreement.
Scopes: To distinguish between direct and indirect emission sources, the GHG Protocol defines three areas of validity for reporting and accounting greenhouse gas emissions
Scope 1: All emissions that caused directly by a company.
Scope 2: Indirect CO2 emissions from purchased energy such as electricity, steam, district heating, or cooling.
Scope 3: All indirect emissions that occur along the value-added chain.
SDGs – Sustainable Development Goals: The 17 goals for sustainable development are political objectives of the United Nations (UN) which aim to ensure sustainable development on an economic, social, as well as ecological level. With the Agenda 2030, all UN member states – including Switzerland – have committed to achieving these goals by 2030.
Social engineering: Interpersonal influencing with the goal of provoking certain behaviours in people, for example, motivating them to reveal personal information, buy a product, or release financial resources.
Sonitus mid-layer: The inside of a door is also called the mid-layer and is enclosed by the frame and cover plates. Sonitus mid-layers are primarily used with sound insulated doors. The residue of the relatively soft material is also well suited to protecting doors from scratches during transport. This reduces the need for other protective material and means that residue can be reused instead of disposed of.
TSG furnace – toughened safety glass furnace: Furnace for manufacturing toughened safety glass in which glass panes are heated to high temperatures and then suddenly cooled. This process increases the surface tension, giving the glass a higher strength and safer fracture behaviour.
UN Global Compact: Initiative of the United Nations for sustainable and responsible corporate governance. Member companies commit to observing 10 principles in the areas of human rights, labour standards, the environment, and anti-corruption.