Acronyms, abbreviations and units of measure

AI

Artificial intelligence

ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

ASX150

Top 150 Australian publicly listed companies

B4IG

Business for Inclusive Growth (OECD)

BEF

Black Entrepreneurship Fund (Canada)

BGA

National Agency for Women Start-ups Activities and Services (Germany)

BMBF

Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany)

BMWi

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (Germany)

BPA

Bioresource Processing Alliance (New Zealand)

CAD

Canadian dollar

CCUS

Carbon Capture Usage and Storage (Japan)

CEFIA

Cleaner Energy Future Initiative for ASEAN (Japan)

CFP

Corporate financial performance

CO₂

Carbon dioxide

CORE

Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise

CSR

Corporate social responsibility

CSV

Creating shared value

EaSI

Employment and Social Innovation (European Union)

EEN

Energy Efficiency Networks (Germany)

EIF

European Investment Fund (European Union)

EIGE

European Institute for Gender Equality (European Union)

EIT

European Institute of Innovation and Technology (European Union)

EMF

Enabling Māori Framework (New Zealand)

ESG

Environment, social and governance

ETS

Emissions Trading System (European Union)

EU

European Union

EU-OSHA

European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (European Union)

EUR

euro

F/S

Feasibility study

FDI

Foreign direct investment

G250

World’s top 250 companies by revenue

GDP

Gross domestic product

GHG

Greenhouse gas emission

GI

Green Infrastructure (Japan)

GRI

Global Reporting Initiative

GVC

Global value chain

HS6

Harmonized System 6 Digit

IAEG-SDGs

Inter-Agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators

ICIO

Inter-country input-output

INAMU

National Institute of Women of Costa Rica

IPCEI

Important Projects of Common European Interest

ISIC Rev.4

International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities Revision 4

ITP

Industry Transformation Plan (New Zealand)

JCM

Joint Credit Mechanism (Japan)

JETRO

Japan External Trade Organization

JICA

Japan International Cooperation Agency

K-SDG

Korean-tailored Sustainable Development Goal

KEITI

Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute

KfW

Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (Germany)

KIC

Knowledge and Innovation Community (EIT)

KOSHA

Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency

LCGG

Low Carbon and Green Growth (Korea)

LIFE

L’Instrument Financier pour l’Environnement (European Union)

METI

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (Japan)

MHTIs

Medium- and high-tech industries

MINAE

Ministry of Environment and Energy (Costa Rica)

ML

Machine learning

MLIT

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan)

NGen

Next Generation Manufacturing Canada

NGO

Non-governmental organisation

NPO

Non-profit organisation

NZ ETS

New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme

NZD

New Zealand dollar

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PACTE

Plan d’action pour la croissance et la transformation des entreprises (France)

PIC

Protein Industries Canada

R&D

Research and development

RBC

Responsible business conduct

RIGHT

Research Investment for Global Health Technology (Korea)

RNE

German Council for Sustainable Development

ROC

Receiver operating characteristic

SA8000

Social Accountability 8000

SASB

Sustainability Accounting Standards Board

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal (United Nations)

SDG-BAI

Sustainable Development Goals Business Actions Identifier

SII

Social impact investment

SMEs

Small and medium-sized enterprises

STAN

STructural ANalysis Database (OECD)

TCFD

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (G20/Financial Stability Board)

TiVA

Trade in Value Added (OECD)

UN

United Nations

UNGC

United Nations Global Compact

UNICEF

United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund

US

United States

VC

Venture capital

WES

Women Entrepreneurship Strategy (Canada)