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Abbreviations, acronyms and definitions
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ACCA
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Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
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BAA
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Largest single airport operator in the world
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BRE
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Building Research Establishment
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BREEM
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Environmental Assessment of Buildings
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Biodiversity
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Biological Diversity – the variety of plants and animals in the countryside
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BITC
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Business in the Community
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CO2
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Carbon dioxide – a by-product of energy generation and/or energy use and a gas known to contribute to global warming
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Considerate Contractors Scheme
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A national, voluntary initiative to improve the image of construction through better management and presentation of its sites
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Eco-efficiency
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Describes a vision for the production of economically valuable goods and services while reducing the environmental impacts of production and is often used to describe the links between economic and environmental performance
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EFS
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Environmental Financial Statement matches environmentally related expenditure with the associated financial benefits and savings resulting from that expenditure
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EMS
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Environmental Management System
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Environmental Aspect
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An element of an organisation’s activities, products or services that can interact with the environment and has the potential to cause an impact
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ESCM
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Environmental Supply Chain Management
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FTET
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Full Time Education and Training
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GDP
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Gross Domestic Product
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GRI
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Global Reporting Initiative – produced and maintained by the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES)
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Health and Safety Incident Rate
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Total Number of accidents ∞ 100,000
Number of persons employed (from the International Labour Office, Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety)
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ICE
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Institution of Civil Engineers
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IIP
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Investors in people are a national quality standard, which sets a level of good practice for improving organisations performance through its people
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ISO 9001
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An international standard issued by the International Organisation for Standardisation (IOS) relating to Quality Management Systems
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ISO 14001
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An international standard issued by the International Organisation for Standardisation (IOS) relating to Environmental Management Systems
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KPI
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Key Performance Indicator
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LCA
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Life Cycle Analysis
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LPG
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Liquid Petroleum Gas
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M4I
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The Movement for Innovation
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MCG
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Major Contractors Group
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NAMAS
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National Accreditation of Measurement and Sampling
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New Deal
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A government scheme created to help unemployed people into work by closing the gap between the skills employers need and the skills people can offer
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NVQ
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National Vocational Qualification
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OHSAS 18001
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Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series managed by the British Standards Institute
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PFI
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Private finance Initiative
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Section 60 Notice
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Served by a local authority under the Control of Pollution Act (1974) to state their requirements for the control of noise and vibration on construction sites
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SSSI
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Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Stakeholder
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Anyone with an interest in the company
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TNS
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The Natural Step – an organisation based in Scandinavia promoting sustainable development
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Winning with Integrity
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A set of indicators which will measure our impact on society
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Whole Life Costing
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A systematic consideration of all relevant costs and revenues associated with the acquisition of an asset
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WWF
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World Wildlife Fund
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