Mercuria CSR Report 2021 - Flipbook - Page 99
2021 Corporate Social Responsibility
APPENDIX
ABBREVIATIONS
ADP – Advanced Delivery Platform
EMEA – Europe, Middle-East, Africa
ARA – Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp
ERCOT – Electric Reliability Council of Texas
Blockchain – Blockchain or block chain is an
evolving technology where information (in the
form of documents, images or other formats)
is linked using cryptography which makes the
information strongly resistant to alteration.
Effective use of this technology facilitates sharing
of information which can be readily assessed as
being accurately reflective of the original, without
alteration or manipulation.
ESG – Environmental, Social and Governance
Capesize – Capesize ships are the largest dry
cargo ships which are too large to transit the Suez
or Panama Canals, and consequently most pass
either the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn to
traverse between oceans.
ETS – Emissions Trading Scheme.
EU – European Union
FCPA – United States Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act
FinTech – Financial technology is the technology
and innovation that aims to compete with
traditional financial methods in the delivery of
financial services. It is an emerging industry that
uses technology to improve activities in finance.
GEO – Global Emissions Offset
Cbm – Cubic Meters
GHG – Greenhouse Gases
CCGT – Combined-Cycle Gas Turbines
GLEC – Global Logistics Emissions Council
CDM – Carbon Disclosure Mechanism
GRI – Global Reporting Initiative
CDP – Carbon Disclosure Project
GS CDM – Gold Standard for the Clean
Development Mechanism
CDSB – Climate Disclosure Standards Board
CEPSA – Compañía Española de Petróleos, S.A
GS VCM – Gold Standard – Voluntary Carbon
Market
CH4 – Methane
GW / GWH – Giga-watt / Giga-watt Hour
CNG – Compressed Natural Gas
Handymax – A naval architecture term for
larger bulk carriers consisting of the Supramax,
Handymax and Handy size classifications.
CO2 – Carbon dioxide
CO2e – Carbon dioxide equivalent. As various
gases have different global warming potentials, a
base unit of equivalence to carbon dioxide is used
to provide a common unit of measure
EFs – Emission Factors
EITI – Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
HAPs – Hazardous Air Pollutants
HFCs – Hydrofluorocarbons
HFO – Heavy Fuel Oil
HR – Human Resources
HSE / HSSE – Health, Safety and Environment /
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