Sustainability101
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Theacronymsandtechnicaltermsthat surroundsustainability.
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AArtificialIntelligence
Thetheoryanddevelopmentofcomputersystemsabletoperformtasksthat normallyrequirehumanintelligence,suchasvisualperception,speech recognition,decision-makingandtranslationbetweenlanguages
Augmentedreality
Theuseofcomputer-generatedartefactstomodifythevisusalexperienceof thereal-worldenvironmenttoenhanceorchangetheuser'spercetionofreality
BBiodegradable
Materialcapableofbeingdecomposednaturallybybacteriawhendiscarded aswaste
Biodiversity
Thevarietyoflifeonearth.Itcomprisesvariabilitywithinspecies,amongspecies, andofecosystems Italsoreferstothecomplexrelationshipsamongliving things,andbetweenlivingthingsandtheirenvironment.
Blockchain
Adigitaldatabasetechnologythattypicallyfunctionsasadistributedledgerof transactions A'block'representsnewinformationthathasbeeninputintothe systemandoncethis'block'iscomplete,itbecomespartofa'chain'ofother blocks,whichareinchronologicalorder.
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Carbonneutrality
Balancingthelevelofcarbonemissionswiththeequallevelofcarbonremoval throughtheshifttonewenergysources,changesinindustryprocesses,circular businessmodelsandcarbonoffsetting.
CarbonOffsetting
Carbonoffsettinghappenswhenacompany,orevenanindividual,investsin oneormoreenvironmentalprojectstobalanceouttheirgreenhousegas emissionsandbecomecarbonneutral Thiscouldmeanusingregeneration processes,likedonatingaportionofsalestoplanttrees,oreveninvestingin carbonneutralshipping.Butcarbonoffsettingisnotthatsimple,andsadlyisnot amiraclesolutiontoclimatechange
Chemicalrecycling
Arecyclingprocessinwhichcollectedwastetextilematerialischemically treatedusingsolventsorenzymestoproducenewfilaments,typicallyeither cellulosicorsyntheticfibres Recoveredsyntheticfibresareconvertedtopellets suitableforbeingreusedintheyarnmanufacturingprocess.Recovered cellulosicfibresaredissolvedintoapulpthatcanbeusedintheproductionof viscose-likematerials.
CircularDesign
Theoverarchingfocusistopreservethevalueofasafetouseproductor serviceforaslongaspossiblebydesigningforupgradeability/modularity, repair/refurbishment,andreuse.
Circularity
Aneconomicsystemaimedateliminatingwasteandpromotingthecontinual useofresources;minimisingresourceinputsandthecreationofwaste,pollution andcarbonemissions.
ClosedLooprecycling
Arecyclingsysteminwhichallthewastematerialscollectedareconvertedinto newmaterialsthatareofthesamequalityastheoriginalinputandcanbe reusedinthesameapplications
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DDigitalTwin
Avirtualreplicaofanitemthatexistsinthephysicalworld
Digitalisation
Theimplementationofdigitaltechnologiesanddatainto previouslyanalogprocesses
EEcosystem
Anetworkofinterconnectedstakeholdersoperatingwithina'space'
EnvironmentalSocial&Governance
Areportwithasetofstandardsmeasuringabusiness'simpactonsociety,the environmentandhowtransparentandaccountableitis
ExtendedProducerResponsibility
Apolicyapproachunderwhichproducersaregivensignificantresponsibilityfinancialandorphysical-forthetreatmentordisposalofpost-consumerproducts.
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