Sustainability terms
Explore our easy-to-use search engine to learn about sustainability terms and what they mean. Find simple explanations for eco-friendly practices, green products, and more to help you make informed choices for the planet.
Against Animal Testing/Cruelty Free
Aluminium
B Corp
Biodegradable
Biodiversity
Biodynamic
Biofuels
Carbon footprint
Carbon neutral
Carbon offset
Circular economy
Community involvement
Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)
Cradle to Cradle
Double materiality
Downstream
Ethical
Fair operating practices
Fair tax
Finite materials
Gender pay gap
Inclusive Beauty / Black Lives Matter
LGBTQIA+
Metals and glass waste
Microplastics
Mixed materials
Natural
Naturally derived
Net Zero
Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD)
Non-virgin materials
Organic
Palm oil
PCR PET
PET
Plastic Free
Plastic waste
Polypropylene (PP)
Product waste
Real Living Wage
Recyclable
Recycled
Regenerative farming practices
Renewable energy
Renewable materials
Reusable/Refillable
rPET
Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi)
Science-based targets
Scope 1 emissions
Scope 2 emissions
Scope 3 emissions
Soil health
Sustainability SDGs
Sustainable wood
Synthetic
The Butterfly Mark
The Paris Agreement
Transparent
Union for Ethical BioTrade (UEBT)
United Kingdom (UK) Green Claims Code
Utilities
Vegan
Vegetarian
Virgin materials
Wood, paper and cardboard
Zero Waste / Waste Zero
