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

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