Abbreviation | Definition | |
BoD | Board of Directors | |
CAPEX | capital expenditure | |
CDP | global non-profit that runs the world's environmental disclosure system for companies (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project) | |
CEO | Chief Executive Officer | |
CH4 | methane | |
CFO | Chief Financial Officer | |
CHRO | Chief Human Resources Officer | |
CIO | Chief Information Officer | |
CCO | Chief Communications Officer | |
CoC | Code of Conduct | |
COO/COOs | Chief Operating Officer(s) | |
CO2 | carbon dioxide | |
CO2-eq | carbon dioxide equivalent | |
CSRD | Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive | |
DMA | double materiality assessment | |
DR/ DRs | disclosure requirements | |
EACs | energy attribute certificates | |
EFRAG | European Financial Reporting Advisory Group's | |
EGM | Executive Group Management | |
EnaW | Swiss Energie-Agentur der Wirtschaft | |
EOL | end-of-life | |
ERP | Enterprise Resource Planning | |
ESG | environmental, social and governance | |
ESRS | European Sustainability Reporting Standards | |
EU | European Union | |
GHG/ GHGs | greenhouse gas | |
GOV | governance | |
GWP | global warming potentials | |
HC | headcount | |
HFCs | hydrofluorocarbons | |
HR | human resources | |
ILO | International Labour Organisation | |
IPCC | Intergovernmental Panels on Climate Change | |
IRO/IROs | Impacts, Risks, and Opportunities | |
ISO | International Organization for Standardization | |
KPIs | Key Performance Indicators | |
LCA | life cycle assessment | |
LTI/LTIs | lost-time injury/ lost-time injuries | |
LTIR | lost-time injury rate | |
M&A | mergers and acquisitions | |
MDR-A | minimum disclosure requirements regarding action | |
MDR-M | minimum disclosure requirements regarding metrics | |
MDR-P | minimum disclosure requirements regarding policies | |
MDR-T | minimum disclosure requirements regarding targets | |
MWH | megawatt hours | |
NCC | The Nomination and Compensation Committee | |
N2O | nitrous oxide | |
NF3 | nitrogen trifluoride | |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | |
OHS | occupational health and safety | |
OpEx | operating expense | |
PEP | product evolution process | |
PFCs | perfluorocarbons | |
PPWR | Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation | |
PV | photovoltaic | |
PY | previous year | |
REACH | registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals | |
RoHS | Restriction of Hazardous Substances | |
SBM | strategy, business model and value chain | |
SBTi | Science Based Target initiative | |
SF6 | sulphur hexafluoride | |
CO | Swiss Code of Obligations | |
t | tons | |
TCFD | Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures | |
T/CHF | tons/Swiss francs | |
tCO2-eq | tons/carbon dioxide equivalent | |
TüV | Technischer Überwachungsverein | |
WEEE | Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment | |
XBRL | eXtensible Business Reporting Language |