The Up2You Sustainability Glossary

The circular economy is a model of production and consumption that promotes sharing, lending, reuse...

Decarbonisation refers to a process of transition to a low-carbon economy...

The term deforestation refers to the process of reducing the forest areas of the Earth, largely attributable...

Direct Air Capture (DAC) is a technology that directly captures carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere...

Direct emissions are emissions that derive from sources owned or controlled by an organization. These emissions...

The disforestation is the process of removing or felling trees on a large scale, generally...

An ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) reporting involves the disclosure of data that describes the impact of a company in...

Eco-sustainability means adopting practices that respect the environment and help to preserve...

Ecodesign is a methodology that integrates environmental considerations into the design process...

Ecosystem services represent the set of benefits that natural ecosystems offer to humanity. According to the definition proposed by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA, 2005), ecosystem services are...

The emission factor is a parameter used to quantify the amount of greenhouse gases emitted per unit of activity...

Hydroelectric energy is obtained by the transformation of kinetic energy of water in motion into electricity produced...

Indirect emissions include all emissive sources that are not under direct corporate control, but...

Renewable energy, as its name suggests, is obtained from sources that are renewed over time...

Scope 1 emissions are direct GHG emissions that derive from sources owned or controlled by an organization. These emissions...

Scope 2 emissions are indirect emissions from the generation of electricity, heat and steam purchased and...

Soil degradation refers to the reduction or complete loss of fertility and therefore of the ability...

Solar energy comes from the sun’s rays and is one of the main renewable energy alternatives to...

Wind energy is a type of renewable energy that originates from the kinetic force of wind. Air masses that move...

Digital pollution means the environmental impact caused by the use of electronic devices, such as computers, smartphones...

The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) is a globally recognized standard for measuring...

Gold Standard is an international compensation standard, it establishes the rules and requirements that...

The green economy is an economic model aimed at improving human well-being and social equity...

Web hosting services means the provision of web space to be allocated on a server (host)...

Greenhouse gases (GHG) describe the gases responsible for the so-called greenhouse effect, considered...

A Guarantee of Origin (GO) is a title that guarantees the origin of electricity from renewable sources. It is presented in the form...

The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a voluntary certification program...

Mitigate means reducing the severity, intensity, or impact of a given phenomenon or problem. In the environmental and climatic context...

Since January 2016 Italy has introduced benefit companies that represent an evolution of the classic concept of the company...

The Kyoto Protocol is an environmental protection treaty published on December 11, 1997 in the homonymous city, on the occasion of the...

As an internationally recognized standard, PAS 2060 was developed by the British Standards Institution...

The Paris Agreement is an international treaty reached during the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) in 2015, and is considered one of the COP...

REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) is an international program developed by...

Risk management is the process through which we try to manage the uncertainty that surrounds...

Sustainability refers to the ability to meet the needs of the present without compromising the capacity of future generations...

Sustainable mobility has as its main objective to ensure that transport systems match economic needs...

Sustainable sourcing is the practice of purchasing goods and services in a way that...

In 2017, the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) published a series of recommendations...

Tree planting is the act of planting new trees in areas where the cover...

Verified Carbon Standard is an international compensation standard defined by Verra. It sets the rules...

Verified Carbon Unit (VCU) is a single carbon credit (unit) that falls within the VCS standard...

Verified Emission Reduction (VER) is a single carbon credit (unit) that falls within the Gold Standard...

The water footprint is an indicator that measures the total volume of fresh water used to produce goods and services consumed by...