Arabic Sustainability Dictionary
One agreed Arabic term for every sustainability concept — proposed by practitioners, scored by reviewers and validated with the University of Jeddah.
UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs)
The 2011 UN framework setting out the state duty to protect, the corporate responsibility to respect and access to remedy for human rights.
مبادئ الأمم المتحدة التوجيهية بشأن الأعمال التجارية وحقوق الإنسان
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
The 1992 international treaty that provides the framework for intergovernmental efforts to stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations and address climate change.
اتفاقية الأمم المتحدة الإطارية بشأن تغير المناخ
United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)
A UN initiative under which companies commit to ten principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption.
الاتفاق العالمي للأمم المتحدة
Unmodified conclusion
An assurance conclusion issued without qualification, when the practitioner has found no material misstatement.
الاستنتاج غير المعدل
Upstream fuel- and energy-related emissions
Emissions from extracting, producing and transporting fuels and energy that a company uses, plus grid transmission and distribution losses, not already counted in Scopes 1 and 2; Scope 3 category 3.
انبعاثات الوقود والطاقة في المنبع
Use of proceeds
The requirement that funds raised through a green, social or sustainability instrument be allocated to eligible projects.
استخدام العائدات