A
ABC
Agência Brasileira de Cooperação (Brazilian Cooperation Agency)
ADFC
Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrradclub (German National Cyclists’ Association)
AEB
General Purchase Conditions
AGG
German General Act on Equal Treatment
AHK
German Chambers of Commerce Abroad
AI
Artificial intelligence
AIZ
Academy for International Cooperation
ArbMedVV
German Ordinance on Preventive Occupational Health Care
ArbSchG
German Occupational Safety and Health Act
ASiG
German Occupational Safety Act on Occupational Physicians, Safety Engineers and Other Occupational Safety Specialists
AVB
General Terms and Conditions of Contract
B
B.A.U.M.
German Environmental Management Association
BDSG-neu
new German Federal Data Protection Act of 25 May 2018
BfDI
Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
BGM
Corporate health management
BME
German Association for Supply Chain Management, Procurement and Logistics
BMWK
German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
BMZ
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
BSI
German Federal Office for Information Security
C
CANSEA
Climate Action Network Southeast Asia
CDP
Carbon Disclosure Project
CIM
Centre for International Migration and Development
CO2
Carbon dioxide
CoP
Communication on Progress for the UN Global Compact
COPE
GIZ’s psychological counselling and support unit for crisis and conflict management
Covid-19
Coronavirus disease 2019
CSH
Corporate Sustainability Handprint®
CSM
Centre for Sustainability Management at Leuphana University in Lüneburg
CSR
Corporate Social Responsibility
D
DAN
German Sustainability Action Days
DLR
German Aerospace Center
DNK
German Sustainability Code
DSC
Data Service Centre
DSE
German Foundation for International Development
DSM
Data Protection Management
E
EFFAS
European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies
EH
Entwicklungshelfer*innen
EHfG
deutsches Entwicklungshelfer-Gesetz
EMAS
Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (Umweltmanagementsystem der GIZ)
ESG
Environment, Social, Governance
ESP
Energy Support Programme
EU
European Union
G
G7
Group of Seven (informal alliance of countries that were the most industrially advanced in the Western world at the time of its founding)
GBV
Employer/staff council agreement
GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation
GnB
Public-benefit business area
GRI
Global Reporting Initiative
H
HGB
German Commercial Code
I
ILO
International Labour Organization
InS
GIZ International Services
IRM-Software
Integrated risk management softw
ISMS
Information security management system
IT
Information technology
K
KuF
Cooperation and leadership
L
LkSG
Supply Chain Due Diligence Act
M
MAP
Accompanying partners
MED
Medical Services
MRE
Ministério das Relações Exteriores (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federative Republic of Brazil)
N
NAP
National Action Plan
NMA
Nationale Mitarbeitende
NOx
Nitrogen oxides
P
PCGK
German Government’s Public Corporate Governance Code
P+R
Processes and Rules
PVA
Field Staff Representation of the Central Staff Council
R
RNE
German Council for Sustainable Development
S
S4GIZ
SAP S/4HANA (software solution for GIZ)
SBTi
Science Based Targets initiative (alliance of major environmental and climate organisations)
SDGs
Sustainable Development Goals
Sifa
Occupational Health and Safety Officer
SLF
Sustainability Leadership Forum
SOx
Sulphur oxides
STILE
Sustainability in the Textile and Leather Sector (GIZ project)
T
THG-Emissionen
Greenhouse gas emissions
TTDSG
German Telecommunications and Telemedia Data Protection Act
U
UN
United Nations
UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
V
V20
Vulnerable Twenty (alliance of finance ministers from countries particularly at risk from climate change)
W
WEPs
Women’s Empowerment Principles
WHO
World Health Organization
WRI
World Resources Institute
WWF
World Wide Fund For Nature