A

AEB

General Purchase Conditions

AGG

German General Act on Equal Treatment

AIZ

Academy for International Cooperation

AMA

Auslandsmitarbeitende

AR

Aufsichtsrat

ArbMedVV

German Ordinance on Preventive Occupational Health Care

ArbSchG

German Occupational Safety and Health Act

ASiG

German Act on Occupational Physicians, Safety Engineers and Other Occupational Safety Specialists

AU

African Union

AVB

General Terms and Conditions of Contract

AI

Artificial Intelligence

B

B.A.U.M.

German Association of Environmental Management

BA student

University of Cooperative Education Student

BfDI

Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information

BMDV

German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport

BME

German Association for Supply Chain Management, Procurement and Logistics

BMUV

German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection

BMWK

German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

BMZ

German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

C

CHM

Corporate Health Management

CDP

Carbon Disclosure Project

CO₂

Carbon dioxide

CO₂e, CO₂eq

Carbon dioxide equivalent

COMIFAC

Commission des Forêts d’Afrique Centrale (Central African Forest Commission)

CoP

Communication on Progress for the UN Global Compact

Covid-19

Coronavirus disease 2019

CSH

Corporate Sustainability Handprint^®

CSM

Centre for Sustainability Management

CSRD

Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

D

DG ECHO

European Commission’s Directorate-General for Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations

DC

Development cooperation

DLR

German Aerospace Center

DNK

German Sustainability Code

DÖAG

Deutsche Öffentliche Auftraggeber

DSE

Deutsche Stiftung für internationale Entwicklung (German Foundation for International Development)

DSGVO

Datenschutz-Grundverordnung

E

ECHO

European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations

ECOWAS

Economic Community of West African States

EFFAS

European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies

EH

Entwicklungshelfer*innen

EHfG

German Development Workers Act

EIB

European Investment Bank

EMAS

EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (environmental management system used by GIZ)

EMNS

Emergency Mass Notification System

EnDev

Energising Development programme

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency (Ghana)

ESG

Environment, social, governance

ESRS

European Sustainability Reporting Standards

EU

European Union

EZ

Entwicklungszusammenarbeit

F

FiED

Fachkräfte im Entwicklungsdienst

G

GBV

General works council agreement

GCF

Green Climate Fund

GDPR

General Data Protection Regulation

GHG emissions

Greenhouse gas emissions

GRI

Global Reporting Initiative

H

HDP nexus

Humanitarian-development-peace nexus

HR trends

Human relations trends

HRDF

Human Resource Development Foundation

I

IBC

International Blue Crescent

IDA

Integrated Digital Applications (GIZ’s internal social intranet)

IF

Integrierte Fachkräfte

IHK

Chamber of Industry and Commerce

IKI

International Climate Initiative

IMA

Inlandsmitarbeitende

InS

GIZ International Services

iPCA

Integrated peace and conflict assessment

IROs

Impacts, risks, opportunities

ISRL

Inclusive Sustainable Rice Landscapes (project in Thailand)

IT

Information technology

K

KuF

Cooperation and Leadership

L

LGBTIQ

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersexual, queer

LkSG

German Supply Chain Act

Ltg.

Leitung

M

M&E

Monitoring and Evaluation

MCTI

Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation)

MED

Medical Services

N

NamRA

Namibia Revenue Agency

NGO

Non-governmental organisation

NMA

Nationale Mitarbeitende

NRO

Nichtregierungsorganisation

P

P+R

Processes and Rules

PCGK

German Government’s Public Corporate Governance Code

PV

Photovoltaics

PVA

Field Staff Representation of the General Works Council

R

RF

Rückkehrende Fachkräfte

S

SADC

Southern African Development Community

SBTi

Science Based Targets initiative (alliance of major environmental and climate organisations)

SDGs

Sustainable Development Goals

SICA

Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (Central American Integration System)

Sifa

Occupational Health and Safety Officer

SLF

Sustainability Leadership Forum

T

THG-Emissionen

Treibhausgas-Emissionen

U

UKP

Umwelt- und Klimaprüfung

UN

United Nations

UNGC

United Nations Global Compact

UNHCR

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF

United Nations Children’s Fund

USSD

Unstructured Supplementary Service Data

W

WEP

Women’s Empowerment Principles

WFP

World Food Programme

WHO

World Health Organization

WRI

World Resources Institute

WWF

World Wide Fund for Nature

Z

ZAV

German Federal Employment Agency’s International and Specialized Services