Abbreviations

A

ADB
Asian Development Bank
AEB
General Purchase Conditions
AfDB
African Development Bank
AGG
German General Act on Equal Treatment
AHK
German Chamber of Commerce Abroad
AI
Artificial intelligence
ArbMedVV
German Ordinance on Preventive Occupational Health Care
ArbSchG
German Occupational Safety and Health Act
ArbStättV
German Ordinance on Workplaces
ASiG
German Act on Occupational Physicians, Safety Engineers and Other Occupational Safety Specialists
AU
African Union
AVB
General Terms and Conditions of Contract
AWE
Agency for Business and Economic Development

B

B.A.U.M.
German Environmental Management Association
BA student
University of Cooperative Education student
BfDI
Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
BGR
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
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
BSW-Solar
German Solar Association
BWE
German Wind Energy Association

C

CDP
Carbon Disclosure Project
CEPAL
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
CH4
Methane
CHM
Corporate Health Management
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
COPE
Cooperation with personnel in stress, conflict and crisis (GIZ’s in-house psychosocial counselling unit)
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019
CSDDD
Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
CSH
Corporate Sustainability Handprint®
CSM
Centre for Sustainability Management
CSRD
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

D

DC
Development cooperation
DG ECHO
European Commission’s Directorate-General for Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations
DLR
German Aerospace Center
DNK
German Sustainability Code
DPP
Development partnerships with the private sector
DSE
Deutsche Stiftung für internationale Entwicklung (German Foundation for International Development)

E

ECHO
European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations
ECOWAS
Economic Community of West African States
EFFAS
European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies
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
Environmental, social, governance
ESRS
European Sustainability Reporting Standards
EU
European Union

F

FCDO
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
FOM Frankfurt
FOM University of Applied Sciences, Frankfurt

G

GASP
Global Alliances for Social Protection programme
GBV
General works council agreement
GCF
Green Climate Fund
GDA
Joint German Occupational Health and Safety Strategy
GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation
GEAPP
Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet
GHG
Greenhouse gases
GHG emissions
Greenhouse gas emissions
GRI
Global Reporting Initiative
GWP
Global Warming Potential

H

HDP nexus
Humanitarian-development-peace nexus
HGB
German Commercial Code
HR trends
Human relations trends
HRDF
Human Resource Development Foundation

I

IBC
International Blue Crescent
IDA
Integrated Digital Applications (GIZ’s internal social intranet)
IEA
International Energy Agency
IHK
Chamber of Industry and Commerce
IKI
International Climate Initiative
ILO
International Labour Organization
InS
GIZ International Services
IRMA
Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance
IROs
Impacts, risks, opportunities
ISA
International Solar Alliance
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
ISRL
Inclusive Sustainable Rice Landscapes (project in Thailand)
IT
Information technology
IYBA
Investing in Young Businesses in Africa
iPCA
Integrated peace and conflict assessment

K

KOFIH
Korea Foundation for International Healthcare
KuF
Cooperation and Leadership
kW
Kilowatt
kWh
Kilowatt hour(s)
kWp
Kilowatt peak, peak power output of solar modules under standard test conditions

L

LED
Light-emitting diode
LGBTIQ+
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersexual, queer
LkSG
German Supply Chain Act
LobbyRG
German Lobbying Register Act

M

M&E
Monitoring and evaluation
MCTI
Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation)
MED
Medical Services
MIRAI
Management of Information Security, Risks, Audits and Incidents software

N

N2O
Nitrous oxide (laughing gas)
NamRA
Namibia Revenue Agency
NDCs
Nationally determined contributions
NF3
Nitrogen trifluoride
NGO
Non-governmental organisation
Norad
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
NSEFI
National Solar Energy Federation of India

P

P+R
Processes and Rules
PCGK
German Government’s Public Corporate Governance Code
PFCs
Perfluorocarbons (coolant)
PrävG
German Act on Strengthening Health Promotion and Prevention
PV
Photovoltaics

R

RBF
Results-based financing
RVO
Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (Netherlands Enterprise Agency)

S

S+G
Safeguards + Gender
SADC
Southern African Development Community
SBTi
Science Based Targets initiative (alliance of major environmental and climate organisations)
SDGs
Sustainable Development Goals
SF6
Sulphur hexafluoride
SGB
German Social Code
SI
Special initiative
SICA
Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (Central American Integration System)
Sida
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
SLF
Sustainability Leadership Forum
SRS
Sustainability Reporting Standards

T

TDS
Total dissolved solids

U

UN
United Nations
UNFCCC
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNGC
United Nations Global Compact
UNHCR
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF
United Nations Children’s Fund
USAID
United States Agency for International Development
USSD
Unstructured Supplementary Service Data

V

VAT no.
Value-added tax identification number
VDMA
German Mechanical Engineering Industry Association

W

WE4A
Women Entrepreneurship for Africa
WE4D
Employment promotion for women for the green transformation in Africa
WEP
Women’s Empowerment Principles
WFP
World Food Programme
WHO
World Health Organization
WIPPA
Wind Independent Power Producers Association (India)
WRI
World Resources Institute
WWF
World Wide Fund For Nature