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Total indirect GHG emissions

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Indirect GHG emissions are those that are a result of the activities of the fund, but that occur at sources owned or controlled by another entity. Indirect emission sources are cla ...

Building GHG intensity

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The amount of carbon used per unit of an appropriate denominator (e.g. floor area, persons).

Equity-share

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Used to define organisational boundaries for financial and sustainability (and especially GHG emissions) reporting. Equity share reflects the economic interest, which is the extent ...

Operational control

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Used to define organisational boundaries for financial and sustainability (and especially GHG emissions) reporting. Operational control relates to where the fund manager or one of ...

Financial control

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Used to define organisational boundaries for financial and sustainability (and especially GHG emissions) reporting. Financial control relates to where the fund manager has the abil ...

Boundaries

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The boundaries that determine the direct and indirect emissions associated with operations owned or controlled by the reporting company. This assessment allows a fund manager to es ...

Carbon Disclosure Project

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The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) works with shareholders and corporations to disclose the greenhouse gas emissions of major corporations.

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions

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Greenhouse gases (sometimes abbreviated to GHG) are gas in the Earth’s atmosphere that is the fundamental cause of the greenhouse effect which can greatly affect the temperat ...

Renewable energy

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Energy sources and specific clean energy technologies that emit fewer GHG emissions relative to other sources of energy that supply the electric grid. Includes solar photovoltaic p ...

District heating and cooling

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District heating and cooling is a system for distributing hot or cold steam and water generated in a centralised location for residential and commercial heating requirements such a ...

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