Abbreviations

Abbreviation

Meaning

ABP

Associated British Ports

ACLW

Asfalt Centrale Lage Weide asphalt plant

AI

Artificial Intelligence

AK

Stichting Administratiekantoor

ART

Automated repetitive tasks

B2C

Business-to-Consumer

BBL

Dutch Buildings and Living Environment Decree

BENG

Nearly Energy Neutral Buildings

BKGI

Greenhouse gas intensity

BIM

Building Information Modelling

BKG

Greenhouse gases

CapEx

Capital Expenditure

CDP

Carbon Disclosure Project

CO₂

Carbon dioxide

CO₂e

Carbon dioxide equivalent

CPV

Commandopost Vastgoed

CSRD

Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

DGBC

Dutch Green Building Council

DMA

Double materiality analysis

DKH

Data and Knowledge Hub Healthy Urban Living

SDP

Sustainable Design Principles

E&M

Electrical and mechanical installations

EBW scan

Ecology, Soil and Water scan

EME

Excess Materials Exchange

Abbreviation

Meaning

EPC

Energy performance coefficient

ESG

Environmental, Social & Governance

ESRS

European Sustainability Reporting Standards

ETS

Emissions Trading System

EU

European Union

GHG

Greenhouse gas

GIS

Geographic Information System

GoO

Guarantees of Origin

GWP

Global Warming Potential

GWW

Civil Engineering

HRA

High-risk activities

HVO

Hydrotreated vegetable oil

HVO100

100% hydrotreated vegetable oil

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IRO

Impact, risk or opportunity

KPI

Key Performance Indicator

WFD

Water Framework Directive

ST

Short term

LT

Long term

MBO

Secondary vocational education

MDR

Minimum Disclosure Requirements

MT

Medium term

NABB

National Approach to Biobased Building

NACE

Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community

Abbreviation

Meaning

NGFS

Network for Greening the Financial System

NUTS

Territorial classification used by the European Union to collect, develop and harmonise regional statistics

OpEx

Operating Expenditure

WC

Works Council

R&D

Research & Development

RIVM

Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment

SDGs

Sustainable Development Goals

SBTi

Science Based Targets initiative

SCL

Safety Culture Ladder

SLA

Service Level Agreement

SLL

Sustainability-linked Loan

STOER

Scrapping Contradictory and Unnecessary Requirements and Regulations

TCFD

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures

TTW

Tank-to-Wheel

UoT

University of Technology

VBDO

Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development

VCS

Verified Carbon Standard

RMS

Risk Management Statement

WKB

Dutch Quality Assurance (Building Sector) Act

WTT

Well-to-Tank

WTW

Well-to-Wheel

WUR

Wageningen University & Research