Mercuria CSR Report 2020 - Flipbook - Page 95
2020 Corporate Social Responsibility Report
APPENDIX
ABBREVIATIONS
ADP
Advanced Delivery Platform
ARA
Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp
Blockchain
Blockchain or block chain is an evolving technology where information (in the form
of documents, images or other formats) is linked using cryptography which makes
the information strongly resistant to alteration. Effective use of this technology
facilitates sharing of information which can be readily assessed as being accurately
reflective of the original, without alteration or manipulation.
Capesize
Capesize ships are the largest dry cargo ships which are too large to transit the Suez
or Panama Canals, and consequently most pass either the Cape of Good Hope or Cape
Horn to traverse between oceans.
CbmCubic Meters
CCGT
Combined-Cycle Gas Turbines
CDP
Carbon Disclosure Project
CDM
Carbon Disclosure Mechanism
CDSB
Climate Disclosure Standards Board
CEPSA
Compañía Española de Petróleos, S.A
CH4Methane
CNG
Compressed Natural Gas
CO2Carbon dioxide
CO2e
Carbon dioxide equivalent. As various gases have different global warming potentials, a
base unit of equivalence to carbon dioxide is used to provide a common unit of measure
EFsEmission Factors
EITI
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
EMEA
Europe, Middle-East, Africa
ERCOT
Electric Reliability Council of Texas
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