Glossary Below is a list of terms regularly used by Mondi when committing to, working toward, and reporting on sustainability.

Adsorbable organic halogens (AOX)
Expresses the amount of chlorine-bound organic substances in waste water

AIDS
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

ART
Anti-retroviral drugs for HIV/AIDS

Assurance
A system of Corporate Governance that provides feedback on the efficiency and effectiveness of operations, compliance with laws and regulations, and accuracy and reliability of financial and non-financial information

Best Available Technique (BAT)
Technically and economically feasible environmental technology that is efficient and advanced, generally to reduce emissions and the impact on the environment as a whole

Biomass
Organic material generated by the growth of micro-organisms, plants and animals

Black person
In the South African context, a generic term which means Africans, Coloureds and Indians

Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act
The South African Act that defines the economic empowerment of all black people through diverse but integrated social-economic strategies

Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)

The amount of oxygen required to degrade the organic compounds of waste water, commonly used to measure the amount of organic compounds in water. COD refers to total COD into receiving waters after treatment, measured in tonnes

Cleaner Production
The continuous application of a preventive, life-cycle environmental strategy to increase efficiency and reduce environmental pollution and risk

Climate and culture surveys
Surveys conducted to gauge the level of employee satisfaction in the work environment

CO₂e (CO₂ equivalents)
Greenhouse gases are compared on the basis of their estimated potential to cause global warming. Factors called Global Warming Potentials (GWPs) have been developed, and are used to convert non-CO₂ greenhouse gas into an amount of CO₂ with an equivalent warming potential. Relevant non-CO₂ greenhouse gases for the pulp and paper industry are N₂O (GWP 310) and CH₄ (GWP 21). The emission of all relevant greenhouse gases is expressed as the equivalent amount of CO₂, given as CO₂-equivalents, abbreviated as CO₂e.

CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels
Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels used in processes and utilities calculated by applying conversion factors to fuel usage volumes

CO₂ emissions from electricity
Calculated quantity of carbon dioxide emitted in the generation of electricity, which is subsequently purchased by the operation. Country-specific conversion factors are used in the calculation, unless region or site-specific conversion factors are available.

Community Engagement Plan
Formal three-year site plans that identify stakeholders, the channels to be used for engagement, the key issues and the impacts to be managed, as well as management accountability and resources

Community surveys
Surveys conducted to gauge the level of satisfaction of communities affected by our operations

Corporate Social Investment (CSI)
Investment by companies in areas outside their core business activities, usually in socio-economic projects that promote community development and upliftment

Ecosystems Services Review (ESR)
A tool to proactively identify risks and opportunities in a company’s dependence on ecosystems

Elemental Chlorine-Free (ECF) Pulp
Bleached pulp without the use of any elemental chlorine, although chlorine compounds such as chlorine dioxide or sodium hypochlorite may be used in the bleaching process

Environmentally material (or significant) operation
List of operations that exceed the 1% threshold on discharges, waste and energy consumption. Significant operations include all primary productions sites and selected conversion sites

Fatal injury
The death of an employee or contractor resulting from a work-related injury

Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
Council devoted to managing forests in a sustainable manner, endorsed by international environmental organisations and offering an internationally accepted sustainable forestry certification scheme

FSC Controlled Wood Standard for Forest Management Enterprises FSC-STD-30-010 (version 2-0) EN
This standard specifies basic requirements applicable at the forest management unit (FMU) level for forest management enterprises to demonstrate to a company or third party certification body that wood supplied is controlled

High Conservation Value (HCV) forests
Forests of outstanding and critical importance due to their environmental, socio-economic, biodiversity or landscape values

Historically disadvantaged individual
In the South African context, a person who due to the apartheid policy that was in place had no voting rights in the national elections prior to the introduction of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. It also refers to women and people with disabilities

HIV
Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HIV prevalence
HIV prevalence is calculated based on the total number of employees in South Africa and the actual number of employees known to be HIV positive in South Africa

HIV wellness programme
A health initiative offered to all employees that offers lifestyle advice, psychological support and immunisation treatments and if necessary, anti-retroviral drugs to HIV-positive employees.

ISO 14001
International standard created by the International Standards Organization (ISO) for formal and certified environmental management systems

ISO 14040
International standard created by the International Standards Organization (ISO) which describes the principles and framework for life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle inventory (LCI) studies.

ISO 9001
International standard created by the International Standards Organization (ISO) for formal and certified quality management systems

Level II and level III environmental incidents and complaints
Environmental incidents and complaints are classified as either:

• Level II: moderate impact, medium-term effect;
• Level III: significant impact, extensive or long-term effect

Lost-time injury (LTI)
Any occupational injury which renders the person unable to perform his/her regular duties for one full shift or more following the day on which the injury was incurred, whether a scheduled work day or not

Lost-time injury frequency rate (LTIFR)
The number of lost-time injuries per 200,000 man hours worked

Managed operations
Those operations over which Mondi has management control. This includes all operations in which Mondi owns more than 50%

Minimum wood standard
Mondi guidance for the responsible procurement of wood, fibre and biomass

MORIS
Mondi reporting information system for non-financial (sustainability) data

New generation plantations
Highly productive plantation forests which address economic, social and environmental issues more equitably

Non-governmental organisation (NGO)
Organisation that undertakes activities on a local, national or international level outside of institutionalised political structures

Number of cases of occupational health disease diagnosed
Total number of cases of occupational health diseases diagnosed in the reporting period. The disease must be diagnosed as such by a competent medical professional.

OHSAS 18001
International standard for safety and occupational health management systems. This is compatible with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 in order to facilitate the integration of quality, environmental and occupational health and safety management system which is Mondi's preferred approach.

Production
Total saleable product produced

Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC)
An independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation, which promotes sustainably managed forests through independent third-party certification

Scope 1 emissions
Total amount of GHG emissions from sources owned or controlled by Mondi and its subsidiaries that are part of the company boundaries. This includes  CO₂ from fossil fuels and processes, company leased/owned  vehicle, waste and waste water treatment, from make-up chemicals, and from other GHG gases.

Scope 2 Emissions
Total amount of GHG emissions from sources that are related to generation of purchased energy outside the company boundaries (no other GHG considered but CO₂).

Self-produced energy
Energy which we produce from fossil fuels or biomass at our own production facilities

Small and medium sized enterprise (SME)
Companies whose headcount or turnover falls below certain limits

Socio-economic Assessment Toolbox (SEAT)
Methodology to establish the social and economic impacts on our surrounding communities

Silver Taiga
Komi Regional Non-Profit Foundation founded on the basis of the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) Komi Project Office to implement Komi Model Forest Project (“Boreal Forest Conservation and Management: Model Forest “Priluzije”, Komi Republic, Russia”)

Solid waste to landfill
Total hazardous and non-hazardous waste sent to landfill, measured in tonnes

Stakeholders
All those who have a direct stake in or are impacted on by our business. This includes our employees, contractors, shareholders and investors, customers, suppliers, NGO's, opinion leaders, academia, governments, regulators and the communities in which we operate

Sustainable Development Management System (SDMS)
Management processes and documentation that collectively provide a systematic framework for ensuring that tasks are performed correctly, consistently and effectively across the company to achieve a specified outcome and to drive continual improvement in sustainable development performance

Sustainable forestry
The practice of forest management to yield desirable forest products, optimise the benefits to the community from all uses of forests and maintain the ecological health and biodiversity of the forest for the future

The Forests Dialogue
A global multi-stakeholder forum committed to the conversation and sustainable use of forests

Tonnes
A metric tonne which is a measurement of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms

Total energy used
Calculated from electricity purchased, biomass and fossil fuels used

Total recordable case rate (TRCR)
TRCR is calculated as the total sum of fatalities, lost-time injuries, restricted work cases and medical treatment cases divided by the number of hours worked per 200,000 man hours

Total Reduced Sulphur (TRS)
Reduced sulphur compounds. TRS is a gaseous mixture of compounds consisting mainly of hydrogen sulphide H₂S in the paper and packaging industry. TRS compounds produce offensive odours

Virgin fibre
Cellulose fibre which has not previously been processed, i.e. that derived from wood

Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT)
A programme in which employees undergo voluntary counselling and testing for HIV/AIDS

Water use for primary activities
Total new or make-up water entering the operation and used for the operation’s primary activities. Primary activities are those in which the operation engages to produce its products and excludes non-contact cooling water

WBCSD
World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Wood Information Platform (WIP)
Mondi’s information system for reporting and monitoring all wood, fibre and biomass purchases

Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)
The largest independent conservation organisation with the fundamental aim of supporting the world’s biological diversity

World Resources Institute (WRI)
A non-profit organisation supporting research, conferences, education, training and policy initiatives for environmental stewardship and sustainable development

Last change: 07/04/2010