The Extractive Industries - Business, Innovation and Skills Committee Contents


Glossary


AIM      Growth market on the London Stock Exchange

BIS      Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

DCLG      Department for Communities and Local Government

DECC      Department of Energy and Climate Change

DEFRA     Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

EI      Extractive Industries

EITI      Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

ESG      Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance

FCA      Financial Conduct Authority

FRC  Financial Reporting Council

FTSE 100  An index composed of the 100 largest companies on the London Stock Exchange

FTSE      Main market on the London Stock Exchange

G8  Group of eight (seven of the world's leading industrialised nations and Russia)

IED  Industrial Emissions Directive

JSE      Johannesburg Stock Exchange

LSE      London Stock Exchange

NGO      Non-Governmental Organisation

OECD      Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

SRI Index    Socially Responsible Investment Index

STEM      Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

The Department  Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

UKCS      UK Continental Shelf

UKTI      United Kingdom Trade and Investment


 
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