AppendixE: Glossary
AbuDhabi SustainabilityGroup
By-product
ClimateChange
Condensate
CorporateGovernance
Emiratization
Environmental Management System
Ethane
Flaring
Gas Venting
Global Reporting Initiative
GreenhouseGas Emissions
Gulf CooperationCouncil
G3ReportingGuidelines
KeyPerformance Indicator
Natural Gas
Occupational Health andSafety
Oil Platform
OnshoreDrilling
OffshoreDrilling
Qatarization
Stakeholder Engagement
Stakeholders
Sustainability
SustainabilityReporting
A network consistingof fifteenAbuDhabi organizationswho are committed to introducing sustainabilitymanagement and
reportingpracticeswithin their ownorganizations.
A secondary or incidental product derived from amanufacturingprocess.
Describes changes in the variability or average state of the atmosphere over time scales ranging fromdecades tomillions
of years.
A low-densitymixture of hydrocarbon liquids that arepresent as gaseous components in the rawnatural gas produced
frommany natural gas fields.
The set of processes, customs, policies, laws, and institutions affecting theway a corporation (or company) is directed,
administeredor controlled.
A national program initiatedby the government of theUnitedArabEmirates toproactively increase the number of Emirati
nationals in thepublic andprivate sectors to empower nationals and reducedependency on foreignworkers.
Themanagement of environmental programs in a comprehensive, systematic, planned anddocumentedmanner. It
includes the organizational structure, planning and resources for developing, implementing andmaintainingpolicy for
environmental protection.
At standard temperature andpressure, Ethane is a colorless, odorless gaswith chemical formulaC2H6, isolatedon an
industrial scale fromnatural gas, and as aby-product of petroleum refining. Its chief use is as petrochemical feedstock for
ethyleneproduction.
Combustingwaste gas releasedby pressure relief valves duringunplannedover-pressuringof plant equipment.
The release of gas into the atmosphere through a vent pipe leading to the outside air from a gas furnace or other gas-fired
equipment for removal of gaseous products of combustion.
A long-termmulti-stakeholder, international processwhosemission is todevelop anddisseminate globally applicable
sustainability reportingguidelines.
Gas emissions, which contribute to the trappingof heat inside the atmosphere (resulting in theGlobalWarming
phenomenon). These gases include carbondioxide,methane or hydro fluorocarbon emissions.
Apolitical and economic union involving the sixArab states of thePersianGulf withmany economic and social objectives.
A framework for reportingonanorganizations’ economic, environmental and social performance, createdby theGRI Forum.
Ameasure of performance commonly used tohelp anorganizationdefine and evaluate its success, typically in terms of
makingprogress towards its long-termorganizational goals.
Agas consistingprimarily ofmethane. It is found associatedwith fossil fuels, in coal beds, asmethane clathrates, and
is createdbymethanogenic organisms inmarshes, bogs, and landfills. It is an important fuel source, amajor feedstock
for fertilizers, and apotent greenhouse gas.
Across-disciplinaryareaconcernedwithprotecting the safety, healthandwelfareof peopleengaged inworkor employment.
A large structure used to houseworkers andmachinery needed todrill wells in theoceanbed, extract oil and/or natural
gas, process theproduced fluids, and shipor pipe them to shore.
Refers to the landbaseddiscovery anddevelopment of oil andgas resources.
Refers to thediscovery anddevelopment of oil andgas resourceswhich lie underwater throughdrilling awell.Most
commonly, the term is used todescribe oil extractionoff the coasts of continents, though the term can also apply to
drilling in lakes and inland seas.
A national program initiatedby the government of Qatar toproactively increase the number of Qatari nationals in the
public andprivate sectors to empower nationals and reducedependency on foreignworkers.
Theprocess bywhich a firm’s stakeholders engage indialog to improve a firm’s decision-making and accountability
toward sustainabledevelopment and achieving the triplebottom line.
Aparty that affects or canbe affectedby the actions of thebusiness.
Thedefinitionof Sustainability derives from thedefinitionof SustainableDevelopment; SustainableDevelopment is the
development thatmeets the needs of thepresent without compromising the ability of future generations tomeet their
own needs*.
The voluntary publicpresentationof information about anorganization’s environmental, social, and economic
performance over a time frame, usually released annually. International standards around reporting, such asGRI,make
sustainability reporting aplatform for sharing andbenchmarking individual company, aswell as sector wideperformance.
Sustainability reportingmay bepublished as a stand-alonedocument, on a companyweb site or incorporated into an
annual report.
*WorldCommissionon theEnvironment andDevelopment (WCED) 1987
