Glossary
| ACORT | Retail Companies Association |
| RES | Renewable energy sources |
| GOST | A regulatory document serving as a basis for standardisation of production processes and services |
| Dark store | Special warehouse where online orders are fulfilled for delivery |
| VHI | Voluntary health insurance |
| Drogerie | Retail store selling beauty, hygiene and household related products as well as certain non-prescription medications. |
| IT | Information technologies |
| KPI | Key performance indicator |
| SME | Small and medium-sized enterprise |
| VAT | Value-added tax |
| ODS | Ozone-depleting substances |
| GHG | Greenhouse gases |
| RSPP | Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs |
| DC | Distribution centre |
| LNG | Liquefied natural gas |
| PL | Private label – a brand owned not by a manufacturer or a producer but by a retailer or supplier, who gets its goods made by a contract manufacturer under its own label |
| Food sharing | Practice of free distribution of food that is near (not past) its expiry date to vulnerable population groups |
| UN SDGs | United Nations Sustainable Development Goals |
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| СО2 | Carbon dioxide |
| ESG | Corporate development strategy that relies on environmental, social and governance aspects |
| FMCG | fast-moving consumer goods |
| GFSI | Global Food Safety Initiative |
| NPS | Net Promoter Score, which shows consumer loyalty to a product or company |