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 |