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 |