Glossary

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Terms
Definition
Source
A
Accountability
Source:
IUCN, OECD
Accreditation
Oversight
Source:
ISEAL (adapted from ISO 17000)
Assessor
Source:
ISO 17011
Assurance
Source:
ISEAL Credibility Principles, adapted from ISO 17000
Assurance provider
Conformity assessment body (CAB), certification body, verification body
Source:
ASI, ISO/IEC 17011: 2004
Assurance system
Conformity assessment system
Source:
Adapted from ISEAL's Assurance Code Version 2.0, 4.5.1
Audit
Source:
ISEAL Assurance Code, adapted from ISO 17000
Audit by third parties
Source:
Derived from ISO 17000
Audit report
Source:
ISO 9000
Auditor
Verifier, Assessor
Source:
ISEAL Assurance Code
B
Business-to-Business label
Source:
OECD Environment Directorate: Labelling and Information Schemes for the Circular Economy, Environment Working Paper No. 183
C
Certificate
Source:
ISEAL Assurance Code (Adapted from ISO 17000)
Certification
Source:
ISO 17000
Chain of custody
Product Chain, Chain of Care
Source:
ISEAL Guidance: Chain of custody models and definitions
Claim
Assertion
Source:
ISEAL Credibility Criteria, ISEAL challenge the label
Complaint
Source:
ISEAL Assurance Code (adopted from ISO 17000)
Conformity assessment
Source:
ISEAL Code of Good Practice 2018, ISO 17000
Corrective measures
Source:
ISO 9000
Credibility
Source:
ISEAL Credibility Principles
D
Decision-making body
Steering body
Source:
Siegelklarheit, SSCT
Dimension
Source:
Siegelklarheit, SSCT
E
Environmental label
Source:
Siegelklarheit, SSCT
Extended requirements
Extended criteria, additional requirements
Source:
Siegelklarheit, SSCT
L
Label
Quality label, certificate
Source:
IFOAM
Licence
Source:
IFOAM
M
Management system
Source:
ISO 9000
Minimum requirements
Minimum criteria
Source:
Siegelklarheit, SSCT
Monitoring
Source:
ISO 17000, ISEAL Assurance Code
Multi-stakeholder process
Source:
ISEAL Code of Good Practice
N
National Programme on Sustainable Consumption
Source:
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
National Sustainable Development Strategy
Source:
The German Federal Government
O
Overall requirements
Overall criteria, overall requirements/criteria grid, overall requirements/criteria catalogue
Source:
Siegelklarheit, SSCT
Oversight
Accreditation
Source:
ASI, ISEAL (adapted from ISO 17000)
Oversight provider
Oversight body, Accreditation body
Source:
Adapted from ISEAL's Assurance Code Version 2.0
P
Product group
Source:
Siegelklarheit, SSCT
Proof of conformity
Source:
ISEAL (taken from ISO 17000)
Proxy accreditation
Source:
ISEAL Assurance Code Version 2.0
Public consultation
Source:
OECD
Publicly accessible
Source:
Siegelklarheit, SSCT
Q
Quality management system
Source:
ISO 9000
R
Requirements
Criteria
Source:
Siegelklarheit, SSCT
Review
Source:
ISO Guide 2
Revision
Source:
ISO Guide 2
Risk
Source:
ISEAL Assurance Code Version 2.0
Risk analysis
Source:
FAO Fisheries Glossary
Risk-based management
Source:
HIVOS
S
Social labels
quality label, certifiction. certificate
Source:
Siegelklarheit, SSCT
Stakeholder
Source:
ISEAL Credibility Principles
Standard
Source:
Siegelklarheit, SSCT
Standard documents
Source:
Siegelklarheit, SSCT
Standard system
Source:
ISEAL Credibility Criteria, Siegelklarheit
Standard-setting organisation
Scheme owner, label holder, labelling organisation
Source:
ISEAL Assurance Code
Supervision
Source:
ISEAL Assurance Code (adopted from ISO 17000)
Supplier
Sub-contractor
Source:
SA8000
Sustainability Standards Comparison Tool
SSCT
Source:
Siegelklarheit
T
Traceability
Source:
ISO 9000
Transparency
Source:
ITC (adapted from OECD Procurement ToolBox)
V
Verification
Source:
ISO 9000