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Glossary

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Terms
Definition
Source
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Accountability
Source:
IUCN, OECD
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Accreditation
Oversight
Source:
ISEAL (adapted from ISO 17000)
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Assessor
Source:
ISO 17011
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Assurance
Source:
ISEAL Credibility Principles, adapted from ISO 17000
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Assurance provider
Conformity assessment body (CAB), certification body, verification body
Source:
ASI, ISO/IEC 17011: 2004
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Assurance system
Conformity assessment system
Source:
Adapted from ISEAL's Assurance Code Version 2.0, 4.5.1
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Audit
Source:
ISEAL Assurance Code, adapted from ISO 17000
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Audit by third parties
Source:
Derived from ISO 17000
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Audit report
Source:
ISO 9000
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Auditor
Verifier, Assessor
Source:
ISEAL Assurance Code
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Business-to-Business label
Source:
OECD Environment Directorate: Labelling and Information Schemes for the Circular Economy, Environment Working Paper No. 183
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Certificate
Source:
ISEAL Assurance Code (Adapted from ISO 17000)
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Certification
Source:
ISO 17000
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Chain of custody
Product Chain, Chain of Care
Source:
ISEAL Guidance: Chain of custody models and definitions
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Claim
Assertion
Source:
ISEAL Credibility Criteria, ISEAL challenge the label
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Complaint
Source:
ISEAL Assurance Code (adopted from ISO 17000)
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Conformity assessment
Source:
ISEAL Code of Good Practice 2018, ISO 17000
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Corrective measures
Source:
ISO 9000
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Credibility
Source:
ISEAL Credibility Principles
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Decision-making body
Steering body
Source:
Siegelklarheit, SSCT
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Dimension
Source:
Siegelklarheit, SSCT
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Environmental label
Source:
Siegelklarheit, SSCT
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Extended requirements
Extended criteria, additional requirements
Source:
Siegelklarheit, SSCT
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Label
Quality label, certificate
Source:
IFOAM
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Licence
Source:
IFOAM
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Management system
Source:
ISO 9000
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Minimum requirements
Minimum criteria
Source:
Siegelklarheit, SSCT
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Monitoring
Source:
ISO 17000, ISEAL Assurance Code
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Multi-stakeholder process
Source:
ISEAL Code of Good Practice
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National Programme on Sustainable Consumption
Source:
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
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National Sustainable Development Strategy
Source:
The German Federal Government
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Overall requirements
Overall criteria, overall requirements/criteria grid, overall requirements/criteria catalogue
Source:
Siegelklarheit, SSCT
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Oversight
Accreditation
Source:
ASI, ISEAL (adapted from ISO 17000)
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Oversight provider
Oversight body, Accreditation body
Source:
Adapted from ISEAL's Assurance Code Version 2.0
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Product group
Source:
Siegelklarheit, SSCT
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Proof of conformity
Source:
ISEAL (taken from ISO 17000)
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Proxy accreditation
Source:
ISEAL Assurance Code Version 2.0
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Public consultation
Source:
OECD
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Publicly accessible
Source:
Siegelklarheit, SSCT
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Quality management system
Source:
ISO 9000
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Requirements
Criteria
Source:
Siegelklarheit, SSCT
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Review
Source:
ISO Guide 2
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Revision
Source:
ISO Guide 2
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Risk
Source:
ISEAL Assurance Code Version 2.0
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Risk analysis
Source:
FAO Fisheries Glossary
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Risk-based management
Source:
HIVOS
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Social labels
quality label, certifiction. certificate
Source:
Siegelklarheit, SSCT
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Stakeholder
Source:
ISEAL Credibility Principles
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Standard
Source:
Siegelklarheit, SSCT
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Standard documents
Source:
Siegelklarheit, SSCT
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Standard system
Source:
ISEAL Credibility Criteria, Siegelklarheit
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Standard-setting organisation
Scheme owner, label holder, labelling organisation
Source:
ISEAL Assurance Code
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Supervision
Source:
ISEAL Assurance Code (adopted from ISO 17000)
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Supplier
Sub-contractor
Source:
SA8000
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Sustainability Standards Comparison Tool
SSCT
Source:
Siegelklarheit
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Traceability
Source:
ISO 9000
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Transparency
Source:
ITC (adapted from OECD Procurement ToolBox)
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Verification
Source:
ISO 9000