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Material not being allowed to pass through a membrane. For example, in a reverse osmosis unit, it “rejects” contaminants and does not allow them to enter the permeate, or product water.

An organization that is linked to the verification body by: common ownership or directors, contractual arrangement, a common name, informal understanding, or other means such that the related organization has a vested interest in the outcome of an assessment or has a potential ability to influence the outcome of an accredited management system assessment, or […]

A connected, subset, linked, or other related product that is legally distinct from an Instrument and has an Instrument as its underlying.

The number of organisms of a particular kind present in a sample relative to the total number of organisms in the sample.

The ratio of the amount of moisture in the air to the maximum amount of moisture the air could hold under the same conditions; usually expressed as a percentage.

A release occurs when a hazardous substance goes from a controlled condition (for example, inside a truck, barrel, storage tank, or landfill) to an uncontrolled condition in the air, water, or land.

Release of Lien is also known as a lien waiver. It is a registered document, which removes certain types of claims of title to property.

Categories of emission sources that must be included within the reporting boundary for TCR to consider the inventory “complete” for the purposes of reporting to TCR. Relevant emissions consist of Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions, combustion-based direct biogenic emissions, and combustion-based indirect biogenic emissions associated with the consumption of energy. Approved miniscule sources, biogenic […]

The collective term for local, affected, interested and expert stakeholders.

Estimated cumulative net global anthropogenic CO2 emissions from the start of 2018 to the time that anthropogenic CO2 emissions reach net zero that would result, at some probability, in limiting global warming to a given level, accounting for the impact of other anthropogenic emissions.