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The process of changing from one state or condition to another in a given period of time. Transition can be in individuals, firms, cities, regions and nations, and can be based on incremental or transformative change.

Zone of material used to provide filter requirements between two zones of material which do not meet filter requirements.

The reporting boundary of a transitional inventory is self-defined by the Member based on the following parameters: • Scopes • Gases • Activity types (stationary combustion, etc.) • Geographic/operational boundaries (country, state, business units, facility, etc.) The transitional reporting option is available only during a Member’s first five emissions years, after which time a waiver […]

The rate at which water of the prevailing kinematic viscosity is transmitted through a unit width of an aquifer under a unit hydraulic gradient. It equals the hydraulic conductivity multiplied by the aquifer thickness.

Transparency is a requirement for companies to take full responsibility for their entire supply chains and act on their accountability for the social and environmental practices at all stages of manufacturing of their products. The fashion industry now relies on complex global supply networks that are notoriously difficult to trace, but as the 2013 Rana […]

The approach to, and outcomes of governance and decision making for all Gold Standard technical developments shall be transparent. Stakeholders shall be represented in technical governance and can participate in developments and assurance.

Process by which water escapes from a living plant.

Conveyance of solutes and particles in flow systems.

The horizontal or vertical displacement of a pollutant from its emission source that can be carried through the atmosphere over some distance.

A measure of the average rate of the horizontal movement of air within the mixing layer.