| BRC Food |
British Retail Consortium Global Standard Food |
| CO2 |
Carbon dioxide. Main component of flue gases; formed during combustion through oxidation of carbon in fuels. The most important ‘greenhouse gas’. |
| EHS |
Environment, Health and Safety |
| GRI |
Global Reporting Initiative. International guidelines for reporting related to the economic, social and environmental operations of companies and associations. |
| HACCP |
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point. A systematic method for analysing food production and handling processes, identifying hazards and determining critical control points to guarantee safe products for consumers. |
| Hazardous waste |
Waste which is dangerous or harmful to human health or the environment and must be treated or disposed of separately from other waste. |
| ICC |
International Chamber of Commerce |
| ISO 9001:2000 |
An international quality management standard |
| ISO 14001 |
An international environmental management system standard |
| Kosher |
A concept used to refer to Jewish food laws. Kosher translates as ”appropriate”. Its significance in terms of food customs is a religious one and calls for compliance with Jewish food laws. |
| LDL-cholesterol |
"Bad cholesterol". Form of cholesterol that is carried by LD lipoproteins in the blood serum to other body tissues and that builds up on the inner walls of arteries, causing arterial sclerosis. |
| NO2 |
Products of the combustion of nitrogen, formed from the nitrogen contained in fuel and in combustion air. Emissions of nitrogen compounds to air are calculated and reported as nitrogen dioxide (NO2). |
| P |
Total amount of phosphorus |
| Pro Agria Farma |
A consulting organisation for agriculture and rural areas |
| Quality Grain |
Raisio Group’s quality and development system for grain raw material that ensures that the grain meets the industry’s and consumers’ quality requirements, is safe and healthy and produced in an environmentally friendly way. |
| Recoverable waste |
The reusable waste produced by the company’s operations (other than that bought from outside the company for reuse) |
| Ripesca |
Reuse of industrial waste and wastewater to prevent eutrophication by a new environmentally sustainable and cost effective approach |
| SO2, sulphur dioxide |
A product of the combustion of fuel containing sulphur |
| Stanol ester |
Plant stanol fatty acid ester, i.e. the compound formed in the reaction between stanol and fatty acid; the functional ingredient in Benecol products, an innovation patented by Raisio |
| Triglyceride |
Triglyceride is a common fat found, among other things, in food. It consists of glycerol and fatty acids, the latter of which determine the quality of fat in food. Fats can be either saturated (hard fats) or unsaturated (soft fats). |
| VOC |
Volatile organic compounds |
| Waste for final disposal |
Waste taken to landfills, including municipal waste but excluding hazardous waste |
