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SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2014
Kuwait City Sustainability Group
A network consisting of fifteen Kuwait City organizations who are committed to introducing
sustainability management and reporting practices within their own organizations
By-product
A secondary or incidental product derived from a manufacturing process
Climate Change
Describes changes in the variability or average state of the atmosphere over time scales
ranging from decades to millions of years
Condensate
A low-density mixture of hydrocarbon liquids that are present as gaseous components
in the raw natural gas produced from many natural gas fields
Corporate Governance
The set of processes, customs, policies, laws, and institutions affecting the way a corporation
(or company) is directed, administered or controlled
Emiratization
A national program initiated by the government of the Kuwait to proactively increase
the number of Emirati nationals in the public and private sectors to empower nationals and reduce
dependency on foreign workers
Environmental Management
System
The management of environmental programs in a comprehensive, systematic, planned and
documented manner. It includes the organizational structure, planning and resources for
developing, implementing and maintaining policy for environmental protection.
Ethane
At standard temperature and pressure, Ethane is a colorless, odorless gas with chemical formula
C2H6, isolated on an industrial scale from natural gas, and is a by-product of petroleum refining.
Its chief use is as petrochemical feedstock for ethylene production
Flaring
Combusting waste gas released by pressure relief valves during unplanned over-pressuring of plant
equipment
Gas Venting
The release of gas into the atmosphere through a vent pipe leading to the outside air from a gas
furnace or other gas-fired equipment for removal of gaseous products of combustion
Global Reporting Initiative
A long-term multi-stakeholder, international process whose mission is to develop and disseminate
globally applicable sustainability reporting guidelines
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Gas emissions, which contribute to the trapping of heat inside the atmosphere (resulting in the
Global Warming phenomenon). These gases include carbon dioxide, methane or hydrofluorocarbon
emissions
Gulf Cooperation Council
A political and economic union involving the six Arab states of the Arabian Gulf with many economic
and social objectives
G3 Reporting Guidelines
A framework for reporting on an organization’s economic, environmental and social performance,
created by the GRI Forum
Key Performance Indicator
A measure of performance commonly used to help an organization define and evaluate its success,
typically in terms of making progress towards its long-term organizational goals
Natural Gas
A gas consisting primarily of methane. It is found associated with fossil fuels, in coal beds,
as methane clathrates, and is created by methanogenic organisms in marshes, bogs, and landfills.
It is an important fuel source, a major feedstock for fertilizers, and a potent greenhouse gas
Occupational Health and Safety
A cross-disciplinary area concerned with protecting the safety, health and welfare of people engaged
in work or employment
Oil Platform
A large structure used to house workers and machinery needed to drill wells in the ocean bed,
extract oil and/or natural gas, process the produced fluids, and ship or pipe them to shore
Onshore Drilling
Refers to the land based discovery and development of oil and gas resources
Offshore Drilling
Refers to the discovery and development of oil and gas resources which lie underwater through
drilling a well. Most commonly, the term is used to describe oil extraction off the coasts of continents,
though the term can also apply to drilling in lakes and inland seas
Qatarization
A national program initiated by the government of Qatar to proactively increase the number
of Qatari nationals in the public and private sectors to empower nationals and reduce dependency
on foreign workers
Stakeholder Engagement
The process by which a firm's stakeholders engage in dialog to improve a firm's decision-making
and accountability toward sustainable development and achieving the triple bottom line
Stakeholders
A party that affects or can be affected by the actions of the business
Sustainability
The definition of Sustainability derives from the definition of Sustainable Development; Sustainable
Development is the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet their own needs4
Sustainability Reporting
The voluntary public presentation of information about an organization’s environmental, social, and
economic performance over a time frame, usually released annually. International standards around
reporting, such as GRI, make sustainability reporting a platform for sharing and benchmarking an
individual company, as well as sector wide performance. Sustainability reporting may be published
as a stand-alone document, on a company web site or incorporated into an annual report
4 World Commission on the Environment and Development (WCED) 1987
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