CMRT
Conflict Minerals Reporting Template
CO2e
CO2 equivalents, unit of measurement for standardizing the climate impact of various greenhouse gases (CO2, methane, and nitrous oxide)
Corporate Governance:
Rule categories pursuant to the Austrian Corporate Governance Code
L rule (legal requirement): The rule is based on mandatory statutory provisions.
C rule (comply or explain): The rule should be complied with; any deviation therefrom must be explained and justified in order to be in compliance with the Code.
R rule (recommendation): Rule worded as a recommendation; non-compliance need not be disclosed or explained.
(Source: Austrian Corporate Governance Code as amended July 2012, Austrian Working Group for Corporate Governance, www.corporate-governance.at)
EAF
Electric Arc Furnace
EBIT
Earnings Before Interest and Taxes;
(earnings before taxes, equity interests of non-controlling shareholders, and financial result)
EBITDA
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (earnings before taxes, equity interests of non-controlling shareholders, financial result, depreciation, and amortization)
Iron ore fines
Fine material with a grain size of between 0 mm to 6 mm; it is generated in connection with the extraction and processing of iron ore and is sieved.
In most cases, it is processed into larger pellets (usually between 8 mm and 18 mm).
EMAS
Eco Management and Audit Scheme;
Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the voluntary participation of organizations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme
Employee turnover, total
Total employee turnover/personnel (excluding apprentices) by head count (total turnover: employment contracts terminated by the employer; employment contracts terminated by the employee; mutually agreed contract terminations; retirement due to occupational disability; retirement and death)
FTEs (full-time equivalents)
Total number of executives employed with ongoing responsibility for human resources, including master craftsmen
Executives
Number of full-time positions, mathematically speaking, computed on the basis of the working hours of both full-time and part-time employees
Headcount
Number of employees by headcount
Load per annum
Amount of particular substances that are introduced into effluents or the air, aggregated over the year
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Systematic analysis of products’ environmental impact during their life cycle aimed at an objective assessment subject to consideration of economic, social, and technical factors
Scope 1, 2, and 3
Emission categories pursuant to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol
USMCA
United States - Mexico - Canada Agreement; successor agreement to the NAFTA free trade zone