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Glossary and abbreviations

 

Department names

C & E - Customs & Excise
CO - Cabinet Office
DCA - Department for Constitutional Affairs
DCMS - Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Defra - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
DfES - Department for Education and Skills
DfID - Department for International Development
DfT - Department for Transport
DoH - Department of Health
DTI - Department of Trade and Industry
DWP - Department for Work and Pensions
ECGD - Export Credits Guarantee Department
FCO - Foreign and Commonwealth Office
HMT - HM Treasury
HO - Home Office
IR - Inland Revenue
LOD - Law Officers Department
MoD - Ministry of Defence
ODPM - Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
ONS - Office of National Statistics

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Other

ACS - Assisted Car Scheme
BAP - Biodiversity Action Plan
BARS - Biodiversity Action Reporting System
BRE - Building Research Establishment
BREEAM - Buildings Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method
BTCV - British Trust for Conservation Volunteers
CHP - Combined Heat and Power
CHPQA - Combined Heat and Power Quality Assurance Programme
CO2 - Carbon Dioxide
DSA - Disposal Service Agency
EAC - Environmental Audit Committee
EC - European Commission
EMS - Environmental Management System
ESA - Energy Star Accredited
EU - European Union
GRI - Global Reporting Initiative
HCFC - hydrochloroflurocarbon
HFC - hydroflurocarbon
IiP - Investors in People
ISO14001 - Environmental Management Systems Standard
KWh - Kilowatts per hour
LPG - Liquefied Petroleum Gas
NAO - National Audit Office
NHS - National Health Service
NHS PASA - National Health Service Purchasing and Supply Agency (within NHS)
OGC - Office of Government Commerce
PFI - Private Finance Initiative
PSBAP - Prison Service Biodiversity Action Plan
Pv - Photovoltaic
PwC - PricewaterhouseCoopers
RAF - Royal Air Force
RN - Royal Navy
RTP - Request to Purchase
SD - Sustainable Development
SDiG - Sustainable Development in Government
SDU - Sustainable Development Unit (within Defra)
SPG - Sustainable Procurement Group
SSSI - Sites of Special Scientific Interest
tC - Tonnes of carbon

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Updated: 07 March 2005

 
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