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Comm carbon metric

Developed by the United Nations Environmental Programme-Sustainable Building and Climate Initiative (UNEP-SBCI). It measures energy intensity and carbon intensity.

Control chart

Show process data over time and indicate whether or not the process is stable (which means that it has predictable performance).

Chart of accounts

Numerical list of all standard items that an accounting system tracks: assets, liabilities, net assets, revenues, and expenses.

Construction contract documents

A portfolio of detailed documents that generally consist of a construction agreement, general terms and conditions, supplementary conditions, construction documents (including construction […]

Codes of Conduct

The principals that guide decision making and behavior within an organization. They serve as guidelines for employee and contractor behavior.

Cradle-to-grave

See life-cycle cost analysis.

Cost assignment

Precedes an activity or takes place without measurement of the activity, as it makes assumptions about the proportion of costs that are […]

Cross-cultural communication

The ability to successfully form, foster and improve relationships with members of a culture different from one’s own.

Creditor

A lender of money or one to whom funds are owed.

Carbon offset

A financial instrument that allows an organization to pay a third party to reduce the organization’s global greenhouse gas emissions total in […]