Glossary

ADEME: French Agency for Ecological Transition - Agence de l'environnement et de la maîtrise de l'énergie

AFNOR: French Standardization Association - Association française de normalisation

AGIT: Alliance Green IT (in France and Canada)

AI: Artificial Intelligence

ARCEP: French regulatory authority in charge of regulating telecommunications, postal services and print media distribution in France - Autorité de Régulation des Communications Electroniques, des Postes et de la distribution de la Presse

ARCOM: French Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual and Digital Communication - Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique

ASHRAE: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers

BREEAM: Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method

BYOD: Bring Your Own Device

CaaS: Container as a Service

CENELEC: European Committee for Coordination of Electrical Standardization - Comité Européen de Normalisation ELECtrotechnique

CFT: Call for Tender

CMDB: Configuration Management DataBase

CoC: (European) Code of Conduct

COPE: Corporate Owned, Personally Enabled

CPU: Central Processing Unit

CSP: Cloud Service Provider

CSR: Corporate Social Responsibility

CSRD: Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

CUE: Carbon Usage Effectiveness

DINum: French Prime Minister service for digital Direction Interministérielle du Numérique

DPP: Digital Product Passport

EEE: Electrical or Electronic Equipment

EFRAG: European Financial Reporting Advisory Group

EMS: Environmental Management System

EPEA: Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool

ERF: Energy Reuse Factor

ESG: Environmental Social and Governance

ESRS: European Sustainability Reporting Standards

FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions

FSC: Forest Stewardship Council

GANR: French practical guide to responsible digital purchasing - Guide pratique pour des achats numériques responsables

GDPR: General Data Protection Regulation

GHG: Greenhouse Gas

GoOs: Guarantees of Origins

GR491: Handbook of Sustainable Design of Digital Services, formalized by the Institute for Sustainable IT

HR: Human Resources

IaaS: Infrastructures as a Service

ICT: Information and Communication Technologies

IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

INR: Institut du Numérique Responsable (ISIT in English)

IP: Internet Protocol

ISIT: Institute for Sustainable IT

ISO: International Organization for Standardization

IT: Information Technologies

KPI: Key Performance Indicators

LAN: Local Area Network

LCA: Life Cycle Assessment

LEED: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design – certification framework

MFP: Multi-Functional Printer

NF: French national standard – Norme Française

NGO: Non-Governmental Organisation

NIS2: Network and Information Security

NSP: Network Service Provider

OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OKR: Objectives Key Results

OS: Operating System

PaaS: Platform as a Service

PCR: Product Category Rules

PDU: Power Display Unit

PPA: Power Purchase Agreement

PUE: Power Usage Effectiveness

RAM: Random Access Memory

REC: Renewable Energy Certificates

REF: Renewable Energy Factor

RFI: Request For Information

RFP: Request For Proposal

RGAA: French accessibility reference - Référentiel Général d'Amélioration de l'Accessibilité

RGESN: French eco-design reference for digital services – Référentiel Général d’Ecoconception des Services Numériques

RIA31: IA Ethical and Responsible guidelines, formalized by Institute of Sustainable IT

RMI: Responsible Minerals Initiative

ROI: Return On Investment

ROII: Return On Investment and Impacts

SaaS: Software as a Service

SBTi: Science Based Target initiative

SDG: Sustainable Development Goals for the United Nations

SDIA: Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance

SLA: Service Level Agreement

TCO: Sweden eco-label - https://tcocertified.com/ ; Total Cost of Ownership

URD: Universal Registration Document

USA: United States of America

UXUI: User eXperience User Interface

VDI: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

WAN: Wide Area Network

WEEE: Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment

WUE: Water Usage Effectiveness