Glossary

  CAP

Abbreviation for Corrective Action Plan; this records the discrepancies/complaints after an audit.

  Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU)

capture, transport and subsequent use of carbon

  Category A species

German category for endangered species, usually isolate, mostly unstable or acutely threatened occurrences, for which conservation assistance is needed immediately. 

  CBD

Cost Break Down

  CCC

Clean Clothes Campaign, an NGO founded in 1989 that advocates for the improvement of working conditions in the international textile and clothing industry and in the sporting goods industry.

  CE

The CE marking is the manufacturer's declaration that the product meets the requirements of the applicable EC directives and of free marketability in the European Economic Area. 

  CIR

Christian Initiative Romero e.V. is an association founded in 1981 with headquarters in Münster, which campaigns for labor rights and human rights in Central America.

  Climate neutrality

  CO2e

Unit of CO2 emissions, pronounced “carbon dioxide equivalents.” 

  CoC

Code of Conduct, a set of rules for certain behaviors. As a member of the Fair Wear, VAUDE complies with their strict CoC. 

  CoLP

Code of Labour Practices, used by the Fair Wear (FW).  

  COP

Conference of the Parties - The COP is the supreme decision-making body of the Convention, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. All States that are Parties to the Convention are represented at the COP, at which they review the implementation of the Convention and any other legal instruments that the COP adopts and take decisions necessary to promote the effective implementation of the Convention, including institutional and administrative arrangements.

  Cost Break Down (CBD)

Cost breakdown is the systematic process of identifying the individual elements that comprise the total cost of a good, service or package. 

  Covenant

Refers to clauses and collateral agreements in credit agreements where the debtor is contractually committed during the contract period. 

  CPSIA

Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, a U.S. law that regulates product safety. 

  CrVI

Chromium VI compounds can form in leather tanning and are considered allergenic, in higher doses as a carcinogen. With due diligence in the tanning process, chrome-VI compounds can be avoided. 

  CSDDD

The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is an EU legal act and the further development of the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD). It pursues the goal of placing sustainability reporting on the same level as financial reporting. Part of the CSRD are uniform EU standards for sustainability information, the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS).

  CSR

Corporate Social Responsibility refers to the corporate responsibility for humans, society and nature with which we want to establish a healthy balance between our economic, environmental and social objectives.

  Cubic Inches (cu in)

A volume measurement used especially for down fill which roughly corresponds to 16.40 cubic centimeters.