UKFT’s Sustainability Conference: Glossary of Terms
12/08/2024
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Term or abbr.
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Description
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| B2B | Back to Baselines programme managed by Leeds Institute of Textiles & Colours (LiTAC) | |
| BFC | British Fashion Council (including the Institute of Positive Fashion) | |
| BRC | British Retail Consortium | |
| Central Fund | A proposed fund to support circular activities such as repair, reuse, and recycling. | |
| Circular Economy | An economic system aimed at eliminating waste and the continual use of resources through reuse, repair, refurbishment, and recycling. | |
| Circularity | The practice of designing products and systems to reduce waste, reuse materials, and recycle end-of-life products. | |
| Circular Attributes | Characteristics of products that support a circular economy, including durability, repairability, recyclability, and the use of recycled content. | |
| Data Integration | The process of combining data from different sources to provide a unified view. | |
| Eco-modulation | Adjusting fees based on the environmental impact of products to incentivise sustainable practices. | |
| EPR | Extended Producer Responsibility – a policy approach where producers are given significant responsibility for the treatment or disposal of post-consumer products. | |
| Defra | Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs – the UK government department responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities. | |
| IPF | Institute of Positive Fashion (part of the British Fashion Council) | |
| IPR | Individual Producer Responsibility – a version of EPR where producers pay fees proportional to the impact of the products they sell (rather than an average fee for all producers of the same type of product – this is called Collective Producer Responsibility) | |
| LiTAC | Leeds Institute of Textiles & Colours: operators of the Back to Baselines (B2B) Programme. | |
| NICER | National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Research – a programme funded by Innovate UK to support research in circular economy practices managed by the University of Exeter Business School. | |
| ODM | Open Data Manchester – an independent organisation dedicated to development of clear, useful data. | |
| OSD | Open Standard for Data (example: Open3P standard for packaging data) | |
| PCS | Producer Compliance Scheme(s) – organisations that manage data reporting on EPR for brands on packaging, WEEE, batteries, etc. | |
| SKU | Stock Keeping Unit – a unique identifier for each distinct product and service that can be purchased. | |
| UKFT | UK Fashion & Textiles Association | |
| Variable Fee System | A system where fees are adjusted based on specific attributes of the products, such as their environmental impact. | |
| WEFT | A new independent company established to manage the EPR sandbox system and conduct further data analysis. | |