Glossary

CCS refers to several technologies and techniques which allow companies to ‘catch’ carbon dioxide gas which would otherwise be emitted into the atmosphere by industrial facilities and power plants.

A carbon footprint is the total set of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused directly and indirectly by an individual, organization, event, or product (UK Carbon Trust 2008). An individual, organisation, or national carbon footprint is measured by undertaking a GHG emissions assessment.

Carbon sequestration is achieved when carbon is removed from the atmosphere (as CO₂) and stored, or separated from fuels or flue gases and stored. Carbon sequestration is either technological (usually called carbon capture and storage) or biological (biological carbon sequestration). The viability of carbon sequestration depends on the cost of the process and the policy context that determines the value of sequestered carbon.

Carrier is the company that physically moves freight (the shipper is the carrier’s customer).