Abbreviations
- 3GPP
3rd Generation Partnership Project
- AAP
alternative approval process
- AB
accreditation body
- AFi
Accountability Framework initiative
- AI
artificial intelligence
- ALF-CIO
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
- ANSI
American National Standards Institute
- API
American Petroleum Institute
- ARRC
Alternative Reference Rates Committee
- ASA
American Standards Association
- ASP
audit service providers
- BBA
British Bankers Association
- BCBS
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
- BIS
Bank for International Settlements
- BRI
Belt and Road Initiative
- BSCI
Business Social Compliance Initiative
- BSEE
Bureau for Safety and Environmental Enforcement
- CAC
Codex Alimentarius Commission
- CACs
collective action clauses
- CAS
Court of Arbitration for Sport
- CCP
central counterparties
- CCQ
Code Compliance Questionnaire
- CDS
credit default swap
- CFTC
Commodities Futures and Trading Commission
- CGF
Consumer Goods Forum
- CJEU
Court of Justice of the EU
- COPOLCO
ISO Committee on Consumer Policy
- COS
Center for Offshore Safety
- CSR
corporate social responsibility
- DEVCO
ISO Committee on Developing Country Matters
- DEVPRO
ISO Programme for Developing Countries
- DSSI
Debt Service Suspension Initiative
- DWH
Deepwater Horizon
- ECJ
European Court of Justice
- ECOSOC
UN Economic and Social Council
- EU
European Union
- FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization
- FCA
Financial Conduct Authority
- FRBNY
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- FSA
Financial Services Authority
- FSB
Financial Stability Board
- FSC
Food Stewardship Council
- FSF
Financial Stability Forum
- FSOC
Financial Stability Oversight Council
- GAP
Global Practices for Agriculture, manufacturing, and distribution
- GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation
- GFC
global financial crisis
- GFSI
Global Food Safety Initiative
- GSTC
Global Sustainable Tourism Council
- GUF
Global Union Federation
- HACCP
hazard analysis and critical control points
- HRDD
human rights due diligence
- IBA
ICE Benchmark Administration
- ICE
Intercontinental Exchange
- ICMA
International Capital Market Association
- ICT
information and communications technology
- IEC
International Electrotechnical Commission
- IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force
- IIF
Institute of International Finance
- ILO
International Labour Organization
- IMF
International Monetary Fund
- IOC
International Olympic Committee
- IOSCO
International Organization of Securities Commissions
- IPMA
International Primary Market Association
- ISDA
International Swaps and Derivatives Association
- ISEAL
International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labelling Alliance
- ISMA
International Securities Markets Association
- ISO
International Organization for Standardization
- ISSB
international standard-setting body
- ITA
Independent Testing Authority
- ITC
International Trade Center
- ITF
International Task Force on Harmonization and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture
- ITU
International Telecommunications Union
- ITU-D
ITU-Telecommunication Development Sector
- ITU-R
ITU-Radiocommunication Sector
- ITU-T
ITU-Telecommunication Standardization Sector
- LIBOR
London Interbank Offered Rate
- MA
master agreement
- MarAD
US Maritime Administration
- MMS
Minerals Management Service
- MNC
multinational corporation
- MODU
mobile offshore drilling units
- MSC
Marine Stewardship Council
- NADO
National Anti-Doping Organization
- NAMA
non-agricultural market access
- NCP
national contact point
- NGO
nongovernmental organization
- NTMs
non-tariff measures
- OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- OTC
over-the-counter
- PEFC
Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification
- R&D
research and development
- RA
Radiocommunication Assembly
- RADO
Regional Anti-Doping Organization
- RCAP
Regulatory Consistency Assessment Program
- RMG
ready-made garment
- RSPO
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
- SDO
Standards development organization
- SDRM
Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanism
- SEMP
Safety and Environmental Management Plan
- SOFR
secured overnight financial rate
- SSB
standard-setting body
- SSO
standard-setting organization
- TAP
traditional approval process
- TBT
Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
- TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
- TFEU
Treaty on the Functioning of the EU
- TPR
transnational private regulation
- TR
trade repositories
- TSAG
Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group
- UN
United Nations
- UNCTAD
UN Conference on Trade and Development
- UNEP
UN Environment Programme
- UNGP
UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
- UNIDO
UN Industrial Development Organization
- VEA
voluntary economic activism
- VSS
voluntary sustainability standards
- WADA
World Anti-Doping Agency
- WTDC
World Telecommunication Development Conference
- WTO
World Trade Organization
- WTSA
World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly
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