| AI | Artificial intelligence |
| ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| ASX150 | Top 150 Australian publicly listed companies |
| B4IG | Business for Inclusive Growth (OECD) |
| BEF | Black Entrepreneurship Fund (Canada) |
| BGA | National Agency for Women Start-ups Activities and Services (Germany) |
| BMBF | Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany) |
| BMWi | Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (Germany) |
| BPA | Bioresource Processing Alliance (New Zealand) |
| CAD | Canadian dollar |
| CCUS | Carbon Capture Usage and Storage (Japan) |
| CEFIA | Cleaner Energy Future Initiative for ASEAN (Japan) |
| CFP | Corporate financial performance |
| CO2 | Carbon dioxide |
| CORE | Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise |
| CSR | Corporate social responsibility |
| CSV | Creating shared value |
| EaSI | Employment and Social Innovation (European Union) |
| EEN | Energy Efficiency Networks (Germany) |
| EIF | European Investment Fund (European Union) |
| EIGE | European Institute for Gender Equality (European Union) |
| EIT | European Institute of Innovation and Technology (European Union) |
| EMF | Enabling Māori Framework (New Zealand) |
| ESG | Environment, social and governance |
| ETS | Emissions Trading System (European Union) |
| EU | European Union |
| EU-OSHA | European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (European Union) |
| EUR | euro |
| F/S | Feasibility study |
| FDI | Foreign direct investment |
| G250 | World’s top 250 companies by revenue |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GHG | Greenhouse gas emission |
| GI | Green Infrastructure (Japan) |
| GRI | Global Reporting Initiative |
| GVC | Global value chain |
| HS6 | Harmonized System 6 Digit |
| IAEG-SDGs | Inter-Agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators |
| ICIO | Inter-country input-output |
| INAMU | National Institute of Women of Costa Rica |
| IPCEI | Important Projects of Common European Interest |
| ISIC Rev.4 | International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities Revision 4 |
| ITP | Industry Transformation Plan (New Zealand) |
| JCM | Joint Credit Mechanism (Japan) |
| JETRO | Japan External Trade Organization |
| JICA | Japan International Cooperation Agency |
| K-SDG | Korean-tailored Sustainable Development Goal |
| KEITI | Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute |
| KfW | Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (Germany) |
| KIC | Knowledge and Innovation Community (EIT) |
| KOSHA | Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency |
| LCGG | Low Carbon and Green Growth (Korea) |
| LIFE | L’Instrument Financier pour l’Environnement (European Union) |
| METI | Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (Japan) |
| MHTIs | Medium- and high-tech industries |
| MINAE | Ministry of Environment and Energy (Costa Rica) |
| ML | Machine learning |
| MLIT | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan) |
| NGen | Next Generation Manufacturing Canada |
| NGO | Non-governmental organisation |
| NPO | Non-profit organisation |
| NZ ETS | New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PACTE | Plan d’action pour la croissance et la transformation des entreprises (France) |
| PIC | Protein Industries Canada |
| R&D | Research and development |
| RBC | Responsible business conduct |
| RIGHT | Research Investment for Global Health Technology (Korea) |
| RNE | German Council for Sustainable Development |
| ROC | Receiver operating characteristic |
| SA8000 | Social Accountability 8000 |
| SASB | Sustainability Accounting Standards Board |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goal (United Nations) |
| SDG-BAI | Sustainable Development Goals Business Actions Identifier |
| SII | Social impact investment |
| SMEs | Small and medium-sized enterprises |
| STAN | STructural ANalysis Database (OECD) |
| TCFD | Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (G20/Financial Stability Board) |
| TiVA | Trade in Value Added (OECD) |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNGC | United Nations Global Compact |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund |
| US | United States |
| VC | Venture capital |
| WES | Women Entrepreneurship Strategy (Canada) |
Industrial Policy for the Sustainable Development Goals
Increasing the Private Sector’s Contribution
