Short definitions accumulated week by week, with sources. The hub only shows each pillar’s current pair.
ESG regulation & green finance
- EU Taxonomy
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Classification system defining which economic activities count as environmentally sustainable in the EU.
Source: European Commission — taxonomy
- Data governance
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Roles, standards, and processes defining who uses which data and with what quality — relevant to MEAL, CSR, ESG, and development statistics.
Source: OECD — data governance
CSR: reporting, monitoring & evaluation
- Scope 3
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Indirect value-chain emissions (suppliers, product use, logistics, etc.); often the largest and hardest to measure.
Source: GHG Protocol — Scope 3
- Data governance
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Roles, standards, and processes defining who uses which data and with what quality — relevant to MEAL, CSR, ESG, and development statistics.
Source: OECD — data governance
Data & statistics for development
- Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX)
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Open platform managed by OCHA's Centre for Humanitarian Data that centralizes crisis datasets, with Data Grids to measure availability and currency per operation.
- State of Open Humanitarian Data 2026
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OCHA annual report on open humanitarian data availability using Data Grids. The 2026 edition reports 68% available/current in 22 operations, down from 74% in 2025, amid funding cuts.
Source: OCHA — The State of Open Humanitarian Data 2026 (PDF)
- Disaggregation
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Presenting indicators by subgroup (sex, territory, age, etc.) so inequalities are not hidden behind an average.
Source: UNSD — leave no one behind
- Data governance
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Roles, standards, and processes defining who uses which data and with what quality — relevant to MEAL, CSR, ESG, and development statistics.
Source: OECD — data governance
MEAL & information management
- MEAL
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Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning: the cycle linking indicators, evidence, accountability, and learning.
Source: ALNAP
- Data governance
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Roles, standards, and processes defining who uses which data and with what quality — relevant to MEAL, CSR, ESG, and development statistics.
Source: OECD — data governance