Glossary A-Z

2030 Agenda

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the global agenda adopted by the world’s nations, designed to achieve four objectives by 2030: to end extreme poverty; to reduce inequality and injustice worldwide; to promote peace and justice; and to address the climate crisis.

Source: globalamalen.se

waste hierarchy

waste hierarchy sets out a hierarchy of the order in which different waste treatment methods should be used.

Definition: Wikipedia

Crisis in children's rights

A children’s rights crisis means that children’s fundamental rights are being violated or are largely not being upheld.

Gross National Income (GNI)

Gross National Income (GNI) is a measure of all income received by residents of a country (including net income from abroad).

circulent

Person engaged in sustainable consumption, preferably through reuse. A circulent rents, exchanges, borrows, cares for and buys second-hand.

Definition: Språkrådet New Word List 2020

circular economy

circular economy is a tool, or economic model, that can be used to reduce society's use of resources and the resulting environmental impact.

Definition: Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

Civil society

People, groups, and organisations voluntarily work together for shared interests. This often takes place on a non-profit basis. Examples include aid organizations (such as Erikshjälpen), sports clubs, educational associations, and churches, as well as individuals working together.

Dropshipping products

Dropshipping products are items you purchase from a Corporate sells products online but does not maintain its own inventory. When you order an item, it is shipped directly to you from the seller’s supplier. Even if the website is based in Sweden, the seller’s supplier may be located anywhere else in the world.

Fast fashion and ultra-fast fashion

Fast fashion and ultra-fast fashion refer to the rapid and often unethical production cycle in the fashion industry. Fast fashion Corporate use algorithms Corporate trends and produce low-cost collections every week or even every day. Fast fashion production is often associated with large amounts of waste, negative environmental impacts, and low production costs, which also leads to the exploitation of workers.

Source: The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation.

Fossil raw materials

Fossil fuels have been formed from prehistoric plant and animal remains over millions of years (and can eventually run out). Examples of fossil fuels include oil, coal, and natural gas.

Disability

Everyone has a functional capacity, and it differs from person to person. When one's functioning differs from what others expect, it can be called different things, such as disability or functional variation.

Disability refers to people who have a physical, mental or intellectual impairment. Diseases, conditions or injuries that may have been born with or acquired over time and may be permanent or temporary.

Functional variation

Functional variation is a broader concept than disability and aims to highlight that everyone functions differently.

Generational Goals

The overarching goal of environmental policy is to leave the next generation a society in which major environmental problems have been resolved, without causing increased environmental and health problems beyond Sweden’s borders.

Source: Sweden’s Environmental Objectives (The Riksdag’s definition of the environmental objective)

Greenwashing

Greenwashing refers to the practice of Corporate, organisations government agencies misleading consumers by claiming that their products or services are more environmentally friendly or sustainable than they actually are.

LGBTQI issues

Issues related to the rights, health, and living conditions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex people.

Infrastructure Missing from the Swedish Circular Economy

There is a lack of physical infrastructure, such as collection logistics in all parts of the country, large-scale sorting of problematic materials (textile waste), and large-scale recycling. Furthermore, there is a lack of targets, sub-targets, quota obligations, and policy instruments that drive Corporate investors to build that infrastructure. It is cheaper to sort abroad, and it is cheaper to use new textile raw materials than recycled materials.

Fresh ingredients

Virgin raw materials are materials extracted directly from nature that have not been previously processed or recycled. Examples of virgin raw materials include minerals, timber, oil, and metal ores.

Disaster risk reduction

Disaster risk reduction is about understanding the processes in society that can lead to disasters - how they can occur, how they can be managed and how people are affected. If we learn this, we can reduce the risk of people getting hurt, while being prepared to deal with problems if they do occur.

Climate Funds

Climate funds can be either public funds for international climate aid or private investment funds focused on the environment and the energy transition. In this case, we are referring to public funds for international climate aid.

Carbon dioxide equivalents

A common metric for comparing the climate impact of different greenhouse gases and their ability to warm the atmosphere.

Konsumption-based emissions

Konsumption-based emissions include emissions from goods and services used in Sweden regardless of where the emissions occur. Source: Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.

Consumption-driven purchase triggers

Consumption-driven purchase triggers are psychological techniques and digital strategies that Corporate to influence consumers to buy more than they planned, often by creating a sense of stress or urgency.
Some of the most common consumption-driven purchase triggers that have been identified are:

• Fear of missing out (FOMO). By using messages like “Only a few left in stock,” Corporate can Corporate consumers to buy on impulse.
• Limited-time offers – often featuring a countdown timer that shows how much time is left on the offer.
• Financial incentives – such as "buy 3, pay for 2."

Linear economy

The linear economy has shaped society since industrialization took off. Put simply, the linear economy involves extracting natural resources, producing goods, consuming them, and then eventually disposing of the waste. A more common term for this is the “throwaway society.”

Source: Swedish Society for Nature Conservation

Local partner organisations

Erikshjälpen does not run any international projects on its own. We always work with local partner organisations in the countries where we operate. With local partner organizations that work closely with the local culture, understand the context and have an already built trust and relationship with the people in the areas or projects they work in. They are there for the long term and build local skills, increasing the long-term sustainability of the interventions carried out. We work with around 70 local partner organisations with whom we run around 100 projects.

Per capita

Per capita means "per person" or, literally, "for each head"

Producer Responsibility

Producer responsibility means that Corporate manufacture, import, or sell certain products are responsible for collecting and recycling those products once they become waste. It is a statutory environmental responsibility aimed at reducing waste volumes, increasing recycling, and promoting circular consumption.

resilience

In all Erikshjälpen's interventions , we strive for resilience. By resilience we mean a long-term approach and solution systems that continue to develop over time.

Reform

Reform involves reshaping, redesigning, improving, and transforming society into a new and better state. A reform is a change that is preceded by an investigation and then implemented based on the findings of that investigation. In everyday language, we often refer to political reforms carried out in various parliamentary assemblies around the world.

Source: Wikipedia

Rights based approach

Rights based approach is an approach that involves working systematically with human rights and with the rights bearer in focus. The approach is based on four principles: non-discrimination, responsibility/accountability, participation and transparency.

Rights Holder

rights holder are primarily the children in our interventions - they are the bearers of their own rights; to be seen, to be heard and to be listened to. This makes those in power, guardians and other bodies in our projects duty bearers - they are responsible for ensuring that children's rights are met.

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

This is how the Guttmacher Lancet Commission defines sexual and reproductive health:

Sexual and reproductive health is a state of physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being in relation to all aspects of sexuality and reproduction, and not merely the absence of disease, dysfunction, or injury.  Therefore, a positive approach to sexuality and reproduction should affirm the role that enjoyable sexual relationships, trust, and communication play in self-esteem and overall well-being. All people have the right to make decisions about their own bodies and to have access to health care and other health-promoting interventions support that right.

Achieving sexual and reproductive health requires recognition of sexual and reproductive rights, which are based on the human rights of all people to:

• have their bodily integrity, privacy, and personal autonomy respected,
• be free to define their own sexuality, including sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression,
• decide whether and when to be sexually active,
• choose their sexual partners,
• have safe and enjoyable sexual experiences,
• choose whether, when, and with whom to get married,
• decide whether, when, and how to have children, and how many children to have,
• “have access to the information, resources, services, and support necessary to achieve the above, throughout their lives, without the risk of discrimination, coercion, exploitation, or violence.”

Tax reduction

Erikshjälpen is an approved gift recipient for Tax reduction. Tax reduction means that you as a donor can get a tax deduction for the gifts you give to us. In order for you to receive Tax reduction , certain conditions must be met.

Social vulnerability

Social vulnerability means that a person lives in circumstances that make it difficult to feel secure, participate in society, or access support and a sense of community. This can include, for example, poverty, unemployment, homelessness, or social isolation.

Source: The Salvation Army

Socioeconomic conditions

Social and economic factors such as income, educational attainment, employment, and neighborhood. These factors have a decisive impact on individuals’ health, quality of life, and social security. Poorer socioeconomic conditions are strongly linked to an increased risk of poor health and a shorter life expectancy.

Duty bearer

Duty bearers are responsible for fulfilling children's rights, and, depending on the project, can refer to authorities, guardians and other bodies. It is from the duty-bearer that the rights-bearer can claim responsibility for change to take place.

Trust-based support

Trust-based support for parents and families is founded on trust, accessibility, participation, and voluntary engagement, with a focus on their own resources and needs. The approach aims to strengthen families’ own capabilities, prevent problems, and create sustainable solutions over time.