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''UK parliament''.
1.  ''Environmental concerns.''


(NAO).
Existing in nature, without human manufacture or other involvement.


The UK's National Audit Office scrutinises public spending on behalf of the UK parliament.  
For example, natural assets include geology, soil, air, water and all living things.  


It is established to help parliament hold government to account and improve public services.


2.  ''Information technology - code - language.''


== See also ==
In relation to language, relating to standard human language rather than computer code.
* [[HM Treasury]]
* [[Office for Budget Responsibility]]  (OBR)
* [[Public Accounts Committee]]  (PAC)
* [[Stem]]


[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
 
3.  ''Markets.''
 
A market structure or a market rate that appears efficient and sustainable.
 
For example, a natural monopoly, or a natural level of interest rates.
 
 
4.  ''Financial maths - maths - logarithms.''
 
A natural logarithm is a logarithm which uses the exponential constant 'e' (approximately 2.718282...) as its base.
 
It is named natural because so many processes in nature can be described by it.
 
 
==See also==
* [[Biodiversity]]
* [[Climate change: testing the resilience of corporates’ creditworthiness to natural catastrophes]]
* [[Code]]
* [[Environmental concerns]]
* [[Exponential]]
* [[Financial maths]]
* [[Information technology]]
* [[Natural asset]]
* [[Natural capital ]]
* [[Natural capital accounting]]
* [[Natural Capital Coalition]]
* [[Natural Capital Committee]]
* [[Natural Capital Protocol]]
* [[Natural interest rate]]
* [[Natural language]]
* [[Natural language generation]]
* [[Natural language processing]]
* [[Natural logarithm]]
* [[Natural monopoly]]
* [[Sustainability]]
* [[Sustainability bond]]
* [[World Forum on Natural Capital]]
 
 
==Other resource==
[https://naturalcapitalforum.com/news/article/sustainability-jargon-buster--10-essential-terms-for-ceos Sustainability jargon buster] www.naturalcapitalforum.com
 
[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Compliance_and_audit]]
[[Category:Compliance_and_audit]]
[[Category:Ethics]]
[[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]]
[[Category:Manage_risks]]
[[Category:Risk_frameworks]]
[[Category:Risk_reporting]]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]

Revision as of 20:40, 24 March 2023

1. Environmental concerns.

Existing in nature, without human manufacture or other involvement.

For example, natural assets include geology, soil, air, water and all living things.


2. Information technology - code - language.

In relation to language, relating to standard human language rather than computer code.


3. Markets.

A market structure or a market rate that appears efficient and sustainable.

For example, a natural monopoly, or a natural level of interest rates.


4. Financial maths - maths - logarithms.

A natural logarithm is a logarithm which uses the exponential constant 'e' (approximately 2.718282...) as its base.

It is named natural because so many processes in nature can be described by it.


See also


Other resource

Sustainability jargon buster www.naturalcapitalforum.com