| AA1000 SES | AccountAbility 1000 Stakeholders Engagement Standard |
| AA1000AP | Accountability Principles |
| AI Use cases | Artificial Intelligence |
| AML / CFT / prevention of WMD proliferation | Anti-money laundering / counter-terrorism financing / prevention of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction |
| BVC | Bureau Veritas Certification |
| CAHRA | Conflict Affected and High Risk Area |
| CIMS | Corporate Integrated Management System |
| CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| CMS AS | Control. Management. Security Automated System |
| CO2 equivalent | Carbon dioxide equivalent |
| COP27 | 27th Conference of the Parties |
| COSO ERM | The Committee of Sponsoring Organisations of the Treadway Commission Enterprise Risk Management |
| CTL | Corporate Trust Line |
| Cu | Copper |
| EBITDA | Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortisation |
| EIA | Environmental Impact Assessment |
| EMERCOM | Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters |
| ERP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| ESG | Environmental, Social and Governance |
| FIFR | Fatal-Injury Frequency Rate |
| FOCL | Fibre optic communication lines |
| FPIC | Free, Prior and Informed Consent |
| FZ | Federal law |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GHG Protocol | Greenhouse Gas Protocol |
| GISTM | Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management |
| GJ | Gigajoule |
| GOK | Mining and processing plant |
| GOST | State standard |
| GRC | Governance, Risk and Compliance |
| GRI | Global Reporting Initiative |
| Group | Nornickel Group |
| GWP | Global warming potential |
| HO | Head Office |
| HPP | Hydropower plant |
| CHP | Combined heat and power plant |
| ICE | Internal combustion engine |
| ICMM | International Council on Mining and Metal |
| IFRS | International Financial Reporting Standards |
| ILO | International Labour Organisation |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IRMA | Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance |
| ISMS | Information Security Management System |
| ISO | International Organisation for Standardisation |
| IT | Information technologies |
| IUCN | International Union for Conservation of Nature |
| JDDS | Join Due Diligence Standard |
| JSC | Joint-stock company |
| Kola MMC | Kola Mining and Metallurgical Company |
| KPI | Key performance indicators |
| Li-ion | Lithium-ion |
| LLC | Limited liability company |
| LTIFR | Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate |
| Ni | Nickel |
| NID | Norilsk Industrial District |
| NMP | Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant |
| NPO | Non-profit organisation |
| NSR | Northern Sea Route |
| NTEC | Norilsk-Taimyr Energy Company |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OHS | Occupational health and safety |
| OJSC | Open joint-stock company |
| OPEX | Operational expenditure |
| PD | Polar Division |
| Pd | Palladium |
| PGM | Platinum group metals |
| PJSC | Public joint-stock company |
| PPE | Personal protective equipment |
| Pt | Platinum |
| R&D | Research and development |
| RMI | Responsible Mining Index |
| RSBN | Responsible Sourcing Blockchain Network |
| RSPP | Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs |
| SAP | System Analysis and Programme Development |
| SASB | Sustainability Accounting Standards Board |
| SDGs | UN Sustainable Development Goals |
| SO2 | Sulphur oxide |
| SRM | Supplier relationship management |
| SSP | Shared Socio-Economic Pathways |
| TCFD | Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures |
| TJ | Terajoule |
| TPP | Thermal power plant |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNCTAD | The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation |
| UNGP | United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights |
| UNIDO | United Nations Industrial Development Organisation |
| USA | United States of America |
| VAT | Value added tax |
| VCIOM | Russian Public Opinion Research Centre |
| VHI | Voluntary health insurance |
| VPSHR | Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights |
| WRI | World Resources Institute |