| biomass | A category of fuels whose energy source is photosynthesis, through which plants transform the sun's energy into chemical energy; sources include corn, sugarcane, wheat
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| Canadian Shield | A massive area of bedrock covering one-half of Canada's landmass
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| climate | Meteorological conditions, including temperature, precipitation, and wind, that prevail in a region
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| environmental sustainability | Economic state in which the demands placed upon the environment by people and commerce can be met without reducing the capacity of the environment to provide for future generations
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| factor conditions | Attributes that a country inherits, such as climate and natural resources, and those a country can mold, such as the labor force and infrastructure
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| inland waterways | Waterways that provide access to interior regions
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| Kyoto Protocol | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which calls for nations to reduce global warming by reducing their emissions of the gasses that contribute to it
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| natural resources | Anything supplied by nature on which people depend
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| passive processing | The finishing or refining in Eastern European countries of semifinished goods from the West, which are then returned to the West after finishing; similar to Mexican maquiladora operations
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| Rhine waterway | A system of rivers and canals that is the main transportation artery of Europe
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| shale | A fissile rock (capable of being split) composed of laminated layers of claylike, fine-grained sediment
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| stakeholder theory | An understanding of how business operates that takes into account all identifiable interest holders
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| topography | The surface features of a region
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