Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 5004E

• Acknowledged: shall mean , with respect to any document or instrument required to be executed by an authorized person pursuant to this chapter, the authorized person executing such document or instrument has certified, under penalty of perjury, that the information set forth in such document or instrument is accurate and complete to the best of such authorized person's actual knowledge after due inquiry. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 5001E
• Assessment measures: shall mean , with respect to any entity, the policies, procedures or practices adopted by such entity to adduce objective factual information to assess the entity's performance in meeting its standards, including any procedures for internal or external verification of such information. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 5001E
• Authorized person: means , with respect to any entity, any person or entity who has been duly authorized in accordance with the organizational documents of the entity and the laws of this State (whether statutory, common law or otherwise) under which the entity is incorporated, formed or organized to execute such documents and instruments and make such acknowledgments as are required by this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 5001E
• Entity: means any: (A) corporation (stock or nonstock), partnership (whether general (including a limited liability partnership) or limited (including a limited liability limited partnership)), limited liability company, or statutory trust validly existing under the applicable laws of this State, or (B) any association of the kind commonly known as a joint-stock association or joint-stock company, and any unincorporated association, trust or other enterprise having members or having outstanding shares of stock or other evidences of financial or beneficial interest therein, the internal affairs of which are governed by the laws of this State and which has not otherwise been dissolved (whether voluntarily or by any order or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction) or otherwise terminated. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 5001E
• Nonreporting entity: shall mean any person or entity (including any entity) that is not a reporting entity. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 5001E
• Report: shall mean a report with respect to a reporting period for a reporting entity containing the following:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 5001E

• Reporting entity: shall mean an entity that has been issued a certificate of adoption of transparency and sustainability standards and that has not become and continues to be a nonreporting entity pursuant to § 5004E of this title. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 5001E
• Reporting period: shall mean a period of 1 year, the initial such period to begin not more than 1 year following the filing of the standards statement, and subsequent reporting periods to begin on the day following the last date of the prior reporting period, unless a governing body elects to shorten the duration of a reporting period that has not begun in order to change the start date for subsequent reporting periods. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 5001E
• Standards: shall mean , with respect to an entity, the principles, guidelines or standards adopted by the entity to assess and report the impacts of its activities on society and the environment, which principles, guidelines or standards shall be based on or derived from third-party criteria. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 5001E
• Standards statement: shall mean the filing described in § 5003E of this title. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 5001E
• State: means the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any state, territory, possession, or other jurisdiction of the United States other than the State of Delaware. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
• Third-party criteria: shall mean any principles, guidelines or standards developed and maintained by a third party (including a provider) that are used to assist businesses or other enterprises in measuring, managing or reporting the social and environmental impact of businesses or other entities. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 5001E
• Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302