§ Partnerships (International organizations, News & Content, Institutes, Foundations, NGOs, Initiative, Universities/Training programs, Business organizations (outside our Regional Network))

o Regional Network

o Focus Areas >

§ Energy & Climate

§ Development

§ Business Role

· »The Business Role Focus Area builds on the work of the Tomorrow’s Leaders group as well as on previous WBCSD projects such as Accountability & Reporting, Corporate Social Responsibility, Financial Sector, Health Systems, Innovation & Technology, Risk, and Sustainability & Markets.«

§ Ecosystems

o Projects >

§ Water

§ Energy Efficiency in Buildings

§ Forest Products

§ Cement

§ Electricity Utilities

§ Tire Industry

§ Mobility

§ Mining & Minerals

o Initiatives >

§ Eco-Patent Commons

§ Urban Infrastructure

· IBLF The Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum (London, UK)

o The International Business Leaders Forum works with business, governments and civil society to enhance the contribution that companies can make to sustainable development.

o > e.g.

§ What we do = Activities >

· Environmental Development

· ICC International Chamber of Commerce >

o Business in Society

o Environment & Energy

· TNS The Natural Step International Gateway »Since 1988, The Natural Step has worked to accelerate global sustainability by guiding companies, communities and governments onto an ecologically, socially and economically sustainable path.« >

o Select a country >

§ Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, UK, USA

· INEM International Network for Environmental Management

o INEM is the world federation of non-profit national business associations for environmental management with about 30 member associations and cleaner production centres in 25 countries (as of March 2008)

· The Climate Group (Head office: London) »is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing business and government leadership on climate change. We are based in the UK, the USA and Australia and we operate internationally.«

· Since 1991 the Greening of Industry Network (GIN) has engaged researchers, business leaders, activists and policy makers from more than 50 countries to respond to the challenges of sustainable development.

o The Network's core activities are linked meetings, publications and communications.

· SEABUS International Research Network on Social and Environmental Aspects in Business and Management

o The main purpose of the International Research Network on Social and Environmental Aspects in Business and Management is to foster the methodological and conceptual exchange among the network partners as well as the further development and dissemination of existing methods and findings from research on social and environmental aspects in business and management.

o Network partners:

§ Amsterdam Business School (ABS), University of Amsterdam, NL

§ Center for Business & Environment at Yale (CBEY), Yale University, US

§ University of Hong Kong, Corporate Environmental Governance Programme (CEGP), Hong Kong

§ European Academy of Business in Society (EABIS)

§ IZT – Institute for Futures Studies and Technology Assessment, Germany

§ School of Management and Economics, Queen's University Belfast, UK

§ Umeå School of Business (USBE), Umeå University, Sweden

§ Faculty of Business, University of Victoria, Canada

· Academia.edu

o It displays academics around the world in a tree format, according to what university/department they are affiliated with.

o It enables an academic to have an easy-to-maintain academic webpage.

· WRI World Resources Institute (Washington, D.C., USA) >

o Our Work >

§ Program Areas >

· Climate, Energy & Transport

· Governance & Access

· Markets & Enterprise

· People & Ecosystems

· Earthwatch Institute

o Earthwatch has a global reach, with offices in Oxford (UK), Boston (USA), Melbourne (Australia) and Tokyo (Japan).

o > e.g.

§ Europe > e.g.

· Get Involved > e.g.

o Become a Corporate Partner

§ >??>

· BBRC The Business & Biodiversity Resource Centre

· IUCN The World Conservation Union >

o What we do > Issues >

§ Business >

· IUCN Business and Biodiversity Programme

· CBD Convention on Biological Diversity > e.g.

o Information >

§ Major Groups >

· Business

· B&B Business and Biodiversity Initiative (Also English version of website)

o The Business and Biodiversity Initiative is an international initiative within the German Presidency of "Convention on Biological Diversity" (CBD).

· CELB The Center for Environmental Leadership in Business

o Established by Conservation International (CI) and Ford Motor Company

o »We partner with conservation organizations and leading companies in key industry sectors that have the greatest environmental impact on critical ecosystems and the greatest potential to bring about positive environmental change.«

· WHC Wildlife Habitat Council (Silver Spring, Maryland)

· Rainforest Alliance >>

o Sustainable Business Forum »We are helping companies meet long-term sustainability goals and build ethical supply chains«

· UNEP United Nations Environment Programme >

o >

§ Resource efficiency

o Other thematic areas > Business & Industry > Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics (DTIE) > Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics > Branches > Sustainable Consumption and Production > Further information >

§ Sustainable Consumption and Production Branch (SCP Branch) > e.g.

· Themes > Business & CSR

· Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie GmbH = Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy (Germany) > e.g.

o Our Research > e.g.

§ Sustainable Production and Consumption

· SEI Stockholm Environment Institute

· CSR Europe »The European business network for CSR«

o CSR Europe is the leading European business network for corporate social responsibility with around 75 multinational corporations and 27 national partner organisations as members.

o > e.g.

§ Activities > e.g.

· Information Services > Links > Search Links

o Select CSR Theme: Environment

· CSR Solutions > Search Solutions >

o Select CSR Theme: Environment (124 solutions by March 2008)

§ Membership > e.g.

· National Partner Network > Search Initiatives >

o Select CSR Theme: Environment

§ News >

· Search News >

o Select CSR Theme: Environment

§ »Search« might be useful

· EABIS European Academy of Business in Society >??> e.g.

o The Business in Society Gateway (By EFMD & EABIS) > e.g.

§ Directory

· The Directory provides a comprehensive listing of business schools and universities’ activities in the domains of corporate responsibility research, education and training in Europe and beyond.

§ Resources > e.g.

· Search Resources:

o Category:

§ Environment/Climate Change

o Discipline:

§ Environmental Management

§ Operations Management

· EUROCHAMBRES > e.g.

o What we do > e.g.

§ European Affairs > e.g.

· Competitive Europe > e.g.

o Energy

o Environment

o Lisbon Strategy

· Innovation

· EBS European Business Summit >> e.g.

o 7th EBS (26 and 27 March 2009, Brussels) under the theme: "Dare and Care: sustaining Europe's ambitions; Financing, Staffing, Greening".

o 6th EBS (February 2008) is organised by BUSINESSEUROPE and the Federation of Enterprises in Belgium.

§ With the theme Greening the Economy: new Energy for Business, the EBS wants to focus on how Europe can turn the “carbon challenge” into a business opportunity, giving new energy to growth and jobs.

· EPE European Partners for the Environment (Brussels, Belgium)

o »is a multi-stakeholder forum bringing together international, European, national and local Public Authorities, Companies large and small, Trade Unions, Institutes, environmental organisations, consumer and ethical NGOs.«

· EurActiv > e.g.

o Policy sections >

§ Sustainable Development >

· LinksDossiers >

o Corporate Sustainability

· SustainAbility (Founder: John Elkington) is a values-driven strategy consultancy and think-tank, combining business acumen with in-depth knowledge of the global sustainability agenda.

· Chatham House - The Royal Institute of International Affairs (St James's Square, London) > e.g.

o Research > e.g.

§ Energy, Environment and Development

· Forum for the Future (UK)

o Forum for the Future - the sustainable development charity - works in partnership with over 120 leading organisations in business and the public sector. Our vision is of business and communities thriving in a future that’s environmentally sustainable and socially just.

· HRH The Prince of Wales (UK) >> Accounting for Sustainability Project (launched in December 2006) >

o Connected Reporting Framework

o Embedding >

§ Sustainability at Work

· This website (launched on 12 December 2007) provides guidance, tools, links and case studies to help you integrate sustainability into your organisation's decision making.

· It also provides a framework to enable organisations to report on their performance in a more consistent manner.

· This website is designed to provide practical and accessible advice for any public, private, or third sector organisation.

· Defra Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (UK) >

o The Environment >

§ Business and the environment > e.g.

· Reporting environmental impacts = Environmental reporting

· Sustainable Consumption and Production

· BITC Business in the Community (UK) > e.g.

o Issues/Programmes >

§ Environment

· Business in the Community’s environment campaign inspires, engages, supports and challenges businesses to take action on climate change through The Prince’s May Day Network, the environment awards and the environment exhibition.

· BCC British Chambers of Commerce > e.g.

o Topics >

§ Environment

o Policy > Policy Topics >

§ Environment

· CBI Confederation of British Industry >

o Policy > Policy areas >

§ Climate change

§ Corporate social responsibility

§ Environment

§ Health and safety

· University of Cambridge - Programme for Sustainability Leadership > e.g.

o Programmes > e.g.

§ Sustainable Development > e.g.

· The Princes of Wales' Business & the Environment Programme (BEP)

§ Energy and Climate Change >

· Climate Project UK

· Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change (CLG)

· Climate Leadership Programme (CLP)

· Trucost (UK) »is an environmental research organisation working with companies, investors and government agencies to understand the impacts companies have on the environment«

· The ESRC Centre for BRASS (Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability, and Society; Cardiff, UK) > e.g.

o Research Projects

o Outputs

· UK CEED Centre for Economic and Environmental Development (Peterborough, UK)

· SDRN Sustainable Development Research Network (London, UK)

o The Sustainable Development Research Network (SDRN) is an initiative funded by both Defra and the Department for Transport, and is coordinated by the Policy Studies Institute in London.

o SDRN aims to facilitate and strengthen the links between providers of research and policymakers across government, in order to improve evidence-based policymaking to deliver the UK government's objectives for sustainable development.

· Design Council (London, UK) > e.g.

o About design > Business essentials >

§ Sustainability

§ Corporate social responsibility

· Global Action Plan (Head Office: London, UK) delivers tangible environmental, social and financial improvements by working practically and creatively with hundreds of thousands of people from all sections of society. > e.g.

o Corporate

· SDRC Sustainable Development Research Centre (Forres, Moray; Scotland, UK)

· EnviroCentre.ie (Environment & Green Technologies Department, Enterprise Ireland)

· University of Oslo (Norway) >>

o Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM) >

§ SUM's Research areas > e.g.

· ProSus - Programme for Research and Documentation for a Sustainable Society > e.g.

o Sustainable business: Corporate social responsibility and Eco-innovations

o SusNordic: Implementing Sustainable Development in the Nordic countries > e.g.

§ Denmark >

§ Finland >

§ Iceland >

§ Norway >

§ Sweden >

· Respect (Stockholm, Sweden)

o manages and facilitates important business leadership networks as Business Leaders Initiative on Climate Change (BLICC) and Respect Table, a business led group with focus on Sustainable Development.

· IIIEE The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics at Lund University (Sweden)

· Globe Forum (Stockholm, Sweden)

o We are a matchmaker between innovators, entrepreneurs and investors as well as between corporations, public sector, cities and regions.

o We arrange prestigious and first class conference events.

o We focus on business innovation, sustainability and fast growth markets…

· CBS Copenhagen Business School (Denmark) >> e.g.

o How Do We Address Climate Challenges? (Event: 21 April 2009; Relating to the launch of steering group »Climate Strategies for Business (CBS-CSB)«)

· Ethical Corporation >>

o Lagging or leading? How are Nordic companies responding to climate change? (5 October 2009) - Rory Sullivan (Head of Responsible Investment at Insight Investment) and Emma Ihre (Head of Corporate Engagement at Ethix SRI Advisers) consider the performance of companies from a region known to be environmentally progressive

§ Relating to the report Taking the Temperature: Nordic Region 2009 (.pdf, 29 pp.; At Insight Investment)

· University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) >> e.g.

o ABS Amsterdam Business School >> e.g.

§ Prof.dr. Ans Kolk

· EpE Entreprises pour l'Environnement (France; Also English version of website; WBCSD partner)

· IHOBE Ingurumen Jarduketarako Sozietate Publikoa (Bilbo, Euskal Herria) = Publicly Owned Environmental Management Company (Bilbao, Basque Country) > e.g.

o English > Industry

· IMD »A Leading Global Business School« (Lausanne, Switzerland) > e.g.

o Research & Knowledge > Research Centers >

§ Forum for Corporate Sustainability Management (CSM)

· FEEM Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (Milan, Venice, Viggiano – Italy; Brussels, Belgium)

o FEEM is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution devoted to the study of sustainable development and global governance. Officially recognized by the President of the Italian Republic in 1989 and in full operation since 1990, FEEM has grown to become a leading research centre, providing timely and objective analysis on a wide range of environmental, energy and global economic issues.

· Avanzi (Milano, Napoli, Italy; Website in Italian) è un centro di ricerca, consulenza e formazione che favorisce il cambiamento in un'ottica di sostenibilità ambientale, economica e sociale.

· The Corporate Eco Forum (CEF) is an invitation-only annual gathering of senior executives from Global 500 corporations. The Corporate Eco Forum is produced by the Sand Hill Group.

o The CEF blog, The Eco-Innovator, compiles the latest news in the area of sustainability and features in-depth interviews with key players in the field.

· BSR Business for Social Responsibility (USA) > e.g.

o Consulting >

§ Services >

· Environmental Assessment & Strategy

o Research > e.g.

§ Reports > e.g.

· Environment

§ Issue Briefs (??) > e.g.

· Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Forest Friendly Practices, Green Building Design, Green Product Design, Overview of Business and the Environment, Supplier Environmental Management, Sustainable Business Practices, Waste Reduction and Resource Productivity, Water Issues

· Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship (USA) > e.g.

o Research > Search Center Resources > Search Center documents and publications >

§ Search by:

· Topic:

o Environment

· Ceres »Investors and Environmentalists for Sustainable Prosperity« (Boston, USA) > e.g.

o News

o Publications

o Events

o >

§ What We Do >

· Coalition & Companies

· Investors

· Engagement & Disclosure

· Industry

· The Aspen Institute (USA) > e.g.

o Business and Society Program > Center for Business Education > Publications Library >>

§ A Closer Look at Applied Sustainability Centers (.pdf, March 2008, 23 pp.)

· This report discusses the rise of academic centers with a focus on applied sustainability, primarily in environmental subjects, and examines a number of those centers in detail. Our hope in offering this information is to provide a survey of the current sustainability landscape, help schools learn from each other's experiences and inspire greater collaboration and creativity.

· MIT Sloan School of Management > e.g.

o In Focus >

§ Sustainable Business = Sustainability at MIT Sloan > e.g.

· Academics >

o S-Lab

· MIT Sloan Management Review >

o Sustainability

· SLM Sustainable Life Media (Burlingame, CA, USA)

· Green America is a not-for-profit membership organization founded in 1982.

o »Our mission is to harness economic power—the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace—to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society.«

o >> e.g.

§ Green America's Green Business Program provides the networks, resources, and technical assistance needed for socially and environmentally responsible businesses to emerge and thrive in communities across the US.

· Also Annual Green Business Conference

§ Green America's Green Business Network »is the oldest, largest, and most diverse network of socially and environmentally responsible businesses in the US.«

§ Green businesses listed in Green America’s National Green Pages™ have passed a screening process that qualifies them for membership in our Business Network.

· SustainableBusiness.com (North America) »provides global news and networking services to help green business grow, covering all sectors: renewable energy, green building, sustainable investing, and organics.«

· CEB Corporate Executive Board (Arlington, VA) >>

o Sustainability Forum

· Society for Organizational Learning (Cambridge, MA, USA) >

o Communities & Consortia >

§ SoL Sustainability Consortium

· The SoL Sustainability Consortium is a “learning community” of companies committed to accelerating the creation of knowledge needed to achieve a truly sustainable economy. The Consortium utilizes the disciplines of Systems Thinking and Organizational Learning to explore and address the knotty issues surrounding the imperative to remain profitable while nurturing the natural systems and the communities within which we do business.

· EABIS European Academy of Business in Society > e.g.

o Events >

§ Annual Colloquium >

· Colloquium 2008 = Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability: Leadership and Organisational Change

· SPN Sustainability Practice Network

o »is a NYC-based forum for professionals, academics and students working with corporate responsibility and sustainability issues to build a community based on learning, discussion, information and idea exchange.«

· ISSP International Society of Sustainability Professionals (Portland, Oregon, USA)

o ISSP was formed as a program under the Zero Waste Alliance.

o ISSP offers the services you would typically expect from a professional association, but we use the latest Internet tools to provide better service and reduce environmental impacts.

· V360° Sustainability - The Social Value Alliance

o Our Membership exceeds 2500 green, sustainability and CSR professionals, worldwide (as of October 2009)

o V360° networks are peer-to-peer fora for advancing the understanding and application of environmentally sustainable social and economic development. Membership in our networks is free.

· WNSF Women's Network for a Sustainable Future (USA)

o Provides a forum for business and professional women to congregate, reflect and act on the converging issues of corporate social responsibility and sustainable development.

· McKinsey & Company > e.g.

o Ideas >

§ The McKinsey Quarterly is the business journal of McKinsey & Company. > e.g.

· Big Ideas >

o Climate Change

o Client Service >

§ Special Initiative: Climate Change

· WEC World Environment Center (Washington, USA)

o »is an independent, not-for-profit, non-advocacy organization promoting sustainable development and the efficient use of natural resources in multinational corporations.«

o See also related press releases at CSRwire

· Environmental Defense Fund (USA)

o Founded in 1967 as the Environmental Defense Fund, we tackle the most serious environmental problems with: Strong science, Innovative markets, Corporate partnerships, Effective laws and policy

o >

§ Our Approach >

· Corporate Partnerships

· NRDC Natural Resources Defense Council (USA)

o NRDC is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 1.2 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things.

o >

§ Green Business

· CSI Center for Sustainable Innovation (Windsor, Vermont, USA; Founder: Mark W. McElroy)

· RMI Rocky Mountain Institute (Snowmass, Boulder; Colorado, USA) »is an entrepreneurial nonprofit organization that fosters the efficient and restorative use of resources to make the world secure, just, prosperous, and life-sustaining. We do this by inspiring business, civil society, and government to design integrative solutions that create true wealth.«

· NCI Natural Capital Institute (Sausalito, California, USA; Paul Hawken is the founder and executive director)

o NCI researches principles and practices leading to social justice and environmental restoration. We initiate projects relating to the relationship between human and living systems, with particular emphasis on natural capital, green business, biomimicry, innovative design, and social justice.

o NCI created the World Index for Social and Environmental Responsibility (WISER). It is a platform where people, civil society, the private sector, and government can form community and collaboratively define, address, and solve social and environmental problems. > e.g.

§ WiserBusiness (to come ??)

§ WiserEarth > e.g.

· Explore >

o Areas of Focus > e.g.

§ Business and Economics

§ Greening of Industry

· NCS Natural Capitalism Solutions (Eldorado Springs, CO)

o NCS' mission is to educate senior decision-makers in business, government and civil society about the principles of sustainability

· Earth Portal is a comprehensive resource for timely, objective, science-based information about the environment. It is a means for the global scientific community to come together to produce the first free, expert-driven, massively scaleable information resource on the environment, and to engage civil society in a public dialogue on the role of environmental issues in human affairs. > e.g.

o EOE Encyclopedia of Earth > e.g.

§ Topics > also

· Business and the environment

· SB NOW Sustainable Business Network of Washington (Washington, DC) is a community of business owners, non-profit leaders, professionals, and government representatives dedicated to building a more socially, environmentally, and financially sustainable local economy.

· University of Washington (Seattle, USA) >> PoE Program on the Environment >

o News, Events & Resources > Sustainability Gateway

· Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) >>

o Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (Yale F&ES) > e.g.

§ Centers & Programs > e.g.

· Center for Business and the Environment at Yale (CBEY)

· Center for Industrial Ecology

§ Topics > e.g.

· Business & Finance

· University of Pennsylvania >>

o IGEL Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership

· SNC Sustainable North Carolina > also

o Business Council

· UNC's (North Carolina) Kenan-Flagler Business School > Kenan Institute >>

o CSE Center for Sustainable Enterprise

· C4S Center for Sustainability at Aquinas College (Michigan, USA) »is a non-profit organization providing a web-based clearinghouse of information for consumers, business people, non-profit organizations, students, and governmental agencies interested in sustainable practices.«

· Presidio School of Management (San Francisco, USA) > also

o Sustainability Resources (Many links; international)

· The Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability (ARCS) is a partnership among academic institutions created to provide data and networking opportunities to facilitate research on corporate sustainability.

o ARCS maintains a physical presence at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA).

· NBS Network for Business Sustainability (The Network office is located at Richard Ivey School of Business, London, Ontario, Canada)

o The Network fosters collaboration between industry and academia.

o The Network is comprised of over 300 researchers and reaches over 1000 practitioners (as of September 2009) from different sectors in English- and French-speaking Canada and beyond.

o > e.g.

§ Knowledge

§ Community

· The GLOBE Foundation is a Vancouver-based, not-for-profit organization dedicated to finding practical business-oriented solutions to the world's environmental problems. > e.g.

o Events > e.g.

§ GLOBE Series - the world's largest and most influential environment industry series of trade fairs and conferences

· = GLOBE International Conference & Trade Fair on Business and the Environment

o Communications >

§ GLOBE-Net is dedicated to providing the latest news, information, and market intelligence on the environmental business market in Canada and around the world. > e.g.

· Business Reports

§ GLOBE Awards for Environmental Excellence are presented annually to extraordinary companies and industry groups who have managed to balance competitive business strategies and sustainable development.

· EXCEL Partnership (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)

o »Founded in 1995, EXCEL stands for Excellence in Corporate Environmental Leadership. We're a group of major Canadian corporations, committed to environmental and sustainable development, and its continuous improvement.«

· The Conference Board of Canada > e.g.

o Research Topics >

§ Energy, Environment and Transportation Policy

· Stratos »is Canada’s leading sustainability consultancy. National and international clients rely on Stratos for forward-looking, strategic expertise. Stratos' success is built on substantive expertise in public policy, strategy, management and assurance.« > e.g.

o Resources

· Five Winds International (USA, Canada, Germany) »We examine the objectives you've set and the landmarks you've chosen to determine your progress. We take a close look at how your organization makes decisions. Out of that understanding, we develop sustainable approaches that work for you as tools for achieving success.« > e.g.

o Services > e.g.

§ Sustainability & CSR > at the bottom

· Publicly available case studies, books and reports

o Publications

· Pollution Probe (Toronto, Ottawa; Canada)

· Novae : la première communauté professionnelle du développement durable au Québec

· IISD International Institute for Sustainable Development (Head Office: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) > e.g.

o Our Knowledge > e.g.

§ Measurement and Assessment (links to resources on Environmental/Sustainability Indicators; Emphasis on »Community« and »Geographical Regions«) > e.g.

· Applying our Knowledge >

o Business >

§ Related work >

· IISD's Business and Sustainable Development Website = BSDglobal (Last updated 2003 ??)

· Connecting with Practitioners >

o Compendium: A Global Directory to Indicator Initiatives

o Publications Centre >

§ Choose a Theme >

· Business

· CSIN Canadian Sustainability Indicators Network

· Richard Ivey School of Business (The University of Western Ontario; London, Ontario) >

o Research/Faculty > Cross-Enterprise Leadership Centres >

§ Building Sustainable Value

· Schulich School of Business (York University; Toronto, Ontario) >

o Executive development >

§ Sustainable Enterprise Academy

· The York Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability (IRIS) was established by York University in 2004 to create an interdisciplinary university-wide research institute that is a focal point for the sustainability-related activities of all eleven faculties at York.

· Sustainable Business Network (New Zealand)

· Centre for Business and Sustainable Development at Massey University (New Zealand) > e.g.

o Research Programme > e.g.

§ (annual, biannual; since 1999) Survey of Corporate Environmental and Social Responsiveness in New Zealand

· Swinburne University of Technology (Melbourne, Australia) >>

o National Centre for Sustainability > e.g.

§ Resource Bank (Many links)

· UTS University of Technology Sydney (Australia) >>

o ISF The Institute for Sustainable Futures »is a flagship research organisation that works with industry, government and the community on applied research, consulting and training projects.«

· ISA Centre for Integrated Sustainability Analysis (University of Sydney)

o We develop leading-edge research and applications for environmental and broader sustainability issues, bringing together expertise in environmental science, economics, technology, and social science.

o > e.g.

§ Current Research > e.g.

· Triple Bottom Line Reporting > e.g.

o In February 2006, the ISA Group has completed work on a 2-year Sustainability Reporting Pilot Program for organisations

· CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia)

· IGES Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (Japan)

o »is a research institute that conducts pragmatic and innovative strategic policy research to support sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region«

o > e.g.

§ Research Activities >

· Business and the Environment

§ Database & Resources >

· IGES EnviroScope-Online Platform on Environmental Strategy, Policy and Research > e.g.

o Library

· JFS Japan for Sustainability

· EARG Environmental Auditing Research Group (Website in Japanese only; Toshihiko Goto)

· GEF Global Environmental Forum (Japan; Also English version of website) > e.g.

o Activities >

§ Environment and Economy >

· Sustainable Procurement of Raw Materials

· Network for Sustainability Communication (NSC)

· Business Leaders' Inter-Forum of Environment 21 (B-Life 21)

· Environmental Communication Awards

· Eco Products Award

· Corporate Social Responsibilities(CSR) in the Developing Regions

· Development Projects and Financial Institutions

· Overseas Environmental Measure of Japanese Companies

§ (more in Japanese)

· BISD Business Institute for Sustainable Development (Korea; Also English version of website)

· SMRI Sustainability Management Research Institute (Korea; Website in Korean only)

· HK (Hong Kong) BEC Business Environment Council (WBCSD Regional Partner)

· EECZ Environment-oriented Enterprise Consultancy Zhejiang (China; English and Chinese versions of website; A Sino-German technical cooperation programme, GTZ & Zhejiang Environmental Protection Bureau; 2002-2008)

· China Sustainable Industrial Development Network (Sino-Dutch web-Based Solution for Sustainable Industrial Development; Also English version of website)

· CSRchina.net »Supporting Sustainable Business in China«

o Established by SourceAsia Ltd (Oxford, UK) and the PDA Network (Guangzhou, China). Sponsored by the British Council.

· CII Confederation of Indian Industry > e.g.

o CII Centers of Excellence > e.g.

§ CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development

· Ecolatina (Brazil) - Conferência Latino-Americana sobre Meio Ambiente e Responsibilidade Social

· FBDS Fundação Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável (Rio de Janeiro; = Brazilian Foundation for Sustainable Development; Also English version of website) >

o Sustentabilidade Corporativa = Corporate Sustainability

· CES Centro de Estudos em Sustentabilidade (GVces; Sao Paulo, Brazil) = The Center for Sustainability Studies

o »is an initiative of the Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo da Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-EAESP)«

o »The Center focus its work in four target areas: Sustainable Finance; Sustainable Entrepreneurship; Corporate Responsibility, Sustainable Consumption & Production (encompassing Markets for Ecosystem Services - climate change, carbon finance, biodiversity and water) and Innovation & Sustainability.«

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