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· UNEP United Nations Environment Programme >
o >
o Other thematic areas > Business & Industry > e.g.
§ UNEP DTIE (Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics) >> e.g.
· Sustainable Consumption and Production Branch (SCP Branch)
· UNIDO UN Industrial Development Organization > e.g.
o Development Issues >
§ Current > e.g.
· Green Industry > also
o Related Links:
§ Focus > e.g.
· Environmental Management >
o Cleaner Production (CP Unit)
· GEMI Global Environmental Management Initiative (Washington, DC, USA) »is a non-profit organization of leading companies dedicated to fostering environmental, health and safety excellence and corporate citizenship worldwide.«
· US EPA = United States Environmental Protection Agency e.g.
o A-Z index >
§ Business
· Greener World Media (Oakland, CA) >
o Our Brands >
· SLM Sustainable Life Media (Burlingame, CA, USA)
· IW IndustryWeek (Penton Media, Cleveland, Ohio) »Connecting Manufacturing's Leaders«
· BSR Business for Social Responsibility (USA) > e.g.
o Consulting >
§ Services >
· Environmental Assessment & Strategy
o Research > e.g.
§ Research & Innovation:
· Reports >
o All Reports by Category:
· The Climate Group »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.«
· Pew Center on Global Climate Change (Arlington, VA, USA) >> e.g.
o Corporate Energy Efficiency Web Portal
§ This online resource is designed to help businesses develop new and stronger energy efficiency strategies.
§ A key component of the new Web Portal is a comprehensive searchable database of energy efficiency initiatives undertaken by the 45 companies in the Pew Center's Business Environmental Leadership Council (BELC).
· Australian Government >>
o Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts >
§ Human Settlements (= Living sustainably) >
· Industry Canada (Strategis has merged with ic.gc.ca to provide a single point of entry to our programs and services.) >> e.g.
o Programs and Services >
§ Environment and Sustainability >
· Corporate Social Responsibility
· Eco-efficiency > also
o Eco-efficiency Links
· NRTEE National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (Canada) >> e.g.
o »Search« for Eco-efficiency
· SDTC Sustainable Development Technology Canada
· Dalhousie University (Nova Scotia, Canada) >
o Faculty of Management >
· CEAA Canadian Environmental Auditing Association
· IISD International Institute for Sustainable Development (Head Office: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) >
o Our Knowledge >
§ Measurement and Assessment >
· Applying our Knowledge >
o Business
o Publications Centre >
§ Choose a Theme > Business
o Site Index > Business = BSDglobal (last updated 2003 ??) > e.g.
· CPA Clean Production Action
· WBCSD World Business Council for Sustainable Development
· CleanerProduction.com »Cleaner Production International LLC offers sustainable business consulting services around the world, with specialization in organization sustainability management, developing countries and in design of government programs to promote sustainable business.« > e.g.
o Training
o Directory = The Directory for Cleaner Production, Pollution Prevention and Sustainable Business > e.g.
§ Networks around the world that connect people and organizations working on sustainable business.
§ Sector-specific guidance for sustainable business, from aerospace to zoos - learn what the competition is doing and the best practices in sectors
§ Tools for day-to-day management of a green business, from accounting to shipping >
· Management, Assessments, Measurement, Design, Purchasing, Reporting
§ Periodicals including academica and popular journals covering sustainable business issues
§ The Sustainable Balanced Scorecard
o Sustainable Business in Seattle and Washington State
o CD ROM Library with more than 500 of the best non-copyright publications on how to manage and promote sustainable business, with a focus on operations management. Each resource is described.
· NCI Natural Capital Institute (Sausalito, California, USA) >> e.g.
o WiserBusiness (to come??)
o WiserEarth > e.g.
§ Explore >
· Areas of Focus > e.g.
o Business and Economics (organizations, users, resources, jobs, events)
· Cleaner Production in China (updated ??)
· EECZ Environment-oriented Enterprise Consultancy Zhejiang (China; English and Chinese versions of website; A Sino-German technical cooperation programme, GTZ & Zhejiang Environmental Protection Bureau; Focused on Hazardous Waste & Eco-Efficiency; 2002-2008)
· Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (China; Also English version of website) >> e.g.
· SustainAsia Ltd (Hong Kong) > e.g.
· APRSCP Asia Pacific Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production (Updated ??)
· JEMAI Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry (Also English version of website)
· JFS Japan for Sustainability
· Swinburne University of Technology (Melbourne, Australia) >
o National Centre for Sustainability > e.g.
§ Resource Bank (Many links)
· Ecolatina (Brazil) - Conferência Latino-Americana sobre Meio Ambiente e Responsibilidade Social
· EEA European Environment Agency >
o About EEA > Networks >
§ EnviroWindows - EEA platform for knowledge sharing and development
· Europa >> European Commission >> e.g.
o Environment > e.g.
§ Policies > e.g.
· Industry and Technology > e.g.
o ETAP Environmental Technologies Action Plan > e.g.
§ ETAP Information >
o Eco-label
o Integrated Product Policy (IPP)
o Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS)
o Pollution from industrial installations (IPPC Directive)
o Retail Forum
o Small and medium-sized (SMEs) and environment
o The greening of public procurement
o Standardisation
§ Integration >
· Enterprise = Environment and Enterprise
o Research > e.g.
§ Who are you? >
· Business
· EurActiv > e.g.
o Policy sections >
§ Sustainable Development > e.g.
· LinksDossiers > e.g.
o Sustainable Consumption & Production
· erScp »European Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production«
o is a non-profit forum that provides a platform to stimulate, develop and disseminate new initiatives aimed at fostering the implementation of concepts involving sustainable consumption and production and approaches within local and regional sustainable development initiatives.
§ Many (over 100) presentations downloadable at each erScp
§ > e.g.
· The 11th erScp, 20-22 June 2007, Basel, Switzerland
· The 10th erScp, 5-7 October 2005, Antwerp, Belgium
· The 9th erScp, 12-14 May 2004, Bilbao, Spain
· The first erScp was held in Graz in 1994. Following annual Roundtables were held in Rotterdam, Kalundborg, Oslo, Lisbon, Budapest, Lund and Cork.
· The Sustainable Consumption Research Exchange network (SCORE!) (2005-2008)
o »was set up to bundle SCP research expertise, in the EU and beyond.«
o The Network project SCORE! acts as one of the EU`s central support structures for the UN`s 10 Year Framework of Programs for Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP). In a series of workshops and conferences we analyse the state of the art in SCP research, and promote cases of (radical) sustainable consumption for mobility, agro-food and energy use.
· ICSPAC International Coalition for Sustainable Production and Consumption (Silver Spring, MD, USA)
· UNEP/Wuppertal Institute Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP)
· Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie GmbH
o = Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy (Germany) > e.g.
§ Our Research > e.g.
· Sustainable Production and Consumption
· Defra Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (UK) >
o The Environment >
§ Business and the environment >
· Sustainable Consumption and Production
· 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 August 2006)
o »INEM places a special emphasis on SMEs, as well as developing countries and Central & Eastern Europe / Newly Independent States, and partnerships among business, local authorities and academic / research institutions.«
o > e.g.
§ About INEM > e.g
· Members:
o Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia
· ISO International Organization for Standardization > e.g.
o Products >
§ ISO Standards >
· Management Standards >
o Standards development >
§ Technical committees > List of ISO technical committees >
· TC 207: Environmental management
o News and media >
§ Hot topics >
· ILO International Labour Organization > e.g.
o Offices, Departments and Programmes >
§ Social Protection >
· The InFocus Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment
· TRAVAIL Conditions of Work and Employment Programme
§ Social Dialogue >
· Organizational Units >
o ACTRAV Bureau for Worker's Activities >
§ Social Protection >
· Labour Protection, Safe Work, Occupational Safety, Health and Environment
o Information Resources >
§ Publications >
· Publications (in print) Available Online >
o Occupational Safety & Health and Working Conditions
§ Links to External Web sites >
· Occupational Safety and Health
· Britain's Health and Safety Commission (HSC) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are responsible for the regulation of almost all the risks to health and safety arising from work activity in Britain. > e.g.
o Health & safety topics > e.g.
§ Corporate Responsibility > e.g.
· Live Issues > e.g.
o Public reporting of health and safety performance
o Health and safety performance index
o Health and safety performance indicator for small and medium-sized enterprises
· Europa >> European Commission >> Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities >
o What we do > Rights at work >
· European Agency for Safety and Health at Work > e.g.
o Choose country in European network or organization in International network (ILO, IOHA, WHO; Australia, Canada, Japan, US OSHA, US NIOSH)
o > e.g.
§ Topics >
o SME's
o A good working environment is good business
o Research on Economic Incentives
o Business benefits of good occupational safety and health
o Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
§ Publications >
· Factsheets > e.g.
o Factsheet 77 - The business benefits of good occupational safety and health (11 January 2008; .pdf has 2 pp.)
· Reports > e.g.
o Issue 210: Corporate social responsibility and safety and health at work
§ (Research report, 2004; .pdf has 131 pp.)
· CSR Europe »The European business network for CSR« > e.g.
o Activities > e.g.
§ Information Services >
· Links > Search Links
o Select CSR Theme: Health and Safety
§ CSR Solutions > Search Solutions >
· Select CSR Theme: Health and Safety
o Membership > e.g.
§ National Partner Network > e.g.
o Select CSR Theme: Health and Safety
o News >
§ Search News >
· Select CSR Theme: Health and Safety
o »Search« might be useful
· ENHESA (Global EHS Policy and Strategy)
· Business & Human Rights Resource Centre >
o Simple »Search« and »More search options« can be very useful.»
o browse the online library > e.g.
§ Issues >
· Health >
o Health: General (including workplace health & safety)
· William Blackburn Consulting Inc. (Long Grove, Illinois, USA; Bill Blackburn – ex Baxter International Inc., Chief of Corporate EHS) »Providing clients with 30 years of professional experience on the leading edge of environment, health and safety management, sustainable development and emergency response.« >
o Publications / Presentations
· NSC The National Safety Council (USA)
o »is a nonprofit, nongovernmental, international public service organization. Members of the NSC include businesses, labor organization, schools, public agencies, private groups and individuals. Founded in 1913 and chartered by the U.S. Congress in 1953, the National Safety Council is committed to preventing accidental injuries in the workplace, on roads and highways, and in homes and communities.«
· RWC Robert W. Campbell Award
o »This international Award recognizes organizations that achieve business excellence by integrating safety, health & environmental management into their business operating systems.«
· The National Association of EHS Management (NAEM; Washington, DC) is a membership organization for environmental, health, safety and sustainability leaders in business and industry.
· EFAEP European Federation of Associations of Environmental Professionals >
o Members
· IEMA Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (UK)
· CSEM Centre for Sustainable and Environmental Management (Oxhey, UK)
o »CSEM's major activities are Education & Training (at both post-graduate and seminar level), Research and Consultancy, directed to its prime purpose of supporting the development of Sustainable Business in the UK and world-wide.«
o e.g. Links
· EnviroCentre.ie (Environment & Green Technologies Department, Enterprise Ireland)
· IIIEE The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics at Lund University (Sweden)
· Sustainable Value (Dr. Frank Figge, Dr. Tobias Hahn)
o »Sustainable Value integrates environmental and social dimensions into financial analysis and investment decision making.«
o > e.g.
§ »ADVANCE (Application and dissemination of value-based eco-ratings in financial markets) is an EU-co-funded project in which we apply the Sustainable Value to the assessment of corporate environmental performance. ADVANCE represents the first large scale application of the Sustainable Value approach for the monetary assessment of corporate environmental performance.«
· See also:
o SocialFunds.com (3 August 2006; By: Bill Baue):
§ ADVANCE Converts Corporate Environmental Performance Into Financial Metrics
· »The transparent methodology stands to advance corporate social responsibility and socially responsible investing, but it remains to be seen if it measures true sustainability.«
· Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Germany) >>
o CSM Centre for Sustainability Management > e.g.
§ Lehrstuhl Nachhaltigkeits-management (Prof. Dr. Stefan Schaltegger)
· IÖV Institut für ökologische Wirtschaftsforschung (Germany) = Institute for Ecological Economy Research
· IÖV Institut für ökologische Wirtschaftsforschung (Vienna, Austria) = Institute for Environmental Management and Economics (Founder: Dr. Christine Jasch)
· B.A.U.M Bundesdeutscher Arbeitskreis für Umweltbewußtes Management e.V. (Germany; In German only)
· Future e.V. – Umweltinitiative von Unternehmen (Germany; Only in German)
· Öko-Institut e.V. (Germany) = The Institute for Applied Ecology (Also English version of website)
· CPC Cleaner Production Center Austria > e.g.
o ÖKOPROFIT (Ökologisches Projekt Für Integrierte UmweltTechnik) is an initiative that furthers compliance with environmental law as well as working to improve the environmental performance of businesses.
§ Originally developed in the Graz region of Austria. It has since spread to other Austrian regions and other EU Member States
· swisscleantech (Switzerland) is a Cleantech Business Association.
o It was founded in autumn 2009 by the Foundation For Global Sustainability (FFGS). A number of companies which think and act in a sustainable manner contacted FFGS and voiced their need for effective political support. As a result, swisscleantech now represents its members’ political interests. The term Cleantech encompasses all industries. It fosters Eco-Innovation and addresses all companies which apply the principles of sustainable development (products, services, processes).
· Competitive Environment (USA) »EHS management consulting firm«
· Greenergy2030 (Dallas, Texas) – Business Alliance
o Our Mission: To help business owners and managers adapt to a changing world and competitive landscape by implementing sustainable business practices and environmentally responsible processes within their organizations.
· ENDS Environmental Data Services (London, UK)
o »ENDS is an independent publisher which has served environmental professionals since 1978. ENDS is a byword for reliable information and analysis of developments shaping the business climate.«
· edie (Environmental Data Interactive Exchange; Surrey, UK)
o edie is an online resource for environmental professionals, researchers and all those with an interest in green issues, bringing together practical information and in-depth yet accessible news.
· WME Waste, Management and Environment – Environment Business Media (Gladesville, NSW, Australia)
· 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.«
· Launched in 2001 by environmental and high-tech business pioneers Ron Pernick and Joel Makower, Clean Edge is a leading clean-tech research and consulting firm with offices in the San Francisco, Bay Area and Portland, Oregon.
· The EnviroLink Network (Emphasis on USA)
o The Green Pages Directory for Environmental Technology is an online information resource that lists international businesses and organizations that supply products and services which can remedy environmental problems – for example, any aspect of water treatment, air pollution, waste handling & recycling, and renewable energy. This free and self-supporting service connects consumers with 7000 suppliers from around 150 countries, presenting a forum to explore clean and sustainable technologies, to share knowledge and experience, and exchange best environmental practices.
· EBJ Environmental Business Journal (Natick, MA) is the leading business publication for companies operating in the environmental industry.
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