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· CleanerProduction.com »The Gateway for Sustainable Business, Cleaner Production, and Pollution Prevention« (The site is produced by Burton Hamner) > e.g.
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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.
§ »This CD is a goldmine of useful, practical resources for sustainability implementers. Burton Hamner has done the hard work of culling the best-of-the-best from thousands of worldwide public domain how-to publications on sustainable business. His annotated index makes it easy to quickly access the most relevant. This CD belongs in the library of any serious sustainability practitioner.«
o Environmental Expert connects over 1,000,000 environmental industry professionals from around the globe to 20,000 companies that provide the products, services and information they need to do their job successfully.
o Environmental Expert is more than just an online marketplace! Unlike other sites, the Environmental Expert portal contains an unmatched wealth of industry-related information and resources, like publications, events, articles, job postings, press releases & news, thus ensuring that professionals use Environmental Expert as a professional tool and keep coming back to stay in touch with what's happening in the industry.
· GDRC Global Development Research Center >
o Programmes > Sustainable Business >
· SLM Sustainable Life Media (Burlingame, CA, USA) > e.g.
o Climate >
§ Resources = Climate Tools, Guidelines & Frameworks
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o Brands >
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o Design >
§ Resources = Design Tools, Guidelines & Frameworks
o Green IT >
§ Resources = Green IT Tools, Guidelines & Frameworks
o >>
§ Tags: Metrics
· IW IndustryWeek (Penton Media, Cleveland, Ohio) »Connecting Manufacturing's Leaders«
· WBCSD World Business Council for Sustainable Development
· US EPA = U.S. Environmental Protection Agency >> e.g.
o General Environmental Measurement Resources
o Environmental Management Systems
· U.S. DoE (Department of Energy) >>
o Smart Communities Network > e.g.
· Tools
· GEMI Global Environmental Management Initiative (USA) »is a non-profit organization of leading companies dedicated to fostering environmental, health and safety excellence and corporate citizenship worldwide.« > e.g.
o GEMI Activities >
§ Work Groups >
· Climate Change and Energy
· Supply Chain
· Water
§ Networks > e.g.
· Metrics Users Network
§ Committees > e.g.
· Benchmarking Committee
· Tools Committee
o GEMI Publications > e.g.
§ GEMI Tools Catalogue Resource Guide (2008)
§ GEMI Metrics Navigator
§ GEMI SD Planner and GEMI SD Gateway
§ Collecting the Drops: A Water Sustainability Planner
§ Transparency: A Path to Public Trust
§ Forging New Links: Enhancing Supply Chain Value Through Environmental Excellence
§ Clear Advantage: Building Shareholder Value / Environment: Value to the Investor
o GEMI Interactive Tools > e.g.
§ Map of Future Forces Affecting Sustainability
§ GEMI HSE Web Depot
§ GEMI Business and Climate web tool
§ GEMI Metrics Navigator
· The tool presents a thorough, six-step process to select, implement and evaluate a set of ‘critical few’ metrics that focus on an organization’s success.
§ GEMI SD Planner and SD Gateway
§ SD Compendium of Selected SD Tools
§ Collecting the Drops: A Water Sustainability Planner
§ Forging New Links Supply Chain tool & web site
o Benchmark Surveys
· Environmental Defense Fund (USA) >>e.g.
§ Tools
· WBCSD World Business Council for Sustainable Development > also
o Projects > Water > Global Water Tool
§ On »water« see also:
· GreenBiz > Resource Efficiency > Related Tags: Water
· Environmental Leader > See All Topics > Water
· UN Global Compact >> The CEO Water Mandate
· CDP Carbon Disclosure Project > Programs > CDP Water Disclosure
· Business & Human Rights Resource Centre >> Water Companies
· Pacific Institute >
o Topics > Water Use in Business
o Publications > Reports and Research
· Business Roundtable (Washington, USA) > Initiatives > Sustainable Growth > Water Brief for Business
· EurActiv >> Water, Business & Sustainability
· C4S Center for Sustainability at Aquinas College (Michigan, USA) >
o Sustainable Business (links with short descriptions) >
· CSIN Canadian Sustainability Indicators Network
· 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 > e.g.
§ The Sustainability Handbook - The Complete Management Guide to Achieving Social, Economic and Environmental Responsibility (to order; February 2007)
§ Creating the Sustainable Company: How to Transform Your Organization (.pdf, 36 pp.)
· IIT Stuart Graduate School of Business (24 May 2005)
§ Sustainability Programs at a Large Corporation: Some Practical Strategies (.pdf, 21 pp., 9 November 2004)
· Natural Logic (Berkeley, CA, USA) > e.g.
o Services >
§ Feedback: Reading the Signs >
· Interactive Dashboards: Deploy key performance indicator (KPI) systems that streamlines the collection, analysis, and reporting of environmental performance data -- dashboards that track and drive performance. >
· CSRwire >> e.g.
o The Sustainability Champion’s Guidebook (12 June 2009; Relating to book by Bob Willard) - The essential "how to" guide for transforming your company's corporate culture
o SRI World Group Forms Alliance with The CSR Group (11 May 2009) - Collaboration Taps SRI World Group's OneReport(R) and The CSR Group’s Self-Assessment Tool for a Dynamic Offering of CSR Consulting and Technology Services
o The Latest Corporate Social Responsibility News - Expanding CSR Toolbox Helps Achieve Sustainability (27 January 2009; By Bill Baue)
§ Relating to
· Center for Sustainable Innovation (CSI):
o Corporate Water Gauge
o Social Footprint
o Global Warming Footprint
· IBM:
o Supply Chain Network Optimization Workbench, or SNOW
o Now Available! Sustainability 101: A Toolkit for Your Business (9 January 2009; Relating to book by Jennifer Woofter, Strategic Sustainability Consulting, Bethesda)
· Competitive Environment (USA; President: Richard MacLean) »EHS management consulting firm« >> e.g.
o Measuring Up: Moving Beyond Environmental Metrics Based on Benchmarking and Reporting Standards (.pdf, November 2008, 2 pp.; By Richard MacLean)
· S-BAR »Sustainable Business Achievement Ratings«
o Sustainable Business Achievement Ratings (S-BAR) is the first comprehensive system with a market-based, broadly applicable, and transparent means of assessing a company’s environmental, economic and social performance.
o S-BAR creates a clear and condensed standards framework that incorporates and builds on lessons learned and systems created over the past two decades by hundreds of nonprofit organizations, trade associations, investment and academic institutions, and government agencies.
o The S-BAR Certification Tool will use a structured set of criteria that covers the full range of social and environmental practices. The process will take place online, reducing paperwork, time, and costs and will allow for instantaneous feedback.
· As a B Corporation you differentiate your business from the growing barrage of green- and cause-marketing campaigns and stand out as a leader in the market, creating a clear path for others to follow. B Corporations™ are a new type of corporation that are purpose-driven and create benefit for all stakeholders, not just shareholders. > e.g.
o B Tools
o Survey
§ The B Ratings System is open to everybody whether or not you'd like to become a B Corporation. It's a useful management tool 1) to assess your company's impact on each of its stakeholders and 2) to improve your social and environmental performance using our Tools and Best Practices embedded in the Survey.
o See also:
§ related article at SocialFunds: B Corporations: Verified Sustainability (13 March 2008) - B Labs takes the guesswork out of which companies are actually working for the future.
· People 4 Earth is the global sustainability standard for trusted goods and services. Our open platform inspires consumers, businesses, NGOs and governments to take joint action to create a healthy and sustainable world for all.
· The Green Standard has funded integration of data in Earthster and openLCA, in order to enable manufacturers who are doing LCA to publish, share, and use life cycle results with suppliers and customers, and purchasers to have access to better information that helps them to purchase more sustainably.
· 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.
o > e.g.
§ Green Resources = Community Tools & Resources (You must be a Greenergy2030 community member to access most of these pages - sign up for free)
o »We invite you to explore our Eco-Certified Business program designed to help organizations bring sustainability to day-to-day operations while reducing energy costs.«
· SVN Social Venture Network (Based in San Francisco, California, USA)
o Resources >
· Government of Canada >>
o Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada >> Trade Negotiations and Agreements (TNA) > Trade Topics > Development and Society >
§ Corporate Social Responsibility >
· Why CSR Matters for Canadian companies active internationally >
o International CSR Tools
o Industry Canada >> Programs and Services > By Subject > Sustainability and Environment >
§ Corporate Social Responsibility
· CSR Tools >
o Indicators, Measurements, Reporting and Benchmarking
· Supportive Information and Links >
o Corporate Social Responsibility: An implementation Guide for Canadian Business
§ last version: 2006 (??)
§ html version and .pdf version (98 pp.)
§ Eco-efficiency >
· Dalhousie University (Nova Scotia, Canada) >
o Faculty of Management >
· NBS Network for Business Sustainability (The Network office is located at Richard Ivey School of Business, London, Ontario, Canada) > e.g.
o Knowledge > e.g.
§ Climate Change >
· Systematic Reviews >
o Business Adaptation to Climate Change (2009)
§ See also related news: Business Adaptation to Climate Change reports (13 October 2009): Insurers lead climate change adaptation - Other businesses who take a ‘wait-and-see’ approach do so at their own peril
· The report – a thorough review of over 200 studies since 1997 on how businesses adapt to climate change – includes a sector-by-sector analysis of the risks and opportunities climate change brings and tools to help businesses adapt.
· The research findings are available in four reports:
o Report 3: Case Studies & Tools (.pdf, 40 pp.) includes best practices, case studies, lessons learned and adaptation tools available for business.
· The challenge is finding the right metrics to account for the many ways sustainability impacts the bottom line. Without a better understanding of how to measure it, managers may not invest for fear it will undermine financial performance or over-invest to find they have destroyed shareholder value.
· See also
o related news: Measuring Sustainability Performance (November 2008)
§ The review of 159 research and practitioner publications identified 39 unique sustainability metrics used by firms. No consistent set of metrics was found across companies. In general, research studies paid little attention to metrics.
o Five Winds International was founded in 1998 on the knowledge that when you understand the forces shaping your business, you can harness them and use them to your significant advantage.
o Since then, we've grown from a small environmental-management consultancy to a multidisciplinary firm serving clients in North America, Europe and Asia.
o > e.g.
· Strandberg Consulting (Canada; Principal: Coro Strandberg) > e.g.
o Events & Publications >
§ Tools
· Deloitte Canada > e.g.
o Insights > Business issues > Corporate responsibility >>
§ Measuring and managing your corporate responsibility strategy - The business approach to non-financial key performance indicators (KPIs)
· CEAA Canadian Environmental Auditing Association
· Stratos »is Canada’s leading sustainability consultancy« > e.g.
o Management > Portfolio >
§ Stratos Sustainability Integration Report (July 2007)
· How do leading companies integrate sustainability into their business processes, such as strategic planning, business development, project management, community relations and employee recruitment and orientation?
· Through in-depth interviews with international and Canadian companies, Stratos, with support from Industry Canada, explores how a sample of leading companies are integrating sustainability into their business processes.
· The results of this study demonstrate the range of processes and tools which can be used or adapted by other companies interested in further integration – at the corporate, divisional and operational levels.
§ Aligning Corporate Responsibility and Business Objectives (March 2007)
· Presentation to the Conference Board of Canada National CSR Conference
§ Management Systems for CR Frameworks for Assessing & Managing Non-Financial Performance (October 2004)
· Presentation to CEAA 2004
§ Metrics for Corporate Responsibility - Toward Integrated Performance Measures (June 2003)
· Presentation to Corporate Knights Conference - Driving Return on Responsibility
· CBSR Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (Canada) >
o Resources > CBSR Publications >
§ Climate Change Guide (.pdf, November 2007, 84 pp.)
· is answering a corporate need within Canada to provide a functional, step-by-step manual to responsibilities, opportunities and risks regarding climate change to equip practitioners as we head into a new era of corporate accountability.
· Swinburne University of Technology (Melbourne, Australia) > National Centre for Sustainability > e.g.
o Resource Bank (Many links) > e.g.
§ Sustainability Aspect Advanced Search > e.g.
· HK (Hong Kong) BEC Business Environment Council (WBCSD Regional Partner) > also
o Focuses and Services >
§ Corporate Responsibility >
· Business Guide to Sustainable Development
· EEA European Environment Agency > e.g.
o About EEA > Networks >
§ EnviroWindows - EEA platform for knowledge sharing and development > also
· Information access tools >
o Sustainable Development Online
§ Tools (many subcategories; updated ??)
· 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
§ > 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.
· EnviroWise delivers a valuable government-funded programme of free, confidential advice to UK businesses. This assistance enables companies to increase profitability and reduce environmental impact. > e.g.
o Our Services >
§ Tools
o >>
§ Key Performance Indicators (for different sectors)
· See also:
o UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) > The Environment > Business and the environment > e.g.
§ Reporting environmental impacts = Environmental reporting > e.g.
· Environmental Reporting Guidelines – Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) (.pdf, January 2006, 76 pp.; By: Defra & Trucost)
o The Guidelines describe 22 environmental »key performance indicators« (KPIs) and how to account for environmental impacts of supply chains and products. One in five companies is expected to have to present more than five of them.
o They also set out which environmental impacts (i.e. which KPIs) are most significant for which business sectors.
o FSN Business Systems News for Finance and IT Professionals (UK) > e.g.
· Trucost Plc (London) is an environmental research organisation that was established to help companies and investors understand the environmental impacts of business activities. > e.g.
o Tools for Companies >
§ Companies Act
§ Prepare for the EU Accounts Modernisation Directive & Business Review
§ Environmental KPIs – Reporting Guidelines for UK Business
§ Trucost Environmental Reporting Assurance Service
§ Environmental Reporting & Performance Benchmark Report
§ Supply Chain Management
§ Regulatory Assessment Regulatory Assessment
o Published Research
o News
· NetRegs
o NetRegs is a partnership between the UK environmental regulators – the Environment Agency in England and Wales, SEPA in Scotland and the Environment and Heritage Service in Northern Ireland.
o We provide free environmental guidance for small and medium-sized businesses throughout the UK.
· HRH The Prince of Wales (UK) >> e.g.
o HRH launches Accounting for Sustainability at St James's Palace, London (6 December 2006; See related news) >
§ Embedding > e.g.
· Sustainability at Work (website launched on 12 December 2007)
o This website provides guidance, tools, links and case studies to help you integrate sustainability into your organisation's decision making.
o It also provides a framework to enable organisations to report on their performance in a more consistent manner.
o This website is designed to provide practical and accessible advice for any public, private, or third sector organisation.
o The Sustainability Decision-Making Model was developed by the sustainability consultancy firm ERM in conjunction with, and tailored by, Cadbury Schweppes, Duchy Originals, Sainsbury's and Tesco.
o This illustrative decision-making model has been developed to show how sustainability issues can be taken into account more effectively in day-to-day decision-making processes.
· Carbon Trust (UK) »was set up by Government in 2001 as an independent company. Our mission is to accelerate the move to a low carbon economy by working with organisations to reduce carbon emissions and develop commercial low carbon technologies.« > e.g.
o Resources >
§ Tools
· ICAEW (UK) »The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales« > e.g.
o Qualifications >
§ The Business Sustainability e-learning programme (BSP) aims to raise awareness of the business case for Corporate Responsibility and the issues which face companies in becoming sustainable.
o Technical & Business Topics >
§ Topics >
· Corporate responsibility - A comprehensive collection of corporate responsibility and sustainability resources > also
§ Thought leadership >
o Library >
§ Links >
· Environment & Sustainability
· IFAC International Federation of Accountants >>
o PAIB Professional Accountants in Business >>
§ Sustainability Framework (February 2009)
· The Sustainability Framework, developed by the PAIB Committee, is a web-based tool that targets professional accountants working in commerce, industry, the public sector, education, and the not-for-profit sector who can influence the way organizations integrate sustainability into their objectives, strategies, management, and definitions of success.
· The Framework addresses four perspectives in bringing together all the critical areas required to successfully manage a sustainable organization. These perspectives are:
§ FAQs, Introduction, Defining Sustainability, Leadership & Vision, Stakeholder Engagement, Goals & Target Setting, The Business Case, Integration with Risk Management, Engagement of Suppliers, Resources
§ FAQs, Introduction, Integrated Management Systems, Energy Efficiency and Waste Minimization, Improving Information Flows to Support Decisions, Performance Evaluation and Measurement, Sustainability Performance Metrics and KPIs, Resources
· The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) chaired the working group which developed the Sustainability Framework.
· See also
o related news: New IFAC Sustainability Framework Supports Organizations in Improving Products, Lowering Costs, and Raising Good Will (New York, 6 February 2009)
§ News
· PAIB eNews is an electronic communication issued three to four times per year.
o Also »Topics Related to Sustainability«
· > e.g.
o April 2009 (Special Issue on Sustainability)
§ Publications >
· Articles of Merit
· Accountancy Age >> e.g.
o Special Reports > e.g.
§ The green accountancy report (5 July 2007)
· MEPI Measuring Environmental Performance of Industry (completed in July 2000)
o Funded under the Fourth Framework Programme (Environment and Climate) of DG Research of the European Commission.
o MEPI has developed and applied a quantitative approach to measure the environmental performance of European firms.
· MEPI follow-on project: PERFORM Project (completed in 2005).
o The aim of the PERFORM project was to benchmark and improve sustainability performance in industry (UK).
o The PERFORM project was coordinated from SPRU at the University of Sussex working in collaboration with CENTRIM at the University of Brighton and the RSA Environment Forum.
· Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Germany) >>
o CSM Centre for Sustainability Management > e.g.
§ Lehrstuhl Nachhaltigkeits-management (Prof. Dr. Stefan Schaltegger) > also
· Publikationen
· Forschung
· BMU Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit (Germany) > e.g.
o Die Themen > e.g.
· Wirtschaft und Umwelt > e.g.
o Unternehmens- verantwortung / Zertifizierung > e.g.
§ CSR
§ EMAS
§ Nachhaltigkeits- management > e.g.
· Studie: Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement in Unternehmen. Von der Idee zur Praxis: Managementansätze zur Umsetzung von Corporate Social Responsibility und Corporate Sustainability (Juli 2007; .pdf hat 194 pp.; In German)
o Autoren: Prof. Dr. Stefan Schaltegger, Christian Herzig, Oliver Kleiber, Torsten Klinke und Jan Müller
o Herausgeber: BMU, econsense, CSM
· IChemE The Institution of Chemical Engineers > e.g.
o Networks >
§ Subject Groups > Sustainability
o About >
§ Media Centre > Hot Topics > Sustainable Development
· ... In 2002, we published "The Sustainability Metrics", a practical set of indicators for process companies to internally measure their sustainable development and monitor progress year-on-year. These metrics are intended to help engineers address the issue of sustainable development and understand the wider impact of their operations...
· PwC PricewaterhouseCoopers > e.g.
o Our services >
§ Audit and assurance >
· Sustainability reporting > also
o Of further interest >
· Toolkit >
o Practical guides >
§ Guide to key performance indicators (June 2006)
§ Consulting >
· Sustainability > e.g.
o Publications
o Country/territory links = Sustainability country links >
§ Australia, Canada, Denmark, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, UK, US (= Sustainability and climate change)
o International PwC Sites >
§ PwC UK >>
· Guide to key performance indicators: Communicating the measures that matter (June 2006)
o Narrative business reporting - whether in the form of an Operating and Financial Review (OFR), Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A), a Business Review or other management commentary - is vital to corporate transparency.
o Although specific regulatory requirements for narrative business reporting are evolving, key performance indicators (KPIs), both financial and non-financial, remain an important component of the information needed to explain a company's progress towards its stated goals. But despite this fact, KPIs are not well understood.
o >
§ Global version (.pdf has 28 pp.)
§ UK version (.pdf has 28 pp.)
· Arup > What we do >
o Sustainability tool (Project appraisal system) = SPeAR® (The Sustainable Project Appraisal Routine)
· CleanerProduction.com »The Gateway for Sustainable Business, Cleaner Production, and Pollution Prevention« > Directory >
o The Sustainable Balanced Scorecard: Managing Organizations for Sustainable Development
· INSEAD »The Business School for the World« (Fontainebleau, France) >
o Faculty & Research > Research >
§ Working Papers >
· Balanced scorecard and sustainability: examples from literature and practice (2003; .pdf has 15 pp.)
· Balanced Scorecard Collaborative
· GreenBiz.com > e.g.
o > News >
§ The Balanced Scorecard and Corporate Social Responsibility: Aligning Values for Profit (23 October 2005)
· »CSR reporting has grown over the past few years, but the information provided by those reports isn't always used for strategic advantage. Tying values and measures to a Balanced Scorecard could be the way to make good intentions more profitable« (By David Crawford and Todd Scaletta)
o »This article has been reprinted courtesy of CMA Management. It first appeared in the October 2005 issue of that publication.«
o Engage:
§ Blogs > e.g.
· Getting Real About Measurement: How to Size Up the Triple Bottom Line (26 January 2010; By Melissa Schweisguth; Relating to Mark W. McElroy, Ph.D., the director of research for the Center for Sustainability Performance at Deloitte Consulting, who has developed a methodology called context-based sustainability management)
· Creating an Effective Plan for Your Sustainability Efforts (November 2006; By Marsha Willard)
· Employees Are the Best Corporate Ambassadors (November 2006; By: Louisa Gray)
· EHS Benchmarking Association
· CBI Confederation of British Industry (UK) >
o Policy > Policy areas >
· EHS benchmarking = Best practice benchmarking tools
· ESP Environmental Software Providers (Based in California, USA; also office in Zurich, Switzerland) > e.g.
o Solutions > e.g.
· Use the software to prepare:
o Annual Corporate EHS Reports
o GRI, ISO 14001, Responsible Care and other Sustainability Reports
o Benchmarking Reports
§ Greenhouse Gas Suite
§ Title V Compliance Software Solution
§ Industries
· SustaiNet Software Solutions Inc. (Head Office: Vancouver, Canada) »markets, sells and implements software systems developed by international companies to assist organizations in efficiently managing corporate information to achieve their environmental and social responsibility goals.«
o Risk Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Emergency Response/Incident Management, Environmental Compliance, Environmental Data Management
· Caiteur Group = climatechangeinstitute.com (Headquartered in Toronto, Canada) »is the research leader in information technology solutions for Corporate Sustainability Reporting (CSR) and GHG Emissions.«
· ESADE Business School (Spain) >
o Faculty & Research > Research > Research units >
§ Social Innovation Institute > e.g.
· Resources >
o CSR & SME Electronic Database
§ The distinguishing and essential trait of this tool is its legibility and navigation. It is based on two principle classifications or filters:
· resource typology (tool, initiative, document or organisation) and
· its degree of relevance for SMEs (general CSR, partially addressing SMEs, centred on SMEs, or others).
§ > e.g.
· Search
· Europa >> European Commission >>
o DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities >
§ What we do >
· Partners > Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) >
o Related Documents >
§ Corporate social responsibility - National public policies in the European Union (.pdf, September 2007, 100 pp.) >
· Management tools
o >> (historical): Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) website >
§ CSR at national level
· Compendium on national public policies on CSR in the European Union
o Information can be extracted by clicking on the title of a policy area (rows) > Promoting CSR > Management tools
§ More information
· Useful Internet Links >
o CSR Management Tools & Governance
§ Funding, contracts & employment >??>
· DG Employment-funded CSR related projects:
o Improving knowledge about CSR & facilitating exchange of experience & good practice > e.g.
§ Developing the exchange of experience & good practices on CSR between businesses
§ Management Standards
o Promoting convergence & transparency of CSR practices & tools
§ Publications > e.g.
· ABC of CSR instruments
· Mapping instruments for CSR
o Enterprise and Industry >
§ Policy highlights >
· Sustainable and responsible business >
o Corporate social responsibility > e.g.
§ CSR and SMEs > e.g.
· Results of the European funding programme “Mainstreaming CSR among SMEs” (.pdf, January 2009, 6 pp.) >
o Direct links to key outputs by category:
§ 4. CSR guides and manuals for SMEs (page 5)
§ Multi-stakeholder Forum on CSR > e.g.
· Plenary meeting 2009 = Forum Meeting, February 2009 = “CSR Review meeting” CSR Multi-Stakeholder Forum (10 February 2009, Brussels)
· Plenary meeting 2006 = Forum review meeting 2006 = European Multistakeholder Forum on CSR: Review Meeting (7 December 2006) > e.g.
o Review of recommendations by stakeholders:
§ Compendium of actions by stakeholders (.pdf has 154 pp.)
§ Detailed descriptions of actions taken by different organisations
§ >>
· Responsible entrepreneurship: Small enterprises, big values, tomorrow's competitiveness (3 May 2007) >>
o report: Opportunity and Responsibility: how to get more small businesses to integrate social and environmental issues into what they do (.pdf, 52 pp.) > also chapter:
§ CSR tools for SMEs: what kinds of toolkits, guides, certification systems, and reporting/communication techniques are most appropriate for SMEs?
o Environment: Action Plan SCP/SIP = Environment: Action Plan for sustainable consumption and production (SCP) and sustainable industrial policy (SIP)
o Enterprise policy integration
o Environment >
§ Policies >
· Industry and Technology >
o Small and medium-sized (SMEs) and Environment (= Environmental Compliance Assistance Programme (ECAP) for SMEs) is an action plan that aims to make it easier for SMEs to comply with obligations under environmental legislation and improve their environmental performances.
· UNDP UN Development Programme >
o Regions > Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States > News >> EC, UNDP to promote responsible business in new and prospective EU members (11 January 2007) >> Special website: Accelerating CSR in New Europe > CSR Database > Main Part >
§ General information about CSR >
§ Methodologies of how to integrate CSR into business
· GRI Global Reporting Initiative > e.g.
o Learning & Support >
§ GRI Publications >
· Learning Publications >
o Pathways >>
§ Further reading > e.g.
· Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility SME Toolkits
· The Efficient Entrepreneur (UNEP with Wuppertal Institute)
· Environmental Management Navigator (UNEP, UNIDO, Wuppertal Institute)
· 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 >
· Members (from):
o Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia
§ Tools >
· Web Tools >
o EMAS Tool Kit for Small Organisations
o Environmental Weather Map
o Environmental Policy Checklist
o Environmental Statement and/or Environmental Report Checklist
o Eco-design Health Check
· Offline Tools >
o Your Environmental Management Control Panel: Environmental performance indicators, Management and communications tools
§ Your entry point to the unique knowledge and tools provided by our worldwide network of environmental and sustainability managers.
§ The people supporting these tools are consultants for small business and organisations supporting small and micro-businesses with smart, adaptable tools and participatory approaches.
§ The portal gives you access to best practices in environmental management in smaller organisations. You will find tools for the implementation of ISO 14001 and EMAS standards, our international events calendar, news and a lot of other helpful resources.
· Business Link (UK) helps your business save time and money by giving you instant access to clear, simple, and trustworthy information. >
o Health, Safety, Premises
o Environment & efficiency
· 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
· UNEP/Wuppertal Institute Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP)
· Dalhousie University (Nova Scotia, Canada) >
o Faculty of Management > Eco-Efficiency Centre > Research >
§ Environmental Management - SMEs >
· The Need for Eco-Efficiency Resource Tools for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Canada (.pdf, 2007, 41 pp.)
· VDI Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (Germany) > e.g.
o VDI-Richtlinien >>
§ VDI-Richtlinie 4070 Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften = Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften in kleinen und mittelständischen Unternehmen - Anleitung zum Nachhaltigen Wirtschaften
o Organisation >
§ Fachgesellschaften >
· VDI-Koordinierungsstelle Umwelttechnik (VDI-KUT)
· Die Kampagne "Verantwortliche Unternehmensführung" > e.g.
o Aktuelles > e.g.
§ Nachrichten > e.g.
· Erweiterte Fassung des Arbeitspapiers zu Leitfäden und Instrumenten Verantwortlicher Unternehmensführung erschienen (27 August 2007)
· Neue Publikation stellt Handwerkszeug zu Verantwortlicher Unternehmensführung vor
o »Im neuen Arbeitspapier „Verantwortliche Unternehmensführung im Mittelstand: Ausgewählte nationale und internationale Leitfäden und Instrumente“ (.pdf, August 2006, 26 pp.; In German) werden insgesamt 30 Leitfäden und Instrumente präsentiert, die mittelständische Unternehmen dabei unterstützen, CSR als Managementansatz und ganzheitliche Strategie zu verstehen und umzusetzen.«
o Infopool > e.g.
· »In dieser Rubrik stellen wir kurz Instrumente vor, die Unternehmen dabei unterstützen, verantwortlicher zu agieren«
· CSR360 Global Partner Network > e.g.
o Library >> e.g.
§ CSR toolkit for SMEs in the value Chain (December 2008; By: DERES Uruguay; .pdf has 100 pp.)
§ ‘How to guides’ and tools on responsible entrepreneurship at SMEs at a glance (August 2007; .pdf has 36 pp.) = Verantwortliche Unternehmensführung im Mittelstand: Ausgewählte nationale und internationale Leitfäden und Instrumente
· Arbeitspapier der Bundesinitiative UPJ e.V. im Rahmen der Kampagne „Verantwortliche Unternehmensführung im Mittelstand“.
§ Getting Started in Corporate Social Responsibility – A practical guide for small, medium and large companies in Hong Kong (February 2007; By: Community Business; .pdf has 43 pp.)
· EMIT CSR = European-Malaysian Alliance and Capacity Building of Malaysian Intermediary Institutions in European Management Information Systems (MIS) to Enhance Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Export Oriented Malaysian SMEs
o Project duration: January 2007 – August 2008; Co-financed by the European Commission
· Sustainable Business Support Link (= Sustainable Business Tracker Tool)
o »this online software tool is designed to allow small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to conduct a sustainability self-assessment of their operations.«
o See also National Centre for Sustainability at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia)
· Envirostep is a free, entry-level environmental management tool for small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in New Zealand. It was developed by the Ministry of Economic Development in collaboration with a number of other contributors.
o With over 300 links to other environmental tools, service providers & further information.
· World Bank (Washington, USA) > Learning > Learning Programs > e.g.
o Business, Competitiveness, & Development > e.g.
§ Quick Links >
· Virtual Resource Centers > e.g.
o CSR and SMEs >
§ Related Toolkits (last updated in 2004 ??)
· Training programs
§ Learning Events
· UNIDO UN Industrial Development Organization > e.g.
o Services > e.g.
§ Private Sector Development > e.g.
· Clusters & Business Linkages Unit > e.g.
o CSR - Reaching out to Small and Medium-sized Enterprises > e.g.
§ REAP - The Responsible Entrepreneurs Achievement Programme (REAP) constitutes the heart of UNIDO’s CSR Programme.
· UN Global Compact > e.g.
o About Us >
§ Tools and Resources
o Issues (Tools are available at each issue) >
§ Human Rights
§ Labour
§ Environment
§ Anti-Corruption
§ Business and Peace
§ Financial Markets
§ Partnerships for Development
§ UN/Business Partnerships
§ Supply Chain Sustainability
· UNEP United Nations Environment Programme > e.g.
o Other thematic areas >
§ Business & Industry > e.g.
· Division of Technology, Industry and Economics >
o DTIE Division of Technology, Industry and Economics
· Focus Areas > e.g.
o Finance >
§ UNEP FI (Finance Initiative) »innovative financing for sustainability« >
· Tools
o >>
· UNEP offers a wide range of technical guidelines and resources for governments, policy-makers, civil society, private sector and the public at large.
· This website is designed to serve as a central repository where users may retrieve resources produced by UNEP.
· Available information includes technical guidelines, clearing-houses, trainer manuals, databases, CDroms, publications and other useful tools.
· Eldis »sharing the best in development policy, practice and research« >
o Topics >
§ Resource guides > e.g.
· Corporate responsibility >
o Manuals
· Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
o Simple »Search« and »More search options« can be very useful.»
o browse the online library > e.g.
§ All topics > e.g.
· LARGGE Labour-Rights-Responsibilities-Guide
o The LARRGE project spans 16 months starting from January 2009.
o The Consortium is composed of three implementing partners: the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights (BIM; Vienna, Austria), the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) and the Centre for the Study of Global Ethics from the University of Birmingham (UoB).
o >
§ Guide = The European Guide through CSR Instruments adhering to Work Related Human Rights
· The LARRGE Guide will be available at this website in April 2010.
· United Nations System Staff College >>
o Human Rights and Business Learning Tool
· CRT Caux Round Table – moral capitalism for a better world >
o Resources >
· IISD International Institute for Sustainable Development (Head Office: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) >
o Our Knowledge >
· »IISD contributes to the sustainability transition by helping societies define, chart, assess and ultimately navigate the way forward.« > also
o Applying our Knowledge >
§ Business
o Publications Centre > Choose a Theme > Business >
§ Corporate Social Responsibility: An Implementation Guide for Business (March 2007; .pdf has 115 pp.; Author: Paul Hohnen, Editor: Jason Potts)
· This guide can be used as a primer on corporate social responsibility. As such, it contains information on how to assess the effects of business activities on others, develop and implement a corporate social responsibility strategy and commitments, and measure, evaluate and report on performance and engage with stakeholders.
· Senior managers in firms of all sizes—from large corporations to small and medium-sized enterprises to micro-businesses—should find it valuable, as will management teams, board members and front-line employees, and industry association personnel who work with businesses.
o Site Index > Business = BSDglobal (last updated 2003 ??) >
· Latest Trends in Social & Environmental Responsibilities in Europe (LASER; Secretariat: Nagpur, Maharashtra, India) is an initiative within the European Union’s Asia Invest Programme. >
o CSER Tools
· SNEEP Studentisches Netzwerk für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik > Wirtschaftsethik > Links >
o Management/Praxis von Ethik und Nachhaltigkeit (emphasis on Germany, also other)
· LBG London Benchmarking Group »is a group of over 100 companies working together to measure Corporate Community Investment (CCI).«
o While the LBG Model's origins are in the UK, LBG Benchmarking groups now also operate in Australia, Canada and the Czech Republic, and are emerging in France, Germany, Spain, the USA and several other markets.
o The LBG International network brings together these national groups to promote LBG as the international standard for measuring and managing CCI.
· Forum for the Future (UK) > e.g.
o Browse by subject >
§ Business >
§ Information & resources >
· Cranfield University >> Cranfield School of Management > Research > Research Centres >
o Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility > e.g.
§ Publications >
· Our Doughty Centre publications >
o >
§ Measuring Business Value and Performance: enhancing business value from the selection, measurement and analysis of corporate sustainability performance characteristics (.pdf, May 2009, 60 pp.; By David L Ferguson)
· This initiative has been supported by The European Academy of Business in Society (EABIS) and its Corporate Founding Partners - IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, Shell and Unilever as part of the EABIS CR Measurement Research Programme.
o Doughty Centre Working Papers:
§ Non-Financial Performance Metrics for Corporate Responsibility Reporting Revisited (.pdf, January 2008, 40 pp.; By Malcolm F Arnold)
· This paper summarises academic and practitioner literature relating to the use of non-financial metrics for the monitoring and recording of corporate social and environmental responsibility performance. Significant themes are reviewed and current standards are identified, along with benchmarking initiatives.
· This is the first “Working Paper” from the Doughty Centre (emphasis on the Anglo-Saxon world)
· In the coming months, ... , we will be developing the analysis... In particular, we need to give much more coverage to non-UK developments...
o Doughty Centre "how-to" Guides:
§ The Doughty Centre ‘Guide to Guides’: A guide to useful CR/sustainability ‘How to embed CR’ guides (.pdf, October 2009, 43 pp.)
· The guides reviewed provide advice or insight specifically into the discipline of CR – not general advice on business skills such as budgeting or line management. After collating the guides we wanted to include (60), we realised categorisation was needed to aid you when searching for a particular topic. Therefore, we use 11 themes for implementing and embedding CR: each one is a critical success factor for implementing CR but is also a stand-alone grouping of related activities:
o Building CR into business purpose and strategy
o Tone from the top
o Governance and board oversight
o Management processes
o CR strategy incorporated into each business unit
o Everybody’s business
o Energising the value chain
o Sustainability knowledge management
o Trusted stewardship: effective communication and stakeholder engagement
o Sustainability networks
o The specialist CR/sustainability function
§ Stakeholder engagement: a road map to meaningful engagement (.pdf, July 2009, 48 pp.)
§ Corporate Champions Networks: a how to guide (.pdf, February 2009, 40 pp.)
· A CR champions network takes time and effort to build but the use of champions, has several potential advantages: by working directly with staff on initiatives, champions can engage staff and become themselves more committed; champions can connect different parts of a business, thus finding and propagating best CR practices and ideas; and they allow for a credible two-way interface between the global and local in international companies.
o Corporate Responsibility, Market Valuation and Measuring the Financial and Non-financial Performance of the Firm
o Working papers
§ See also:
· CSR Europe »The European business network for CSR« > Activities > CSR Europe's Toolbox > Communication & Transparency > Market Valuation of Non-Financial Performance >
o Consultation report - Valuing Non-Financial Performance: A European framework for company and investor dialogue (.pdf, November 2008, 12 pp.)
o InvestorValue.org > e.g.
§ Framework >
· Central proposition
· Market value
· Financial drivers
· Core non-financial drivers
· Key metrics
· ESG factors
§ Research > Valuing Business
· The Valuing Business research programme is co-ordinated by the Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility at the Cranfield School of Management. It involves academics from other leading European business schools including SDA Bocconi School of Management and Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School in Belgium; as well as CSR and investment community experts.
· > e.g.
o Final research report and associated papers = Sustainable Value: Corporate Responsibility, Market Valuation and Measuring the Financial and Non-Financial Performance of the Firm (.pdf, September 2009, 34 pp.; EABIS Research Project)
§ This is the final report from a two-year research project funded by the Corporate Founding Partners of EABIS (European Academy for Business in Society): IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, Shell and Unilever; with additional support from Lloyds Banking Group and Telecom Italia who have also led the European Alliance for CSR Laboratory.
§ The report – “Sustainable Value” – looks in detail at how ESG performance impact business success, how companies explain these linkages to investors, and how the investment community treats this data.
§ The report proposes that value be redefined as ‘sustainable value; and sets out a ‘Value Creation Framework’ which can be used both by business and the investment community.
§ See also related article at CSR Europe: Report urges new approach to valuing businesses (22 September 2009)
· Ethical Corporation »Magazine, Conferences, Reports« > also
o Ethical Corporation Intelligence >
§ How to embed corporate responsibility across different parts of your company = Job-specific (Human Resources, Finance & Accounting, Communications, Procurement, Facility, Logistics & Operations) guides for embedding CSR throughout your company (to order; September 2009)
· CRR Conference (CRRC)
o The conference is organised by Sustainability Research Institute / University of Leeds (UK)
o > e.g.
§ CRRC 2008 (7-9 September 2008, at Queen's University Management School, Belfast, UK) > e.g.
· Sustainable Development Management Systems in Global Business Organizations (.pdf, 32 pp.; By Ian Sealy, Walter Wehrmeyer, Chris France, Matthew Leach, Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey)
· CSR360 Global Partner Network >
o Library >
§ Resource Type: Toolkits
· WBCSD World Business Council for Sustainable Development > e.g.
o Focus Areas >
§ Development >
· Measuring Impact Framework - Understanding the business contribution to society
o See also:
§ related article: Beyond The Bottom Line: Measuring Business Impacts on Society (3 December 2008)
§ related press release: What Gets Measured Gets Done - WBCSD Launches Measuring Impact Framework (28 July 2008)
§ related article by Mallen Baker: So what's the real impact of your business? (3 August 2008)
· ISO International Organization for Standardization > e.g.
o Resources for... > e.g.
· ISO, the International Organization for Standardization, has decided to launch the development of an International Standard providing guidelines for social responsibility (SR).
· The guidance standard will be published in 2009 as ISO 26000 and be voluntary to use. It will not include requirements and will thus not be a certification standard.
o Products >
§ ISO Standards >
· By TC > TMB Technical Management Board >
o ISO/WD 26000: Guidance on social responsibility
· Management Standards >
o Standards development >
§ Technical committees > List of ISO technical committees >
· TC 207: Environmental management
o News and Media > e.g.
§ News > e.g.
· 2008 > e.g.
o ISO Guide will help reduce environmental impacts of products (28 October 2008; Relating to ISO Guide 64:2008, Guide for addressing environmental issues in product standards)
§ Hot topics >
· Climate change > also
o ISO International Standards – practical tools for addressing climate change
· The Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) is the EU voluntary instrument which acknowledges organisations that improve their environmental performance on a continuous basis. EMAS registered organisations are legally compliant, run an environment management system and report on their environmental performance through the publication of an independently verified environmental statement. They are recognised by the EMAS logo, which guarantees the reliability of the information provided.
· The SIGMA Project (Sustainability: Integrated Guidelines for Management; 2003; Emphasis on UK)
o The objective of Project Sigma is to create a strategic management framework for sustainability, to be applied across all of industry, for eventual adoption at European and international level.
o The aim is to develop the ‘next generation’ tools and standards for the economic, environmental and social aspects of sustainability, drawing together existing initiatives and placing them within a holistic framework. It is hoped that any eventual output will be managed by ISO at the international level.
o The SIGMA Project was launched in 1999 by the British Standards Institution, the leading standards body; Forum for the Future, a leading sustainability charity and think-tank; and AccountAbility, the international professional body for accountability, with the support of the UK Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
· BSI Group (BSI British Standards, BSI Management System, BSI Product Services) > e.g.
o Sectors & Services > e.g.
§ Browse By Disciplines > e.g.
· CSR & Governance
· Environmental Management
· Greenhouse Gases
· Occupational Health & Safety
· Sustainability
o See also, e.g.:
§ Ethical Corporation >> e.g.
· Climate Change: Carbon footprints – Made to measure (15 December 2008)
§ Environmental Leader >> e.g.
· UK Launches Carbon Footprint Standard (30 October 2008)
o BSI British Standards, the Carbon Trust and Defra have launched a new standard to help businesses assess the carbon footprint of their goods and services. The standard, called PAS 2050, measures the GHG emissions in goods and services throughout their entire life cycle, from sourcing raw materials, through to manufacture, distribution, use and disposal.
o > e.g.
· »BusinessStandards.com is the electronic version of Business Standards, a world-leading publication for the standards, management systems, inspections and product testing fields.«
o Topics:
§ Business Improvement, Corporate Social Responsibility, Health and Safety, Testing Certification and Inspection, Standards, Information and Communication Technology, Transport, International
· BITC Business in the Community (UK) > e.g.
o Programmes >
§ Prince's Programmes
§ Community
§ Environment
§ Marketplace
§ Workplace
§ Recognition and Management
· »The Gradient Index is an innovative AccountAbility initiative that allows you to see comparative levels of corporate management of supply chain labour issues.«
· AccountAbility & csrnetwork (Two Tomorrows) >
o The Accountability Rating (since 2004)
§ Rating of: Stakeholder engagement, Governance, Strategies, Performance management, Public disclosure, Independent assurance.
o Two Tomorrows is the name of the new sustainability consultancy formed by the merger of Csrnetwork and Sd3 on 1 January 2009.
o >
§ Services >
· Strategy >
o Benchmarking >>
· The Tomorrow’s Value Rating is a new tool (September 2009) that rates companies on how well they manage their most pressing social and environmental issues.
· Run by international sustainability consultancy Two Tomorrows, the Rating aims to further the debate on sustainable business, identify and reward best practices, and spur healthy competition among companies, motivating them to create tomorrow’s value.
· The Tomorrow’s Value Rating examines companies’ performance in five key areas: Strategy, Governance, Engagement, Value Chain and Innovation. Assessments are based on companies’ public disclosures, and the methodology draws on five years’ experience with its predecessor rating, the Accountability Rating.
· > e.g.
o >>>
§ csrnetwork »is a consultancy that helps companies around the world do business in a responsible way.« > e.g.
· Services >
· News and views >
o Our views >
§ Benchmarking: turning the focus inwards (14 August 2007)
· CSR-Evaluator Ltd (London, UK) »is an independent company that developed The Evaluator to help organisations accurately and cost effectively assess the likely impacts of social, environmental and economic (the triple bottom line) issues on their business processes.«
o The Evaluator web based business diagnostic framework that helps companies identify, manage, monitor and improve Corporate Responsibility Activities.