Knowledge: corporate environmentalism
See Also:
- health → alternative → non-toxic living
- recreation → outdoors → fishing → river restoration
- science → environment
- society → issues → environment
Links
- Koch and the Environment
http://www.kochenvironment.com/ - Firm touts its own improvements in environmental performance.
- Trees for Life
http://www.treesforlife.co.uk - When a UK tea firm puts some of its profits for the environment, over a million trees are planted around the world.
- Eco500 Ranking
http://www.eco500.com/ - Presents how effectively the world's largest companies use the Internet to communicate and demonstrate their commitment to the environment.
- Manipulating Public Knowledge
http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/sbeder/metascience.html - Sharon Beder's review of several books on recent trends in corporate activism, the resurgence of conservative agendas on environmental issues, and attempts by corporations and right wing groups to shape or confuse public knowledge of environmental and public health problems.
- Environmental Lighthouse Programme
http://www.eco-lighthouse.com/english/index.html - Environmental certification of small and middlesized companies - a Local Agenda 21 initiative in Norway.
- Tip Sheet
http://www.sej.org/pub/index1.htm - Publication of the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation and the Society of Environmental Journalists providing suggestions for its members. Includes archives.
- Sustainable Business Insider
http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/ - Monthly e-zine featuring news and articles about environmentally-oriented business practices.
- The Resource Centre on Business and the Bottom Line
http://www.greenbiz.com - Repository of articles and practical tools for building the business case and taking action on the environment.
- ISO and Corporate Social Responsibility Standards
http://www.iisd.org/standards/csr.asp - The International Institute for Sustainable Development reports on its participation in the current debate surrounding the creation of an ISO (International Organization for Standardization) corporate social responsibility standard - complete with technical ISO meeting reports and background information.
- Cool Companies Organization
http://www.cool-companies.org/ - Center for Energy and Climate Solutions helps companies design and implement strategies to cut energy use and pollution. Offers case examples and procedures for change.
- Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance
http://www.climate-standards.org - The Alliance is developing standards for evaluating climate, community and biodiversity impacts of land-based carbon projects which should enable stakeholders to identify terrestrial climate change mitigation projects with clear climate, biodiversity and sustainable-development benefits.
- Beyond Grey Pinstripes
http://www.beyondgreypinstripes.org - MBA programmes and faculty infusing environmental and social impact management into the business school curriculum.
- CorporateRegister.com
http://www.corporateregister.com - The world's largest directory of corporate non-financial reports - Information on environmental, social and associated reports by companies worldwide.
- The Business & Biodiversity Resource Centre
http://www.businessandbiodiversity.org/ - The Business & Biodiversity Resource Centre provides information on how businesses can contribute to conserving biodiversity including regulations, business drivers and links to organisations developing Biodiversity Action Plans.
- Strategis Guide to Business & the Environment
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_x/engdoc/business_environ.html - Features information and online tools for Canadian businesses that want to maximize technology opportunities.
- Greenwash Awards
http://corpwatch.org/article.php?list=type&type=102 - Winners are corporations that put more money, time and energy into PR campaigns aimed at promoting eco-friendly images than in protecting the environment.
- Ethical Screening
http://www.ethicalscreening.co.uk/ - Ethical Screening assists the ethical investor by supplying detailed research and analysis into corporate social responsibility issues so they may invest according to their principles.
- Net Impact
http://www.netimpact.org/ - A network of 7,000 emerging business leaders committed to using the power of business to create a better world organised in some 80 student and professional chapters worldwide.
- Sustainable Asset Management (SAM)
http://www.sam-group.com - Independent asset management company specialised in sustainability-driven investment vehicles and pioneer in the development sustainable financial indices.
- Responding to Climate Change
http://www.rtcc.org/ - Produced in association with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, profiling technological responses to climate change.
- The Carbon Neutral Company
http://www.carbonneutral.com/ - They help companies understand the opportunities and risks presented by carbon emissions. They then work together with companies to develop reduction, avoidance and offset programmes to meet agreed commercial objectives.
- The Global 100
http://www.global100.org/ - A project that lists the top 100 most sustainable corporations in the world based on their performance on social, environmental and strategic governance issues.
- One Percent For the Planet
http://www.onepercentfortheplanet.org/ - An alliance of companies alliance of businesses that donate at least 1% of their annual net revenues to environmental organizations worldwide.
- United Nations Global Compact
http://www.unglobalcompact.org/ - A global platform which convenes companies together with UN agencies, labour and civil society to support fundamental principles in the areas of human rights, labour and the environment.
- ICC Environment and Energy
http://www.iccwbo.org/policy/environment/ - Covers business and the environment and aims to provide full information on management techniques, innovative technology and environmental excellence and sustainable development.
- Det Norske Veritas (DNV): Core Ratings
http://www.dnv.com/certification/rating/ - European rating agency providing independent investment analysis of corporate responsibility risks.
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