Resources



Sustainability

World Business Council for Sustainable Development
(http://www.wbcsd.org)
The Council is a coalition of 160 corporations dedicated to sustainable business.

World Summit on Sustainable Development
(http://www.johannesburgsummit.org)
The United Nations Global Summit on Sustainability held in Johannesburg, South Africa in September 2002. The CSR Group were official delegates to the WSSD.

Partnership for Sustainable Business
(http://www.psbweb.org/index.htm)
PSB’s mission is to educate stakeholders about issues related to sustainable business.

Social Enterprise Alliance
(http://www.ngse.org)
The Alliance is for nonprofit organizations pursuing earned income strategies.

Sustainable Business.com
(http://SustainableBusiness.com)
This site provides information on a variety of sustainable business ventures.

Sustainable Development International
(http://www.sustdev.org)
This content-rich site includes research and media coverage on a host of CSR issues.

The Natural Step
(http://www.naturalstep.org)
The Natural Step is a non-profit that assists corporations with implementing The Natural Step.

United Nations Environmental Program – Finance Initiatives
(http://www.unepfi.net/index.htm)
The UNEPFI seeks to promote financial aspects of sustainability. The site features downloadable studies on sustainability financing.

Global Academy
(http://www.theglobalacademy.org)
The Global Academy is a non-profit conducting research and training on a host of Sustainability issues.

IUCN (World Conservation Union)
(http://www.iucn.org)
The IUCN is a major international environmental organization that works to conserve biodiversity.

Caux Round Table
(http://www.cauxroundtable.org)
The CRT is a group of senior business leaders from Europe, Japan and North America who are committed to the promotion of principled business leadership. The CRT believes that business has a crucial role in identifying and promoting sustainable and equitable solutions to key global issues affecting the physical, social and economic environments.

Centre for Tomorrow's Company
(http://www.tomorrowscompany.com)
The purpose of the Centre for Tomorrow's Company is to explore, with business, the fundamentals of success and to develop throughout business better ways of sustaining success.

European Partners for the Environment
(http://www.epe.be)
EPE is a multi-stakeholder forum which builds the ground for consensus on sustainability. EPE serves as a catalyst, in Europe and around the world, to achieve into the future a better balance between the environmental, social and economic elements of life.

International Institute for Sustainable Development
(http://www.iisd.org)
The IISD advances policy recommendations on international trade and investment, economic policy, climate change, measurement and indicators, and natural resource management to make development sustainable.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(http://www.epa.gov)
EPA’s mission is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment upon which life depends.