Environmental Management

Organizations

Accountability
http://www.accountability.org.uk
Membership organization that promotes social, ethical and overall organizational accountability, a precondition for achieving sustainable development.

Canadian Standards Association: Climate Change
http://www.csa.ca/climatechange/production/Default.asp?language=english
Partnership between industry and government to encourage organizations to voluntarily reduce their greenhouse gases. Provides products and services to help an organization measure, report and manage GHG emissions, reductions, and removals for registration.

Carnegie Mellon: The Green Design Initiative
http://www.ce.cmu.edu/GreenDesign/
Promotes environmentally conscious engineering, product and process design, manufacturing, and architecture.

Consortium on Green Design and Manufacturing
http://cgdm.berkeley.edu/
Software and other design tools for manufacturing.

Global Cleaner Production Network
http://www.epa.gov/oia/techasst/info/cpnetwork.html
US EPA: Designed to help the international community interested in cleaner production find and share information. African Cleaner Production Network; Asia Pacific Roundtable for Cleaner Production; Canadian Centre for Pollution Prevention; China Pollution Prevention and Energy Efficiency Program; Cleaner Production Roundtable of the Americas; European Roundtable for Cleaner Production.

Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI)
http://www.gemi.org
Organization of leading companies fostering environmental management worldwide.

Global Reporting Initiative
http://www.globalreporting.org
The world's accepted standard-making organization for company sustainability reports. The GRI is developing a set of core metrics applicable to all business enterprises.

Green Suppliers Network
http://www.gsn.gov
Collaborative venture between industry, the U.S. Department of Commerce Manufacturing Extension Partnership and the U.S. EPA. Works with large manufacturers to engage their small and medium-sized suppliers in low-cost technical reviews that focus on process improvement and waste minimization.

Healthcare Without Harm
http://www.noharm.org
Mission: To transform the health care industry worldwide, without compromising patient safety or care, so that it is ecologically sustainable and no longer a source of harm to public health and the environment.

Hospitals For A Healthy Environment
http://www.h2e-online.org

International Network for Environmental Management
http://www.inem.org
Sustainable business case studies of small, medium, large businesses; download tools to improve your company's environmental & economic performance.

International Society for Ecological Economics
http://www.ecoeco.org/

Manufacturing Extension Partnership
http://www.mep.nist.gov/
With offices in every state, the MEP provides manufacturers with customized services on a range of topics with the goal of making U.S. industry more competitive. Services relating to sustainability include sector-specific “lean and clean manufacturing” technical assistance and environmental assessment services.

Markets & Enterprise Program
http://www.wri.org/markets#project_tabs-1
World Resources Institute program to harness markets and enterprise to expand economic opportunity and protect the environment: nextbillion.net; Capital Markets; New Ventures.

National Association for Environmental Management (NAEM)
http://www.naem.org

Sustainability
http://www.epa.gov/sustainability
This US EPA site is divided into four sections: Built Environment; Water, Ecosystems & Agriculture; Energy & the Environment; and Materials & Toxics. Each sections has links to policies and programs, research tools and technologies, and assessment and performance measures.

Sustainable Hospitals Project
http://www.sustainablehospitals.org/
Provides technical support to the healthcare industry for selecting products and work practices that eliminate or reduce occupational and environmental hazards, maintain quality patient care, and contain costs.

The Natural Step (TNS)
http://www.naturalstep.org/com/nyStart/
Helps organizations transition toward sustainability through its unique program.

U.S. DOE Industrial Technologies Program
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/industry/
Partners with U.S. industry to improve industrial energy efficiency and environmental performance.

U.S. EPA Outreach to Small Business
http://www.epa.gov/smallbusiness/
Environmental information, regulations, assistance for small business.

U.S. EPA Web Site For Pollution Prevention
http://www.epa.gov/p2/
Pollution prevention (P2) is reducing or eliminating waste at the source by modifying production processes, promoting the use of non-toxic or less-toxic substances, implementing conservation techniques, and re-using materials rather than putting them into the waste stream. Information, local contacts, tech support.

U.S. EPA: EnviroSense
http://es.epa.gov/
EPA's pollution prevention forum for all levels of gov't., researchers, industry, and public interest groups.

UN Environment Programme/Industry and Environment
http://www.unepie.org/home.html
Promotes cleaner and safer industrial production and consumption patterns. OzoneAction and International Cleaner Production Information Clearinghouse.

United Nations Environmental Program/Financial Services Initiative
http://www.unep.ch/
Aims to integrate environmental considerations into all aspects of the financial service sector's operations, foster private sector investment in environmentally sound technologies and services, and support international efforts to develop and promote mechanisms for financing sustainable development.

US EPA Small Business Innovation Research Program
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/sbir
Funds research & development projects in areas such as clean technology, pollution prevention, water treatment, innovative manufacturing practices, and many others.

WaterSense
http://www.epa.gov/owm/water-efficiency/tips/bus.htm
US EPA site provides information for businesses on best ways to conserve water and EPA's Watersense program. Links to EPA Portfolio Manager, which helps businesses monitor their energy and water use. Links to Watersense irrigation partners.

Zero Emissions Research Institute
http://www.zeri.org

Database(s)

CorporateRegister.com
http://www.corporateregister.com/
Directory of corporate responsibility reports.

Sustainable Development Reports
http://www.sustainabledevelopment-reports.org/en/index.htm
Directory of sustainable development reports worldwide.

Listserv(s)

The Natural Step (TNS)
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