Links
to sustainable
development, i.e. environmental protection, social equity and economic
growth
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Primary
Websites
WBCSD - What is the WBCSD
The World Business Council for
Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a coalition of some 140
international companies united by a shared commitment to sustainable
development, i.e. environmental protection, social equity and economic
growth. In broad terms, the WBCSD aims to develop closer co-operation
between business, government and all other organizations concerned
with the environment and sustainable development. It also seeks to
encourage high standards of environmental management in business
itself.
Biodiversity - The word - a
contraction of ‘biological diversity’ - is sometimes used as a
synonym for ‘Life on Earth’. But its specific meanings, referring
to the number, variety and variability of living organisms, will be
central to 21st century values, thinking and action.
Business Ecosystems - As
traditional industry boundaries erode, new types of multi-industry
coalitions and networks are emerging. Think of the Microsoft-Intel (or
‘Wintel’) business ecosystem. The real test for 21st
century businesses will be to outperform their rivals at creating the
new business ecosystems needed to build and sustain competitive triple
bottom line (q.v.) performance.
To read more about these new terms and
concepts, visit the following site:-
Definitions:
relating to business and sustainable development: Benchmarking,
Biodiversity, Business ecosystems, Complementors, Co-opetition, Demand
side management (DSM), Eco-efficiency, Ecological footprints,
Eco-taxes, Environmental justice, Environmental management system
(EMS) standards, Factor 4/ Factor 10, Full-cost
accounting (FCA), Industrial ecology, Industry covenants, Joint
implementation (JI), Lean production, Life-cycle assessment, MIPS,
Outrage, Precautionary approach, Remanufacturing, Reverse
logistics, Social capital, Solutions campaigning.
Essential Reading:- Financing Change,
Eco-efficiency- The Business Link to Sustainable Development,
Sustainable Business Challenge,
Business and Biodiversity,
Eco-efficient Leadership,
Meeting Changing Expectations-Corporate Social Responsibility,
CSR- Making Good Business Sense,
Leadership and transformation- strategies for organizational change,
Corporate Social Responsibility- What stakeholders in emerging economies had to say,
Corporate Social Responsibility- Corporate Responses to New Challenges,
Giving a Human Face to the Global Market- The Business Case for Human Rights,
Corporate Social Responsibility.
Sustainable
Business.com is a focal point
on the Web for all environmental business sectors: Includes the
"Sustainable Business Insider" magazine, business
opportunities, Green Dream jobs, and a comprehensive Links Library.
Canada
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Australian Links
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United States
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United Nations and ILO
UNCTAD
is the focal point within the United Nations system for the integrated
treatment of development and interrelated issues in the areas of trade,
finance, technology, investment, and sustainable development.
The United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Working Group on Sustainable
Product Development (UNEP-WG-SPD) was established in the beginning
of 1994. The group was formed as a response to 'Agenda 21' of the UNCED.
The United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is the primary body
responsible for addressing global climate change and emissions
reductions issues.
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United Kingdom
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New Zealand
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South Africa
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Human Resource Websites
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European Economic Union
The
Regional Environmental Center for Central
and Eastern Europe (REC) is a non-advocacy, not-for-profit
organisation with the mission to assist in solving environmental
problems in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).
European
Partners for the Environment (EPE) brings together international,
European, national and local public authorities; companies large and
small; trades unions; institutes; environmental and other NGOs.
The Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development is an intergovernmental
organisation whose purpose is to provide its 29 Member countries with a
forum in which governments can compare their experiences, discuss the
problems they share and seek solutions which can then be applied within
their own national contexts.
EBNSC
(European Business Network for Social Cohesion) is a non-profit
organisation that tries to stimulate governments and multinationals in
Europe to employ, train & educate long-term unemployed &
socially excluded people.
The mission for Business for Social
Responsibility (BSR)'s Resource
Centre for Business Ethics is to provide businesses with
needed information to understand and implement more responsible policies
and practices in order to promote long-term commercial success as well
as collaboration among companies and between business and other sectors
Interesting Links
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