Guides and best practices

Rainforest Alliance - Tourism

http://rainforest-alliance.org/tourism

The Rainforest Alliance is working to help tourism entrepreneurs conserve their environments and contribute to local livelihoods, while improving their own bottom line.
Programs include:

• Training tourism businesses
• Providing marketing support to certified tourism businesses
• Working with tour operators
• Educating travelers to seek out certified operations
• Promoting sustainability certification
• Supporting the efforts of the Sustainable Tourism Certification Network of the Americas
• Establishing regional networks of certification programs to share resources and information.

Reducing the Impact of Textiles on the Environment

http://www.ritegroup.org/

Formed in 2007, this industry association endeavours to reduce the environmental impact of textiles throughout the global supply chain by providing guidance on best practices. Additionally, the associations hosts an annual conference addressing the potential benefits of, and barriers to, producing sustainable textiles and clothing.

Report for SEED initiative research programme: Critical success factors and performance measures for start-up social and environmental enterprises

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2008/seed_factors_startup....

The SEED initiative identifies, profiles, and researches promising entrepreneurial approaches to locally-led sustainable development. Their report identifies eight critical success factors and fourteen performance indicators that are central to a rapid assessment process for social and environmental enterprises.  This assessment process can be self-directed by enterprise leaders to determine whether the critical elements are in place for successful growth.

Responding to Climate Change (RTCC)

http://www.rtcc.org/index.html

RTCC is a Non-Governmental Organisation and an official observer to the United Nations climate change negotiations dedicated to raising awareness about climate change issues.  RTCC aims to provide a robust and informative news service covering all the latest developments in climate change policy and low-carbon technological development.

Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research (SNIFFER)

http://www.sniffer.org.uk/Default.aspx

SNIFFER’s primary focus is addressing knowledge gaps related to environmental issues, specifically where  interdependencies between economy and society exist.

Below is a sample of topic areas currently being addressed:

• Climate change
• Sustainable land use
• Water management
• Flood risk management
• Water framework directive implementation.

Seafood Choices Alliance

http://www.seafoodchoices.com

Seafood Choices Alliance is an international programme that provides leadership and creates opportunities to promote positive change across the seafood industry and ocean conservation community.

Species Banking

http://www.speciesbanking.com/

Speciesbanking.com is a global information clearinghouse for biodiversity offsetting, compensation and offset banking. SpeciesBanking.com provides information at two levels: at the Program level and at the level of individual biodiversity Banks.

Sustainable Clothing Roadmap

http://www.defra.gov.uk/publications/2011/06/02/pb...

The Sustainable Clothing Roadmap is a UK government scheme launched in 2007 to make fashion less environmentally damaging and more sustainable. This initiative involves over 200 organisations, including many high street retailers who have committed to a number of actions related to fair-trade, organic certification, and recycling.

Tanada Network

http://www.tanada.or.jp/

The Tanada Network supports the conservation of terraced paddy fields through guidance and best practices. The network considers terraced paddy fields to be more than just good farmland, but a biodiversity and tourist resource as well.

Taskforce Biodiversity (Taskforce Biodiversiteit en Natuurlijke hulpbronnen)

http://en.biodiversiteit.nl/samenwerking-voor-biod...

This taskforce endeavors to identify specific, operationally focused questions related to the effects of sound generated by the offshore E & P industry on marine life.  It also promotes a research programme for the testing of scientific hypotheses and the production of data needed to address this issue.