Guides and best practices

The Sustainable Business Guide

http://www.efmd.org/images/stories/efmd/downloadab...

The Sustainable Business Guide, produced by the European Foundation for Management Development, is a tool for businesses to take the first steps towards understanding, implementing, and managing sustainability from a cost-profit perspective.

The Wales Biodiversity Partnership (WBP)

http://www.biodiversitywales.org.uk/

The WBP brings together key players from the public, private, and voluntary sectors to promote and monitor biodiversity action in Wales, and also to provide leadership and guidance on priorities for action on biodiversity in Wales.

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)

http://www.wttc.org/

The WTTC is a major forum for business leaders in the Travel & Tourism industry.  Based on the following principles, the WTTC advocates partnerships between the public and private sectors to deliver results that match the needs of economies, local and regional authorities, and local communities:

1. Governments recognising Travel & Tourism as a top priority
2. Business balancing economics with people, culture and environment
3. A shared pursuit of long-term growth and prosperity

Additionally, the WTTC's Best Practice Gateway provides in-depth insight into the industry’s actions towards sustainable Travel & Tourism development.

Timber Trade Federation (TTF)

http://www.ttf.co.uk/

The TTF provides environmental services to its members including briefings, training, tools, research data, and policy making. Additionally, they promote the positive environmental benefits of using wood products and encourage environmentally responsible trading practices. Furthermore, they offer guidance on all relevant environmental matters and regularly publish material for members and their customers. Finally, the TTF advises the government on timber procurement through the Reference Board for the Central Point of Expertise in Timber (CPET).

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Tour Operator Initiatives for Sustainable Tourism Development (TOI)

http://www.toinitiative.org/

The TOI unites tourism stakeholders from around the world to promote the development, operation, and marketing of tourism in a sustainable way.  Tour operators who are members of the initiative will be able to respond to international agendas while creating a platform to develop ideas and projects to address the environmental, social, economic, and cultural aspects of sustainable development within the tourism sector.

Tourism Sustainability Group report

http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/tourism/fil...

The purpose of this report is to stimulate action to make European tourism more sustainable and to maintain this as a continuous process. It is aimed at public bodies, private enterprises, and other organisations at the European, national, regional, and local level. Much of the report encourages joint action between the public and private sectors.

Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM): Mining Association of Canada

http://www.mining.ca/site/index.php/en/towards-sus...

TSM is a set of guiding principles and performance elements that govern key activities of companies in all sectors of the mining and mineral-processing industry. It provides guiding principles on sustainable mining and performance indicators, and has created a Tool for Assessing Biodiversity Conservation Management Performance and a Sustainable Mining Framework.

TruCost

http://www.trucost.com/

Trucost data enables companies and investors to identify and measure environmental risks posed by their operations, supply chains and investments.

Uganda BioTrade

http://www.ugandaexportsonline.com/biotrade/

The Uganda BioTrade Programme was designed to facilitate and promote trade in biological goods and services.  Increased trade positively affects employment creation, the sustainable use of Uganda’s natural resources, and contributes to poverty alleviation.

UK Green Building Council

http://www.ukgbc.org/site/home

The UK Green Building Council's mission is to improve the sustainability of the built environment in homes and non-domestic buildings by transforming the way it is planned, designed, constructed, maintained and operated. Additionally, they have produced sector specific biodiversity guidance.