Sectors

Ocean Conservation and Tourism Alliance

http://www.conservation.org/sites/celb/news/Pages/...

This partnership between Conservation International and the cruise line industry has developed practical guidebooks. These guides describe good environmental practices for a variety of key audiences including communities, small business owners, hoteliers, marine recreation providers, and tour operators.

Life

http://www.institutolife.org.br/en/

LIFE Institute is responsible for managing LIFE Certification which qualifies and recognizes public and private organizations who promote biodiversity conservation and sustainable development initiatives, thus ensuring the protection of the ecosystem integrity and its perennial ecological processes of cycling water, nutrients, flow of energy and more.

Dams and Development Project (DDP). A Framework for Decision Making

http://www.unep.org/dams/Practical_Tools/

The DDP was developed in conjunction with World Bank and IUCN, and sets out recommendations for the sustainable construction of dams. Its aim was improving the decision-making processes, planning, and management of dams and their alternatives. The recommendations from the World Commission on Dams form the basis for many decision-making processes for dams around the world and constitute international soft law. They are also being adapted to national contexts in various public dialogue processes around the world. Additionally, a set of practical, non-prescriptive tools to help decision-makers have been developed in accordance with the main objectives of Phase 2.

Global Water Tool

http://www.wbcsd.org/work-program/sector-projects/...

A World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) tool to help companies and organizations to map their water use and assess risks relative to their global operations and supply chains.

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)

http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=19...

LEED was developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and is an international green building certification system based on criteria related to achieving high performance in key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality.