Guides and best practices

International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA)

http://www.ipieca.org/

IPIECA is the global oil and gas industry association for environmental and social issues. It represents a partnership between leading energy companies and conservation organizations to develop and promote best practices for integrating biodiversity conservation into oil and gas development and transmission.

International Seafood Sustainability Foundation

http://iss-foundation.org/

A global partnership between science, the tuna industry, and WWF working toward the science-based conservation and management of tuna stocks, reducing bycatch, and the protection of ocean health.

International Standards for the Sustainable Wild Collection of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (ISSC-MAP)

http://www.floraweb.de/map-pro/

The ISSC-MAP provides specific guidance on sustainable sourcing practices for medicinal and aromatic plants, as well as a set of principles and criteria addressing conservation, sustainable use, access and benefit sharing, and good environmental practices.

International Tourism Partnership (ITP) (formerly the International Hotels Environment Initiative - IHEI)

http://www.tourismpartnership.org/

The ITP is a membership organisation of leading companies from the travel and tourism industry whose aim is to provide the hotel, travel, and tourism industries with the knowledge and ability to develop practical solutions for more responsible business. It promotes high standards of environmental and social management, as well as responsible business practices.

International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)

http://www.itto.int/

ITTO, established in 1986, is an intergovernmental organization promoting the conservation and sustainable management, use, and trade of tropical forest resources. Its members represent about 80% of the world's tropical forests and 90% of the global tropical timber trade. Additional it contains provisions for information sharing, including non-tropical timber trade data, and allows for the consideration of non-tropical timber issues as they relate to tropical timber.

Investment Screening Guidelines for Financial Investors

http://gftn.panda.org/practical_info/financial_ins...

The WWF has been working with financial institutions since 2005 to develop responsible investment policies addressing sector-specific investments impacting the forest industry.  The initiative helps shape internal banking policies on how these institutions manage their responsibilities in safeguarding the environmental and social qualities of projects impacting forests.Additionally provided is capacity building and training for frontline bankers to screen investment proposals based on social/environment principles.

IUCN Business and Biodiversity

http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/business...

The Business and Biodiversity Programme seeks to enhance IUCN’s interface with the business community for the purpose of engaging in the pursuit of biodiversity nature conservation.  This is achieved by increasing businesses’ understanding of the conservation imperative as it relates to related business opportunities.

IUCN Hotel Biodiversity Operational Guidelines

http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/iucn_hotel_guide...

In partnership with Accor, IUCN have produced a guide to sustainable use of biological resources, focusing on the biodiversity implications of specific products or activities. This guide titled ‘Biodiversity: My hotel in action’ highlights the different ways in which hotels can influence biodiversity.

IUCN Tourism

http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/business...

The UICN's  Business and Biodiversity Programme has an increasing portfolio of tourism projects that can be divided into three key areas:

• Biodiversity in Hotels
• Business skills for ecotourism development
• Participation in tourism fora, discussions, and consultations

Japan Ecotourism Society

http://www.ecotourism.gr.jp/

A non-profit organization endeavoring to popularize ecotourism in Japan by facilitating exchanges between tourists, travel agencies, government, and researchers.