Guides and best practices

BirdLife International

http://www.birdlife.org/action/business/how.html

Within the framework of its global strategy, BirdLife seeks to work together with business towards the sustainable use of natural resources while helping businesses meet their needs in the areas of (for example) regulatory requirements, local and global profile, investor relations, community engagement, and personnel development and management.

Brands for Life

http://www.life.aim.be/

The branded goods industry aims to ensure the continual improvement of the quality of life enjoyed by consumers, employees and the communities in which they operate. The organization believes that the branded goods industry can lead in the following ways: develop and market innovative goods and services that have a more sustainable life-cycle; further optimize the economic and environmental efficiency as well as the social impact of current products and activities; and communicate their efforts on sustainable development based on proven science. Brands can play a role in shaping consumer behaviour towards more sustainable choices.

Build Up

http://www.buildup.eu/

This initiative supports EU Member States in implementing the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). It provides information on best practices, technologies and legislation for energy reduction.

Business and Biodiversity Initiative "Biodiversity in Good Company”

http://www.business-and-biodiversity.de/en/homepag...

The German Federal Ministry for the Environment created the Business and Biodiversity Initiative in 2008 as a platform for business action. More than 40 companies now link the protection of biological diversity with their economic actions. By signing the Leadership Declaration they have committed themselves voluntarily to increased involvement and concrete actions.

Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme

http://bbop.forest-trends.org/

The Business and Biodiversity Offsets Program (BBOP) is a partnership between companies, governments, and conservation experts to explore biodiversity offsets. The BBOP demonstrates conservation and livelihood outcomes in a portfolio of biodiversity offset pilot projects; develops, tests, and disseminates best practice on biodiversity offsets, and contributes to policy and corporate developments on biodiversity offsets so that they meet conservation and business objectives.

Business and Biodiversity Resource Centre

http://www.businessandbiodiversity.org/

Online resource centre that aims to raise awareness of biodiversity and provide information and practical advice to companies to engage with biodiversity issues. Hosted by Earthwatch Institute and is supported by the Environmental Action Fund of DEFRA, English Nature and members of Earthwatch’s Corporate Environmental Responsibility Group (CERG).

Business for a better world

http://www.bsr.org/

Business for a better world helps companies integrate ecosystem services into corporate decision making, risk assessment, and supply chain management processes. It has produced an analysis of the environmental markets and is investigating ecosystem services assessment tools.

Business Movement for Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity (MEB)

http://www.mebbrasil.org.br/

The MEB was created in September 2010 by the Ethos Institute, private companies, and NGOs with the purpose of promoting the mobilization and engagement of the business sector to assume voluntary actions and act directly for the construction of public politicies regarding the use of the Brazilian biodiversity. MEB undertakes activities regarding sustainable development through the promotion of the economic growth within better business practices, and seeks to contribute to the construction and improvement of the regulatory point of access for Brazilian biodiversity.

Canadian Business and Biodiversity Council

http://www.businessbiodiversity.ca/

The Council aims to help Canada achieve its biodiversity conservation objectives by assisting Canadian businesses that are prepared to show leadership in biodiversity conservation through managing their facilities and activities in an environmentally responsible and sustainable manner.

Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment

http://www.ccme.ca/about/index.html

CCME is comprised of the environment ministers from the federal, provincial and territorial governments.  These 14 ministers normally meet at least once a year to discuss national environmental priorities and determine work to be carried out under the auspices of CCME.  The Council seeks to achieve positive environmental results, focusing on issues that are national in scope and that require collective attention by a number of governments.