Tools & Mechanisms

Market Analysis and Development

http://www.fao.org/forestry/enterprises/25492/en/

Market Analysis and Development is a participatory methodology designed by the FAO to assist local people in developing income-generating enterprises while conserving tree and forest resources.  It provides a set of adaptable tools for the specific context of each country as well as for many different purposes and products.

Multiscale Integrated Models of Ecosystem Services (MIMES)

http://www.uvm.edu/giee/mimes/

The intention of MIMES is to fully account for all the relevant factors that contribute to global well-being through natural, human, social, and built capital. MIMES is a suite of models that enables deeper understanding of the contributions of ecosystem services by quantifying the effects of varying environmental conditions derived from land use change. MIMES evaluates land use changes and subsequent effects on ecosystem services on global, regional, and local levels.

Natural Value Initiative – The Ecosystem Services Benchmark (Fauna & Flora International, FGV and UNEP Finance Initiative

http://www.naturalvalueinitiative.org/

Tool to enable institutional investors to better understand the risks and opportunities associated with their investment’s management of their impacts and dependence on biodiversity and ecosystem services. Focus on the food, beverage and tobacco sectors but relevant for companies with agricultural supply chains. Developed with investors Aviva Investors, F&C Investments, insight Investments, Pax World, Grupo Santander and VicSuper. Collectively these have assets under management of approximately Euro 400 billion.

Proteus Partnership

http://www.proteuspartners.org/

A partnership between UNEP-WCMC (United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre) and multinational companies to make available global information and tools on biodiversity and ecosystems to support decision-making.

Save your logo

http://saveyourlogo.org/en/

Many large companies and worldwide institutions have chosen symbols of biodiversity as logos. They actually use an image of animal or plant species that are or will be threatened. The concept of Save Your logo is very simple. Save Your Logo creates an opportunity for companies represented by a plant or animal in their logo to contribute to the conservation of that species.

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.

Supplier Ethical Data Exchange

http://www.sedex.org.uk/sedex/go.asp?u=/WebSite/Ho...

Sedex, the Supplier Ethical Data Exchange, is a membership organisation for businesses committed to continuous improvement of the ethical performance of their supply chains. Companies join Sedex in order to: use the Sedex web-based system; participate in Sedex governance; participate in working groups; network and engage with other Sedex members; and utilise Sedex value-added services.  Sedex is a not-for-profit organisation based in London, UK, open for membership to any company anywhere in the world.

Sustainable Building Alliance

http://www.sballiance.org/

A coalition of standard setting organisations, national building research centres and construction sector stakeholders that aims to accelerate the international adoption of sustainable building practices. They are producing a common metrics framework, and promoting environmental assessment and certification of buildings. Provide tools and research to aid this process.

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity

http://www.teebweb.org/

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity study is an international initiative to draw attention to the global economic benefits of biodiversity. Its objective is to highlight the growing cost of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation and to draw together expertise from the fields of science, economics and policy to enable practical actions moving forward. TEEB aims to assess, communicate and mainstream the urgency of actions through its four deliverables; D0: science and economic foundations, policy costs and costs of inaction, D1: policy opportunities for national and international policy-makers, D2: decision support for local administrators, D3: business risks, opportunities and metrics and D4: citizen and consumer ownership.

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.