Tools and Mechanisms

High Environmental Quality

http://www.assohqe.org/

This non-profit association uses a set of green standards to optimize the design and construction of refurbished and new buildings in France. It focuses on reducing the consumption of natural resources and the discharge of pollutants, as well as on enhancing the comfort and the health conditions of buildings.

High Seas Task Force

http://www.illegal-fishing.info/sub_approach.php?s...

The High Seas Task Force was established in 2003 by a group of fisheries ministers and international NGOs to combat illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing on the high seas. The Task Force identified nine practical initiatives necessary to expose IUU fishing activities, deter their undertaking, and improve enforcement against those responsible. The final report of the task force is now available.

HoB: Green Business Network (GBN)

http://wwf.panda.org/borneo/greenbusinessnetwork

The Green Business Network aims to provide tools and support to businesses willing to work towards a sustainable future for the Heart of Borneo. It also aims to develop and communicate a range of solutions to sustainable and profitable business development in the HoB, and is aimed in particular at three key business sectors: forestry, palm oil and mining.

ICMM Mining Dialogue

http://www.icmm.com/page/1672/iucn-icmm-dialogue

The World Conservation Union (IUCN) and the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) have been engaged in an ongoing Dialogue on mining and biodiversity since 2002.

The overarching aims of the Dialogue are:

• To improve the performance of mining industries in the area of biodiversity conservation, with a focus on reducing the negative impacts of the industry’s operations and enhancing the industry’s positive contribution to biodiversity.
• To raise mutual awareness and understanding between the conservation community and the mining industry, so that both can contribute to improved outcomes for conservation and development in areas where they interact.

Indonesian Ecolabelling Institute

http://www.lei.or.id/tentang-sertifikasi-lei

The Indonesian Ecolabelling Institute (LEI-Lembaga Eko­la­bel Indone­sia) is a non-profit, constituent based organization that develops forest certification systems promoting just and sustainable forest resource management in Indonesia. As a constituent based organization, LEI retains independence and transparency; both necessary for the credibility of forest certification.

Institut Inspire

http://www.inspire-institut.org/

The French Institut Inspire endeavours to assist and support businesses and local authorities in developing new strategies that include biodiversity conservation criteria. It brings together companies, local authorities, NGOs, and other stakeholders who wish to work on the developments of the following topics:

• Innovation through biomimicry
• Cradle to cradle schemes
• Functionality economy schemes and ecosystems restoration.

Institute for Nature Conservation and Biodiversity (ICNB)

http://portal.icnb.pt/ICNPortal/vEN2007

The ICNB is part of the Portuguese Ministry for the Environment, and is the governmental body responsible for nature conservation and biodiversity policies as well as the management of Protected Areas.

Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (ISEP)

http://www.isep.or.jp/e/Eng_index.html

The ISEP is an independent, non-profit research organization, founded in 2000 by energy experts and climate change campaigners. The endeavour to provide resources and services to support sustainable energy policies. Some central activities carried out by ISEP include advising the japanese government and local municipalities on topics relating to the promotion of renewable energy, the improvement of energy efficiency, and restructuring the energy market.

Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT) for Business

http://www.ibatforbusiness.org/

IBAT for business is an innovative tool designed to facilitate access to accurate and up-to-date biodiversity information to support critical business decisions. The tool is the result of a conservation partnership among BirdLife International, Conservation International, International Union for Conservation of Nature and UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre

IBAT provides decision-makers with access to critical information that supports planning and implementation of environmental safeguard policies and industry best practice standards. IBAT includes globally compiled spatial and tabular data drawn from established networks of national and regional sources on protected areas (World Database on Protected Areas), sites of global conservation importance (Key Biodiversity Areas, including Important Bird Areas and Alliance for Zero Extinction sites) and globally threatened species (The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species). These represent the majority of globally compiled biodiversity databases available at the scale of individual sites and species ranges. The International Finance Corporation, the Inter American Development Bank and J P Morgan are examples of organisations currently using the tool.

Integrated Production of Wine

http://www.ipw.co.za/

An industry-wide, audited, technical system of sustainable wine production. The guidance covers all cultivation aspects such as correct selection of cultivars, vineyard layout, irrigation, Integrated Pest Management, pruning, etc. It contains a specific chapter on biodiversity.