Tools and Mechanisms

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.

Cairns Charter on Partnerships for Ecotourism

http://www.ecotourism.org.au/cairnscharter.asp

Building on the principles of the Quebec Declaration on Ecotourism, this charter seeks to support the establishment and operation of ecotourism partnerships. The Charter is accompanied by an Action Plan that outlines activities identified at the Cairns conference, along with timeframes for their implementation and the organisation responsible for implementation.

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.

Catalogue of Life

http://www.catalogueoflife.org/search.php

The Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life endeavors to become a comprehensive catalogue of all known species of organisms on Earth. Rapid progress has recently been made, and the Catalogue of Life contained 1,347,224 species as of May 2012. This figure may represent slightly over 2/3rds of the world's known species.

Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI)

http://www.wbcsdcement.org/

The CSI is a global effort by 24 major cement producers with operations in more than 100 countries who believe there is a strong business case for the pursuit of sustainable development. Collectively these companies account for about one third of the world’s cement production and range in size from very large multinationals to smaller local producers.

The purpose of the Initiative is to:

• Explore what sustainable development means for the cement industry.
• Identify actions and facilitate steps cement companies can take, individually and as a group, to accelerate progress toward sustainable development.
• Provide a framework for other cement companies to become involved.
• Create the content and context for further stakeholder engagement.

Center for Environmental Leadership in Business

http://www.conservation.org/GLOBAL/CELB/Pages/main...

The Center for Environmental Leadership in Business engages corporations to minimize environmental impacts and to harness private sector ingenuity on behalf of healthy ecosystems and human well-being.

Center for Small Business and the Environment

http://www.aboutcsbe.org/about.html

CSBE operates as a grassroots voluntary network of small business people who share the belief that entrepreneurial creativity and drive can protect the environment while creating jobs and economic growth. CSBE has identified and promoted profitable and successful small business models for environmental action.

Central American Markets for Biodiversity

http://www.proyectocambio.org/english/index.html

Mainstreaming biodiversity conservation and sustainable use within micro, small and medium sized enterprise development and finance

Central American Markets for Biodiversity

http://www.proyectocambio.org/english/index.html

Project activities are designed to ensure that SMEs of Central America increasingly contribute to sustainable development and environmental protection, incorporating ways of addressing issues related to the loss of biodiversity in their business practices. The project removes barriers in banking, business, policy, and legislation to create an enabling environment that can catalyze biodiversity-friendly investments within sectors such as organic agriculture, sustainable forestry, agroforestry, silvopastoral systems, sustainable tourism, aquaculture certified, and sustainable fishery.