Improving Community Relations

Network for Business Sustainability (NBS)

Framework / Guidelines | Free | Oct 30, 2017

Research shows companies can engage community groups in three main ways. This guide is based on more than 200 studies and is designed to help small...

Oppla

Oppla

Website | Free

Oppla is a new knowledge marketplace; a place where the latest thinking on ecosystem services, natural capital and nature-based solutions is brought together.

Measuring Socio-Economic Impact

World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Book / Report | Free | Feb 27, 2013

Companies are increasingly interested in measuring socio-economic impact as part of maintaining their license to operate, improving the business enabling environment,... Read More

Principles of Fair Labor and Responsible Sourcing and Production

Fair Labor Association (FLA)

Other | Paid

Companies that join the FLA commit to ten Principles of Fair Labor and Responsible Sourcing (and/or Responsible Production) and agree to uphold the FLA Workplace Code of... Read More

Business Guide to Circular Water Management

World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Book / Report | Free | Jun 07, 2017

Business guide to circular water management: spotlight on reduce, reuse and recycle

Some principles for Science-Based Target setting

Sustainability Initiative at MIT Sloan

Other | Free

A short document with five inspiring and very clear thoughts about how to set (emissions) targets (and how not to set them).

openLCA

GreenDelta

Suite of Tools | Free | Jan 01, 2022

openLCA is an open source and free software for Sustainability and Life Cycle Assessment. Fast and reliable calculation of Sustainability Assessment and/or Life Cycle... Read More

EPA SmartWay Shippers

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Other | Free

EPA’s SmartWay program helps companies advance supply chain sustainability by measuring, benchmarking, and freight transportation efficiency. Launched in 2004, this... Read More

Innovating Sustainable Lifestyles Cluster

World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Other | Paid

Our Innovating Sustainable Lifestyles work stream is investigating what combination of products and services will enable a sustainable lifestyle.Sustainable lifestyles... Read More

GEMI Methodology/ READS Tool

Repsol

Suite of Tools | Paid | Jan 01, 2021

The READS tool is based on the GEMI methodology, which allows for the quantification and valuation of environmental impacts on Natural Capital by following the approach... Read More

How to Integrate Sustainability into Finance and Decision-making: Natura’s Integrated Profit & Loss

Sustainable Business Now

Case Study | Free

Natura Co Latin America’s Sustainability Director Denise Hills and Chief Financial Officer Silvia Vilas Boas explain how Natura’s IP&L model creates value across its... Read More

Global Water Tool by WBCSD

World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Calculator / Equations / Formula | Free

The WBCSD Global Water Tool (GWT) is a free online module that helps companies compare their water use, wastewater discharge, and facility information with validated... Read More

ESII Tool

Dow Chemical | The Nature Conservancy | EcoMetrix Solutions Group, LLC

Calculator / Equations / Formula | Free | Jan 01, 2016

Ecosystem Services Identification & Inventory (ESII) Tool lets people understand the benefits that nature provides and incorporate the value of nature into decision... Read More

ISO 14040:2006 - Life cycle assessment

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

Article | Paid | Jun 30, 2006

ISO 14040:2006 describes the principles and framework for life cycle assessment (LCA) including: definition of the goal and scope of the LCA, the life cycle inventory... Read More

Carbon Footprint Calculator by Carbon Independent

Carbon Independent

Calculator / Equations / Formula | Free

Complete this questionnaire to estimate / calculate your CO2 emissions. Online carbon footprint calculator