Environment Reference
- Acumen Fund
- - is a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty.
- Ashoka Social Entrepreneurs
- - is the global association of the world's leading social entrepreneurs—men and women with system changing solutions for the world's most urgent social problems.
- Benetech Technology Saving Humanity
- - to create new technology solutions that serve humanity and empower people to improve their lives.
- Center for Environmental Leadership
- - was established to engage the private sector worldwide in creating solutions to critical global environmental problems in which industry plays a defining role.
- Center for Sustainable Enterprise
- - The CSE Knowledge Bank contains scholarly research from UNC authors on a broad range of sustainability topics including design for sustainability, microfinance, sustainable tourism, and more.
- Centre for Sustainability and Excellence
- - is a partner committed to helping you achieve faster, better and more sustainable results by offering specialised knowledge, best practices & measurable performance.
- Corp Environmental Governance Study
- - A study into the influence of Enviromental Governance and Financial Performance.
- Corp Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes
- - Global indexes tracking the financial performance of the leading sustainability-driven companies worldwide. Based on the cooperation of Dow Jones Indexes, STOXX Limited and SAM they provide asset managers with reliable and objective benchmarks to manage sustainability portfolios.
- Echoing Green
- - has provided seed funding and support to nearly 450 social entrepreneurs with bold ideas for social change in order to launch groundbreaking organizations around the world.
- Energy Star
- - is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy helping us all save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices.
- Enterprise Works
- - is an international not-for-profit organization working to combat poverty through economic development programs based on sustainable, enterprise-oriented solutions.
- Environment Agency
- - It's our job to look after your environment and make it a better place - for you, and for future generations.
- Environmental Defense
- - Environmental Defense, a leading national nonprofit organization, represents more than 500,000 members.
- Environmental Protection Case Studies
- - is designed for business school faculty – to facilitate new curriculum development and new connections among faculty with aligned interests.
- eRecycle
- - is a partnership between government, manufacturers, retailers, and the environmental community to provide guidance and information to consumers about recycling electronic waste.
- Global Social Venture Competition
- - is the largest and oldest student-led business plan competition providing mentoring, exposure, and prizes for social ventures from around the world.
- GreenBiz.com
- - is the leading information resource on how to align environmental responsibility with business success.
- Inc. Magazine Eco-Advantage
- Looking at how green business practices are transforming the stuff of everyday life
- Intergov Panel / Climate Control
- - The IPCC was established to provide the decision-makers and others interested in climate change with an objective source of information about climate change.
- Japan Container/Pkg Recycling Assoc.
- - aims to protect the environment in Japan and contribute to sound development of the domestic economy by recycling containers and wrapping waste.
- NASA Global Warming Website
- - The purpose of NASA's Earth Observatory is to provide a freely-accessible publication on the Internet where the public can obtain new satellite imagery and scientific information about our home planet.
- National Center for Environ Research
- - This site has been designed to provide easy access to our research funding opportunities and our past and present research projects and programs.
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- - NRDC is the nation's most effective environmental action group, combining the grassroots power of 1.2 million members and online activists with the courtroom clout and expertise of more than 350 lawyers, scientists and other professionals.
- Non-Profit Enterprise/Self Sustainability
- - works to solve critical social problems in emerging market countries by developing and supporting social enterprises that strengthen civil society organizations' financial sustainability and maximize their social impact.
- Sustainability Institute
- - We focus on understanding the root causes of unsustainable behavior in complex systems to help restructure systems and shift mindsets that will help move human society toward sustainability.
- US Bureau of Oceans
- - The Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES), coordinates an extensive portfolio of issues related to science, the environment, and the world's oceans.
- US Environmental Protection Agency
- - The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment.
- UN Environment Programme
- - To provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.
- Union of Concerned Scientists
- - The Union of Concerned Scientists is the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world. UCS combines independent scientific research and citizen action to develop innovative, practical solutions and to secure responsible changes in government policy, corporate practices, and consumer choices.
- World Bus Council / Sustainable Dev
- - is a CEO-led, global association of some 200 companies dealing exclusively with business and sustainable development.
- World Conservation Union
- - IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges.
- World Resources Institute
- - The World Resources Institute (WRI) is an environmental think tank that goes beyond research to find practical ways to protect the earth and improve people's lives.
- Zero Waste California
- website is managed by the California Integrated Waste Management Board's (CIWMB) Office of Public Affairs to highlight specific CIWMB activities and campaigns.