Climate Action - Assisting business towards carbon neutrality

GENERAL ORGANISATIONS

The Carbon Trust  - site contains many resources including tools, carbon calculators and free help.
The Carbon Neutral Company - carbon offset and climate consulting businesses.
Center for International Environmental Law
Centre for Sustainable Design - facilitates discussion and research on eco-design and broader sustainability considerations in product and service development.
Ceres – US based network of investors working to address global climate change and other sustainability issues.
Climate Action Network -  worldwide network of over 430 Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) promoting government and individual action to limit human-induced climate change.
Climate Care - provider of carbon offsets to businesses.
The Climate Group - site includes helpful factsheets and a number of business case studies.
The Climate Trust - offers, among other things, greenhouse gas offsets to help reduce a company's carbon footprint.
Forum for the Future - UK sustainable development organisation.
Global Environmental Management Initiative (Gemi) - creates tools and provides strategies to help business foster global environmental success.
Global Action Plan -  Business Programme engages business in practical solutions to cut energy use. 
Global Commons Institute - campaigns on Climate Change, focusing mainly on campaigning for Contraction and Convergence.
Global Environment and Technology Foundation - promotes the development and use of innovative technology to achieve sustainable development.
Global Footprint Network - advancing the scientific rigor and practical application of the Ecological Footprint.
Investor Network on Climate Risk
Pew Center on Global Climate Change - brings together business leaders, policy makers, scientists, and other experts to bring a new approach to climate change. 
Safe Climate  - helping businesses understand and take action on climate change.
Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change
Tomorrow’s Company - research and agenda setting organisation.
World Resources Institute - non-partisan guidance to policymakers on climate change technology, business engagement, policy design and international issues.
WorldWatch Institute  - non profit public policy research organisation.
WRAP - helping businesses to be more efficient in their use of materials.  

 

CARBON REPORTING

AccountAbility  - professional institute promoting social, ethical and overall organisational accountability.
Carbon Disclosure Project
Climate Counts - nonprofit organisation rating corporations on their efforts towards mitigating climate change.
Dow Jones Sustainability Group Index
FTSE4Good
Global 100  - The Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World announced each year at the World Economic Forum.
Global Reporting Initiative - develops and disseminates globally applicable Sustainability Reporting Guidelines for use by businesses. 

 

CLIMATE RESEARCH

Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo (CICERO)
Climate Research Unit
Climate Technology Initiative (CTI)  
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
World Meteorological Organisation

 

CONSTRUCTION

BuildingGreen
Cement Sustainaiblity initiative
Green Building Initiaitive
US Green Building Council  

 

ENERGY

Business Council for Sustainable Energy
Center for Energy and Climate Solutions - helps companies design and implement strategies to cut energy use and pollution.
Clean-E Standard – European green power label.
EPA Energy Star – energy efficiency label for appliances.
Green Power Group – from the World Resources Institute.
International Energy Agency – includes a wealth of country information and statistics on climate change policy and energy use.
World Energy Council
European Wind Energy Association
Fuel Cells 2000  - web based fuel cell information.
Geothermal Resources Council - US based geothermal association.
IEA Bioenergy
International Solar Energy Society (ISES)
National Hydrogen Association www.hydrogenus.com - US based organisation.
Renewable energy and energy efficiency partnership (REEEP)
World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE)

 

FINANCE/INSURANCE

Ceres – US based network of investors working to address global climate change and other sustainability issues.
Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change
Investor Network on Climate Risk

 

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation  
Farming futures - UK based organisation.
Food Climate Research Network  

 

FORESTRY AND WOOD PRODUCTS

Environmental Paper Network
The Forest Stewardship Council  
UN FAO Forestry - provides access to all of FAO’s forest-related databases, detailed country profiles and links to documents.
Green Press Initiative
United Nations Forum on Forests 

 

ICT

American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy - advancing energy efficiency to promote economic prosperity and environmental protection.

Climate Savers Computing Initiative 
Global e-sustainability initiative

  

METALS AND MINING

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)  - includes Light Metals and Minerals Down Under Initiatives.
Environmental excellence in exploration
International council on metals and mining (ICMM) 

 

NEWS SITES

BusinessGreen
Climate Change Corp
Edie
Environmental Finance
Environmental Leader
Environmental News Network  
Ethical Corporation 
Globe-Net
Green at Work
Green Biz
Planet Ark
SciDev
Sustainable Business
World Energy News  

 

OFFSETS AND TRADING

CDM Gold Standard

European Union Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS)
Greenhouse Gas Protocol
Green-e
International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)

  

PARTNERSHIPS

Business Environmental Leadership Council (BELC)
Centre for Environmental Leadership in Business
Cambridge programme for industry
Climate Leaders
UN Global Compact
World Business Council for Sustainable Development

 

REGIONS

Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia
Australian business round table on climate change
C40 cities
European climate change programme
Partnership for African Environmental Sustainability (PAES)
Post Carbon Cities – tools on climate change for municipal leaders

 

TRANSPORTATION

Alternative fuel vehicle institute
International Air Transport Association 
International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership

 

UN WEBSITES

CDM
UN Environment Programme 
UNEP Finance Initiative
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation 
United Nations Forum on Forests
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
        Caring for the Climate - a guide to the Climate Change Convention and the Kyoto Protocol
UN Global Compact
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific