Environmental Organizations & Resources
Helpful For Ethical Investing Research
Suggested websites are denoted with an asterisk (*).
*BBC
Green
(U.K.)
"BBC Green is the new green and sustainable living website from BBC
Worldwide."
*Carbon
Disclosure Project
(U.K.)
"The Carbon Disclosure Project is an independent
not-for-profit organization holding the largest database
of primary corporate climate change information in the
world."
Context
Institute
(U.S.A.)
The Context Institute is involved in creating a humane sustainable culture and how we
can get there.
Climate Bonds
Initiative
"Launched on 14 December 2009, the Climate Bonds Initiative is an
international network which promotes the development and use of Climate
Bonds. These bonds provide for large scale issuance of long-term debt to
overcome medium term investment barriers preventing the achievement of
economies of scale in low-carbon industry sectors. The bonds can thus
finance that global transition at speed and at scale."
CropChoice
(U.S.A.)
CropChoice features
alternative news and information source for American farmers and
consumers.
*David Suzuki
Foundation (Can.)
The David Suzuki Foundation works to find ways for society to live
in balance with the natural world that sustains us.
*EarthSave (U.S.A.)
EarthSave promotes a shift toward a healthy plant-based diet.
*Ecological
Footprint Calculator
(Australia)
The Economic Footprint Calculator enables you to calculate your own 'footprint' and see how much of our
planet's land mass and resources is required to support
you and your family. By changing things, you can also
determine how much you can help reduce that footprint -
and save you money in the process.
ekostv.com
(Can.)
"ekosTV.com is dedicated to providing environmental programming that
engages, educates and empowers."
Environmental News Bits
(U.S.A.)
"Environmental News Bits browses over 100 environmental news sources so you don’t have to."
Environmental Performance
Index
(U.S.A.)
"The 2008 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks 149 countries
on 25 indicators tracked across six established policy categories:
Environmental Health, Air Pollution, Water Resources, Biodiversity and
Habitat, Productive Natural Resources, and Climate Change Change."
Environmental Working
Group
(U.S.A.)
The Environmental Working Group publishes a guide to pesticides in fresh produce in the U.S.A.
Global Footprint Network (U.S.A.)
The Global Footprint Network
"...advancing the scientific rigor and practical application of the
Ecological Footprint, a tool that quantifies human demand on nature, and
nature's capacity to meet these demands."
*GMO free
foods: Mothers
for Natural Law (U.S.A.)
Mothers for Natural Law have launched a major campaign against GMO
foods.
Green Peace Canada (Can.)
The GMO free shoppers' guide by Green Peace Canada is useful reading for
people from all countries.
GoodGuide
(U.S.A.)
"GoodGuide provides the world's largest and most reliable source of
information on the health, environmental, and social impacts of the
products in your home."
Government of
Canada (Can.)
The Government of Canada's environment website, 'ecoACTION'.
*Grist Magazine (U.S.A.)
Grist Magazine is an on-line environmental magazine – ‘gloom
and doom with a sense of humour.’
Institute for
Responsible Technology,
(U.S.A.)
"The Institute for Responsible Technology is a world leader in
educating policy makers and the public about genetically modified (GM)
foods and crops. We investigate and report their risks and impact on
health, environment, the economy, and agriculture, as well as the
problems associated with current research, regulation, corporate
practices, and reporting."
Integrated Biodiversity
Assessment Tool (IBAT)
"IBAT for business is an innovative tool designed to facilitate access
to accurate and up-to-date biodiversity information to support critical
business decisions."
International Sustainability Indicators Network
The International Sustainability Indicators Network ".. provides people working on sustainability indicators with a method
of communicating with and learning from each other."
Investor Environmental Health
Network
(U.S.A.)
"The Investor Environmental Health Network is a collaborative
partnership of investment managers, advised by nongovernmental
organizations.. IHEN encourages companies to adopt policies to reduce
and eliminate toxic chemicals in their products."
Litegreen (U.K.)
"Litegreen is a unique online consumer information and shopping directory which
makes it easy to reduce the impact our modern living has on the
environment."
Natural Capital
Institute (U.S.A.)
"The Natural Capital Institute researches principles and practices leading to social justice and
environmental restoration."
New
Consumer Magazine
(U.K.)
"The New Consumer Magazine exists to champion fair trade and ethical living throughout the
world."
Organic Trade
Association (U.S.A.)
The Organic Trade Association encourages
global sustainability by promoting and protecting organic trade.
Our Stolen
Future (U.S.A.)
Our Stolen Future challenges basic
assumptions about chemical safety.
*Pembina Institute (Can.)
“Offers holistic and practical
solutions for a sustainable world.”
Plastic Disclosure Project
(U.K.)
"In September 2010, at the Clinton Global Initiative, with the issue
of plastic in the ocean and our environment in mind, the Plastic
Disclosure Project (PDP) was launched... The project will be motivated
from the global asset management community whose investors are
increasingly driven by socially responsible investment metrics."
*Responsible
Shopper (U.S.A.)
With the Responsible Shopper, “Discover the good,
the bad and the ugly behind the goods you buy everyday.”
Seafood Watch Regional US Seafood Guides
(U.S.A.)
"Our Seafood Watch regional US guides contain the latest information on
sustainable seafood choices available in different regions of the U.S."
Smart Planet
(U.K.)
Smart Planet's passion is to "deliver news, reviews and tools to make it
easier to create a greener and fairer world."
The Canadian Sustainability
Indicators Network (Can.)
"The Canadian Sustainability Indicators Network (CSIN) is a place for Canadian sustainability indicator and reporting
practitioners to exchange ideas, data, and methods and to circulate
announcements."
The
Happy Planet Index (U.K.)
"The Happy Planet Index is an innovative new measure that shows the ecological efficiency
with which human well-being is delivered around the world." Created by
Friends of the Earth."
The Organic
Center
(U.S.A.)
The Organic Center's mission: "To generate credible,
peer reviewed scientific information and communicate the
verifiable benefits of organic farming and products to
society."
WikiPositive
(U.S.A.)
"In order to deepen and broaden positive research on how
companies are being responsible to society, Benchmark
Asset Managers' research team created this wiki model
that allows a broad array of collaborators to work
together in a Commonspace."
WiserEarth
(U.S.A.)
"Wiserearth is a community directory and networking forum for
organizations addressing the central issues of our day:
climate change, poverty, the environment, peace, water,
hunger, social justice, conservation, human rights, and
more." |
