Our Resources

Our people have extensive experience in sustainability and have built up a significant repertoire of resources and tools. Some of them we have developed, some are from other firms, governments, academic institutions, not-for-profits, and others. While they are sourced from many places, they all have one thing in common. They provide practical solutions and approaches to our sustainability challenges. This resource directory is designed to facilitate your efforts to get what you need quickly. In using our free resource library, please consider sending us resources and tools you have found useful and would recommend.

STRUCTURE

Each category to the left have a Readings, Tools, and Case Studies and White Papers section. The contents of each category are as follows:

Supply Chain

What are the environmental and social conditions from where the products and services originate to enable your business to operate? Are they aligned with your corporate values? We capture some of the relevant and important case studies, documents and tools in this evolving arena.

Operations

A key area for realizing the benefits of sustainble business practices in daily operations. This section provides resources to identify areas that can provide opportunities for improvement.

Climate Change

This section focuses on the risks and opportunities associated with Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Management.

Stakeholder Engagement

There are less tangible areas of a business that needs to be engaged to successfully move toward sustainability including Leadership, Change Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Community Involvement, and others.

Reporting and Finance

Sustainability is a global issue and leadership is coming from around the world in terms of Corporate Social Responsibility, Integrated Reporting, Regulations, and Governance.

Small to Medium Business

Not every business has complex supply chains, systems, or needs sophisticated solutions, but still wants to take advantage of the opportunities sustainability present. So we have included this section which presents ideas and solutions that are more applicable for small to medium size businesses. We include some funding sources for sustainable innovation. This section can also be helpful for families.

Fundamentals

This presents foundational works that promote understanding of the need for sustainable business practices, the constructs and basic principles that support decision making, and help create a common language for discussion.