Useful links

CERES (www.ceres.org) leads a national coalition of investors, environmental organizations and other public interest groups working with companies to address sustainability challenges such as global climate change and water scarcity.

Global Reporting Initiative (www.globalreporting.org) mainstreams disclosure on environmental, social and governance performance.

Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative (www.ghgprotocol.org) has produced the most widely used international accounting tool for government and business leaders to understand, quantify, and manage greenhouse gas emissions.

CDP (www.cdproject.net) works to accelerate solutions to climate change and water management by putting relevant information at the heart of business, policy and investment decisions.

The Carbon Trust (www.carbontruststandard.com) certifies and therefore improves confidence in claims by corporations to carbon mitigation.

The Climate Group (www.theclimategroup.org) works at an international level with governments and business leaders to advance the smart policies, technologies and finance needed to cut global greenhouse gas emissions, and unlock a ‘clean industrial revolution’.

The Climate Registry (www.theclimateregistry.org) through its support of both voluntary and mandatory reporting programs and providing comprehensive, accurate data to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The Finance Innovation Laboratory (www.thefinancelab.org) is a project jointly hosted by ICAEW and WWF-UK to transform the finance system to address global, social and environmental challenges, from climate change to global poverty.

The International Integrated Reporting Committee (www.theiirc.org) promotes integrated reporting to to help business make more sustainable decisions, and enable investors and shareholders to understand organizations actual performance.

The National Physical Laboratory (www.npl.co.uk) is a UK world-leading centre of excellence in developing and applying the most accurate standards, science and technologyavailable.

The OECD (www.oecd.org) advocates policies for innovation and the transition to a low-carbon economy to improve economic and social well-being for people round the world while meeting the challenge of limiting greenhouse gas emissions.

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (www.unctad.org) is home to the Intergovernmental Panel of Experts on International Standards on Accounting and Reporting (ISAR) which supports a standardised reporting framework.

The World Economic Forum (www.weforum.org) engages business, political, academic and other influential thought leaders to shape global, regional and industry agendas.

World Resources Institute (www.wri.org) works with governments, companies, and civil society to build solutions to urgent environmental challenges.