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AGENCIES

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

The Environmental Protection Agency is an independent executive agency of the United States federal government tasked with environmental protection matters.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

The SEC launched the Climate and ESG Task Force within the Division of Enforcement to develop initiatives to proactively identify ESG-related misconduct consistent with increased investor reliance on climate and ESG-related disclosure and investment.

United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. It is currently made up of 193 Member States. The mission and work of the United Nations are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter.

U.S Energy Information Administration

The U.S. EIA is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating energy information to promote sound policymaking, efficient markets, and public understanding of energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment.

U.S. Department of Agriculture

We provide leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, rural development, nutrition, and related issues based on public policy, the best available science, and effective management.

ORGANIZATIONS & ADVOCACY

We Mean Business Coalition

A global nonprofit coalition working with the world's most influential businesses to take action on climate change. We collaborate with a core group of seven business-focused climate nonprofit organizations to accelerate the transition to a just and climate resilient net-zero economy.

International Society of Sustainability Professionals

ISSP is the world's leading professional association of sustainability practitioners. A member-driven organization, we move the sustainability profession forward by empowering each other and defining professional excellence.

Urban Land Institute Center for Sustainability and Economic Performance

The ULI Center for Sustainability and Economic Performance is dedicated to creating healthy, resilient, and high performance communities around the world. Through the work of its Greenprint, Building Healthy Places, and Urban Resilience programs, the Center provides leadership and support to real estate and land use professionals to invest in energy efficient, healthy, resilient, and sustainable buildings and communities.

The Association of Energy Engineers

The Association of Energy Engineers® (AEE®), founded in 1977 by Albert Thumann, is a nonprofit professional society of over 18,000 members in more than 100 countries. The mission of AEE is “to promote the scientific and educational interests of those engaged in the energy industry and to foster action for Sustainable Development.”

Environmental Defense Fund

EDF is a United States-based nonprofit environmental advocacy group, working on issues including global warming, ecosystem restoration, oceans, and human health.

Association for Supply Chain Management

The largest non-profit association for supply chain, ASCM is an unbiased partner, connecting companies around the world to the newest thought leadership on all aspects of supply chain.

World Tourism Organization

As the leading international organization in the field of tourism, UNWTO promotes tourism as a driver of economic growth, inclusive development and environmental sustainability and offers leadership and support to the sector in advancing knowledge and tourism policies worldwide.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organization that works to build better policies for better lives.

The Shareholders Commons

Founded in 2019, we are an independent nonprofit organization that leverages existing platforms and addresses systemic issues and structures that hinder a just and sustainable economy.

Plug-In America

Plug In America is a non-profit, supporter-driven advocacy group. Mission: to drive change to accelerate the shift to plug-in vehicles powered by clean, affordable, domestic electricity to reduce our nation’s dependence on petroleum, improve air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The Rocky Mountain Institute

RMI is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit organization of experts across disciplines working to accelerate the clean energy transition and improve lives. Mission: transforming the global energy system to secure a clean, prosperous, zero-carbon future for all.

Center for Climate and Energy Solutons

C2ES – the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions – an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working to forge practical solutions to climate change.

Frameworks & THIRD PARTY CERTIFICATIONS

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

ISO 14001 sets out the criteria for an environmental management system and can be certified to. It maps out a framework that a company or organization can follow to set up an effective environmental management system.

Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI)

GBCI drives implementation of the LEED green building program. For more than a decade, with a trusted, commitment to impartiality and quality, rigorous third-party certification and customer centric focus, GBCI has proved instrumental in ensuring LEED remains the world’s most widely used green building program.

Greenhouse Gas Protocol

GHG Protocol establishes comprehensive global standardized frameworks to measure and manage greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from private and public sector operations, value chains and mitigation actions.

International WELL Building Institute

The International WELL Building Institute™ (IWBI™) is leading the global movement to transform our buildings and communities in ways that help people thrive.

WaterSense

WaterSense labeled products meet EPA's specifications for water efficiency and performance, and are backed by independent, third-party certification.

Cradle to Cradle

The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute is dedicated to powering innovation for the circular economy through products that have a positive impact on people and planet.

Fair Trade Certified

Fair trade is a global movement made up of a diverse network of producers, companies, consumers, advocates, and organizations putting people and planet first.

Forest Stewardship Council

We are an open, membership-led organization that sets standards under which forests and companies are certified.

Demeter USA

We are a not-for-profit incorporated in 1985 with the mission to enable people to farm successfully, in accordance with Biodynamic® practices and principles. Demeter’s vision is to heal the planet through agriculture.

B Lab - Certified B Corporation

Certified B Corporations are a new kind of business that balances purpose and profit. They are legally required to consider the impact of their decisions on their workers, customers, suppliers, community, and the environment.

International Living Future Institute

THE ILFI's mission is to lead the transformation toward a civilization that is socially just, culturally rich, and ecologically restorative.

Green Globe

Green Globe is an international membership organization that provides sustainability performance certification for enterprises in the tourism industry. The Green Globe certification is a structured assessment of the sustainability performance of travel and tourism businesses and their supply chain partners.

RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS

A Fundamental Reshaping of Finance

BlackRock C.E.O. Larry Fink's call to action letter to corporate executives describing climate risk as investment risk. The letter touches upon climate change as a central destabilizing factor in long term return on investment and value creation, and posits sustainability as a fiduciary responsibility to investment clients.

Measuring Stakeholder Capitalism (white paper)

White paper on common metrics and consistent reporting of sustainable value creation.

Harvard Business Review (article)

The Performance Frontier: Innovating for a Sustainable Strategy.

From Transparency to Performance (white paper)

This paper proposes a method for identifying key performance indicators on the sustainability—or social and environmental—impacts of US corporations in specific industries.

Understanding and Choosing Metrics for Building Performance Standards and Zero-Carbon Recognition

This white paper provides a framework and supporting analysis to help policymakers and commercial and multifamily building stakeholders understand the key differences among performance metrics and choose those best suited to building performance standard policies.

International Institute for Sustainable Development

Starting with the release of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring in 1962, the IISD Sustainable Development Timeline highlights key meetings, environmental events, publications and other milestones that have paved the path toward sustainability.

MorningStar: ESG Risk Comes into Focus

Companies focus on their ESG risks to build profitability for the long term.

Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance

Recommendation from the Investor-as-Owner Subcommittee of the SEC Investor Advisory Committee Relating to ESG Disclosure.

United Nations Human Rights

An Interpretive Guide: The Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights.

Understanding Solar+Storage

This guide addresses commonly asked questions about solar PV and battery storage (solar+storage) technologies. It is based on the results of a survey identifying the most common knowledge gaps around solar and energy storage.

Earth Overshoot Day

Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year.

Environmental History

The Environmental History Timeline is written and compiled by Professor William (Bill) Kovarik.

INITIATIVES

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

In September 2015, the General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Building on the principle of “leaving no one behind”, the new Agenda emphasizes a holistic approach to achieving sustainable development for all.

C40 Cities

C40 is a network of mayors of nearly 100 world-leading cities collaborating to deliver the urgent action needed right now to confront the climate crisis. Together, we can create a future where everyone, everywhere can thrive.

Common Seas

Mission: To quickly and significantly reduce the amount of plastic waste produced and stop it polluting our Ocean.

UN Alliance for Sustainable Fashion

The United Nations Alliance for Sustainable Fashion is an initiative of United Nations agencies and allied organizations designed to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals through coordinated action in the fashion sector.

Mission Possible Partnership

The Mission Possible Partnership (MPP) is an alliance of climate leaders focused on supercharging efforts to decarbonize some of the world’s highest emitting industries in the next 10 years.

Council for Inclusive Capitalism

The Coalition for Inclusive Capitalism is a global non-profit organization that works with leaders across the private, public and civic sectors to make capitalism inclusive and its benefits more widely and equitably shared.

Ceres - Initiatives

Ceres is a nonprofit organization transforming the economy to build a just and sustainable future for people and the planet. Through these initiatives, Ceres works with influential investors and companies to build leadership and advocate for bold action and policy solutions on the climate crisis, clean energy and water issues.

RE100

RE100 is a global initiative bringing together the world’s most influential businesses driving the transition to 100% renewable electricity.

Green Science Policy Institute: Six Classes

The Six Classes is a visionary program of the Green Science Policy Institute, whose aim is to reduce the use of harmful chemicals in consumer and other products. It focuses on entire classes or groups of chemicals of concern, rather than phasing out problematic chemicals one at a time.

Zero Waste International Alliance

The Zero Waste International Alliance has been established to promote positive alternatives to landfill and incineration and to raise community awareness of the social and economic benefits to be gained when waste is regarded as a resource base upon which can be built both employment and business opportunity.

Ellen Macarthur

We develop and promote the idea of a circular economy. We inspire and work with business, academia, policymakers, and institutions across the globe. Our vision is an economic system that’s better for people and the environment.

CALIFORNIA

California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)

The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is California's broadest environmental law. CEQA helps to guide the Department during issuance of permits and approval of projects.

California Energy Commission (CEC)

The California Energy Commission is leading the state to a 100 percent clean energy future. As the state's primary energy policy and planning agency, the Energy Commission plays a critical role in creating the energy system of the future.

California Air Resources Board (CARB)

CARB is charged with protecting the public from the harmful effects of air pollution and developing programs and actions to fight climate change. From requirements for clean cars and fuels to adopting innovative solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, California has pioneered a range of effective approaches that have set the standard for effective air and climate programs for the nation, and the world.

Zero Code for California

The ZERO Code for California (ZERO Codeca) is a building energy standard developed by Architecture 2030 that applies to new commercial, institutional, high-rise residential, and hotel/motel buildings, the prevalent building types being constructed in cities today.

CA Solar+Storage Association

Local smart energy for everybody: supports businesses that provide energy solutions to all California consumers in neighborhoods and communities throughout the state.

California Public Utilities Commission Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP)

The CPUC's Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) provides incentives to support existing, new, and emerging distributed energy resources. SGIP provides rebates for qualifying distributed energy systems installed on the customer's side of the utility meter.

South Coast Air Quality Management District

South Coast AQMD is the regulatory agency responsible for improving air quality for large areas of Los Angeles, Orange County, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, including the Coachella Valley. The region is home to more than 17 million people–about half the population of the entire state of California.

California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance

A San Francisco-based 501(c)3 nonprofit organization incorporated in 2003 created by Wine Institute and the California Association of Winegrape Growers to promote the benefits of sustainable winegrowing practices, enlist industry commitment and assist in implementation of the Sustainable Winegrowing Program.

Surfrider Foundation

The Surfrider Foundation is dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world's ocean, waves and beaches through a powerful activist network.

Buy Clean California Act

The Buy Clean California Act, signed into law in October 2017, was the world's first-ever legislative push to target supply chain carbon emissions. It requires state agencies to weigh the carbon cost of materials used in infrastructure projects, including steel, glass, and certain kinds of insulation.

30x30 California

The 30x30 goal is intended to help accelerate conservation of our lands and coastal waters through voluntary, collaborative action with federal and local governments, Native American Tribes, and private landowners. California’s 30x30 commitment is part of a similar global push for conservation which includes the United States.

Pacific Coast Collaborative

The Pacific Coast Collaborative shares ambitious goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions at least 80 percent by 2050. We back up our commitments with regional action to transform our power grids, transportation systems, buildings, and economies while increase resilience to a changing climate.

TOOLS

EPA Carbon Footprint Calculator

The calculator estimates your footprint in three areas: home energy, transportation and waste. Everyone's carbon footprint is different depending on their location, habits, and personal choices.

EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator

The Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator allows you to convert emissions or energy data to the equivalent amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from using that amount. The calculator helps you translate abstract measurements into concrete terms you can understand, such as the annual emissions from cars, households, or power plants. This calculator may be useful in communicating your greenhouse gas reduction strategy, reduction targets, or other initiatives aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

EPA: E3 Sustainability Tools

On this page, you will find more than 60 tools/resources that E3 has assembled to help participants, stakeholders, and assessment teams address various area of improvement.

World Bank Tool

The Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2020 presents interactive storytelling and data visualizations about the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. It highlights trends for selected targets within each goal and introduces concepts about how some SDGs are measured.

U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM)

The U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) is a map that is updated each Thursday to show the location and intensity of drought across the country. The USDM uses a five-category system, labeled Abnormally Dry or D0, (a precursor to drought, not actually drought), and Moderate (D1), Severe (D2), Extreme (D3) and Exceptional (D4) Drought.

NREL'S PV Watts Calculator

Estimates the energy production and cost of energy of grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) energy systems throughout the world. It allows homeowners, small building owners, installers and manufacturers to easily develop estimates of the performance of potential PV installations.

The Global Electronics Council - EPEAT Ecolabel

The EPEAT ecolabel is the leading global Type 1 ecolabel covering products and services from the technology sector. It identifies more products from a broader range of manufacturers than any other comparable ecolabel. Products currently meeting EPEAT criteria, known as “active” EPEAT-registered products, are listed on this Registry.

EPA Safer Choice

Safer Choice helps consumers, businesses, and purchasers find products that perform and contain ingredients that are safer for human health and the environment. Safer Choice is an EPA Pollution Prevention (P2) program, which includes practices that reduce, eliminate, or prevent pollution at its source, such as using safer ingredients in products.

OECD Better Life Index

This Index allows you to compare well-being across countries, based on 11 topics the OECD has identified as essential, in the areas of material living conditions and quality of life.

Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Incentives (DSIRE)

DSIRE is the most comprehensive source of information on incentives and policies that support renewable energy and energy efficiency in the United States.

Energy Star Product Finder

Products that earn the ENERGY STAR label meet strict energy-efficiency specifications set by the U.S. EPA helping you save energy and money while protecting the environment.

Greenhouse Gas Calculators

GHG Protocol tools enable companies and cities to develop comprehensive and reliable inventories of their GHG emissions, and help countries and cities track progress toward their climate goals.

Mapping TOOLS

UN IPCC: Our Possible Climate Futures

United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change mapping tool forecasting climatic changes under different GHG emission scenarios.

U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM)

The U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) is a map that is updated each Thursday to show the location and intensity of drought across the country. The USDM uses a five-category system, labeled Abnormally Dry or D0, (a precursor to drought, not actually drought), and Moderate (D1), Severe (D2), Extreme (D3) and Exceptional (D4) Drought.

Wetlands Mapper

The Wetlands mapper integrates digital map data along with other resource information to produce current information on the status, extent, characteristics and functions of wetlands, riparian, and deepwater habitats.

Flood Factor

Flood Factor is a free online tool created by the nonprofit First Street Foundation that makes it easy for Americans to find their property’s risk of flooding and understand how flood risks are changing because of a changing environment.

EPA EnviroAtlas

EnviroAtlas provides geospatial data, easy-to-use tools, and other resources related to ecosystem services, their chemical and non-chemical stressors, and human health.

EcoMapLA

EcoMapLA was created to be the go-to resource for all things sustainable in the greater Los Angeles region, with drop-down menus to filter the map for LA’s green buildings, green businesses, iconic city landmarks, and more.

Walk Score

Walk Score is a private company that provides walkability services and apartment search tools. This tool provides a public access walkability index that assigns a numerical walkability score to any address in the United States, Canada, and Australia.

New Buildings Institute - Getting to Zero Buildings Database

NBI works to identify, research, analyze, and promote commercial and multifamily buildings that are leaders in low and zero energy. NBI maintains the most comprehensive list of zero energy (ZE) commercial and multifamily buildings across North America. This interactive tool puts NBI’s Getting to Zero Buildings Database at your fingertips and allows you to generate customized maps, lists, and charts.

Global Footprint Network

Global Footprint Network is a research organization that is changing how the world manages its natural resources and responds to climate change.

(Links to Open Data Platform Map, and Ecological Footprint Calculator)

Building Transparency, Embodied Carbon Action Plan

Currently in draft form, this plan outlines the key steps and actions necessary to reduce embodied carbon of the buildings we design, construct and operate. It has been spearheaded and informed by ownersCAN, a working group of engaged building owners, developers and operators who are committed to taking action.

RMI States Climate Scorecard

The State Climate Scorecards is a project of the US Program State Policy Initiative at RMI and part of an effort to support states in achieving their climate goals. The modeling underlying the Scorecards comes from the Energy Policy Simulator for states from Energy Innovation and RMI.

MEDIA

GreenBiz

GreenBiz advances the opportunities at the intersection of business, technology and sustainability.

Sustainability Magazine

Sustainability Magazine is a Digital Community for the global sustainability space that connects the world’s most sustainable brands & projects and their most senior executives with the latest trends as the sustainability market pivots towards technology and digital transformation.

Reuters

Sustainable Business News Headlines.

Bloomberg Green News

A daily guide to the latest climate news. The staff of Bloomberg Green, a new magazine of climate journalism, bring you insights on environmental impacts, emerging energy technologies, developments in green finance and solutions for a changing world.

Scientific American

The latest sustainability news from Scientific American Magazine.

Wood Mackenzie

Our dedicated oil, gas, power, renewables, chemicals, metals and mining experts are part of the sectors we analyze, cultivating a deep understanding of local issues and market forces worldwide.

UNEP - News, Stories & Speeches

UNEP’s mission is 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.

Los Angeles Times - Boiling Point

Boiling Point is a newsletter for people who care about the environment and climate across California, the American West and the globe.

Green Builder Media

Green Builder Media is North America’s leading media company focused on green building and sustainable living, affecting positive change by providing inspirational information to millions of early-adopter and first-mover building professionals and consumers.

Earth.Org

Environmental News, Data Analysis, Research, & Policy Solutions.

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