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Three Steps to Eco Efficiency
Environment Canada. 2000. 15 pages.
Simple questionnaire and scoring system designed to identify areas for
improvement.
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Concise Self-Assessment Guide
to Environmentally Sustainable Commerce
West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum. 1997. 16 pages.
Collection of strategic questions around business areas to guide and measure
progress in improving environmental performance. Provides a framework for
understanding the application of CP methods as described in the other
manuals.
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Are
you a Good Corporate Citizen?
UK National Health Service.
2005. 29 pages.
Simple scoring system to rate performance on most major aspects of
corporate responsibility.
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Eco-Mapping
International Network for Environmental Management. 1998. 17 pages.
Visual planning and analysis tool designed for small businesses to identify
environmental issues and potential solutions and create a simple
environmental management system.
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Good Housekeeping Guide for
Small & Medium-Sized Enterprises
German Agency for Technical Cooperation. 1998. 32 pages.
Excellent guide for getting started in environmental management by improving
housekeeping practices. Includes simple analysis tools and guidance with
examples. Also good for larger companies.
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High 5! Communicating your
Business Success through Sustainability Reporting - A Guide for Small and
Not-So-Small Businesses
Global Reporting Initiative. 2005. 56 pages.
High 5! is a guide designed to help you better integrate economic,
environmental, and social information about your products, services, and
activities into your business communications. It is a simplified version of
the Sustainability Reporting Guidelines from GRI.
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Building the UN Global Compact
Principles into Business: A Practical Integration Guide.
Business for Social Responsibility. 2005. 33 pages.
Easy guide for understanding the Global Compact and how to make it
practical.
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Driving Success: Marketing and
sustainable development
World Business Council for Sustainable Business. 2005. 20 pages.
Describes how marketing can and should use sustainability principles to
create better brands, reputation and trust.
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Product Innovation: The Green
Advantage
Commonwealth of Australia. 2001. 19 pages.
Overview of DFE benefits, strategies and tools. Includes case studies. Good
basic introduction.
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Introduction to EcoReDesign:
Improving the Environmental Performance of Manufactured Products
Commonwealth of Australia. 2001. 16 pages.
Well-designed description of the green design process, with some worksheets
and flowcharts.
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Designing Products and Services
with Sustainable Attributes
West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum. 1999. 16 pages.
Presents a matrix for evaluating environmental impacts related to product
design and for improving the design. Good technical tool.
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An Introduction to
Environmental Accounting As A Business Management Tool: Key Concepts And
Terms
US Environmental Protection Agency. 1995. 26 pages.
Good introduction to the concepts and terminology of Environmental
Management Accounting.
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Energy & Environment Financial
Analysis and Cost Evaluation System
Tellus Institute. 1997.
Computer program and manual for financial evaluation of energy, environment
and cleaner production project investments. Allows input of investment and
operating costs using an expanded cost inventory for a baseline case and two
alternatives. Calculates cash flows, taxes, and profitability indicators.
Very useful for all equipment and process investment projects.
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Business Guide to a Sustainable
Supply Chain: A Practical Guide
New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development. 2003.
Well-designed and practical guide.
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Putting Energy Into Profits
-ENERGY STAR Small Business Guide
US Environmental Protection Agency. 2000. 94 pages
Comprehensive, relatively technical and very readable guide with many
examples.
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Facility Manager's Guide to
Water Management
Arizona Municipal Water Users Association. 1999. 83 pages.
Good technical manual with many worksheets and tables of data for
calculating water efficiency measures. Also includes management practices
and additional resources information.
