Contents:
| Ecological
Footprinting Analysis: Towards a Sustainability Indicator for Business,
ACCA Research Report No. 65, Nicky Chambers and Kevin Lewis, 2001  |
| Projectdescription
and documents "Environmental
performance indicators for the waste management sector", Green
Alliance" |
| Report
"Standardised Generic Eco-Efficiency Indicators", Kaspar Müller and Andreas
Sturm, version 1.01 June 2000 |
| Article:
"Site-Based Eco-Efficiency Indices: Improving Resource Efficiency and Financial
Performance", Novo Nordisk, Denmark, december 1999 |
| Speech: "Environmental
Performance Measurement In Business", Martin Bennett and Peter James, 1999 | ||
| Corporate Environmental
Performance Indicators (EPIs): The Way Forward, World Resources Institute | ||
| Environmental Performance
Evaluation/Environmental Performance Indicators (EPIs) and ISO14031, The Business and
Environment Programme Handbook | ||
| EEA Research
Paper: "Continuity, credibility and comparability, key challenges for corporate
environmental performance measurement and communication", 1997 (downloadable) or full text | ||
| Project Eco-efficiency Indicators, World
Business Council for Sustainable Development | ||
| Speech: "Eco-Efficiency Metrics
and Reporting", by Ted Button, Director External Cooperation, to the
UNEP/ICC/USCIB/CCIB Conference on the Financial Sector and Environmental Assessment and
Management Tools, New York, 24 April, 1998 | ||
| Project
description of the Measuring Environmental Performance of Industrie (MEPI) project, funded
by DGXI of the European Commission | ||
| Eco-efficiency
Program of the National Round Table on Environment and Economy of Canada (together with
WBCSD and World Resources Institute) | ||
| Abstract and order form of the report
"Measuring Up: Toward a Common Framework for Tracking Corporate Environmental
Performance", World Resources Institute, 1997 or click
here | ||
| Executive summary
of the thesis "Development of Operational Environmental Indicators for the Mining and
Metals Sector", Philip Peck, IIIEE, 1997 | ||
| Executive summary
of the thesis "Environmental Performance in the Olive Oil Industry: Comparing
Technologies using Environmental Perfomance Indicators", Carmen Alvarado, IIIEE, 1998 | ||
| Executive summary
of the thesis "Development of Operational Environmental Performance Indicators for
the Lithographic Printing Process: Sheet-fed Offset", Maja Cadra, IIIEE, 1998 | ||
| Executive summary
of the thesis "Development of Environmental Performance Indicators for European Golf
Clubs", Andreas Koch, IIIEE, 1998 | ||
| Executive summary
of the thesis "Cleaner Technology Assessment and Environmental Performance Indicators
for Textile Wet Processing", Xin Ren, IIIEE, 1998 | ||
| Executive summary
of the thesis "At the Cutting Edge - Environmental Performance Indicators for the Hospitality Industry", Ian Salter, IIIEE, 1998 | ||
| Project "Indicators
for Environmental Performance Evaluation", Sistema Nacional de Información
Ambiental, Mexico | ||
| Press
release "Basic Guide to Environmental indicators for Companies" available from
the Federal Environmental Agency of Germany (Umweltbundesambt), 1997 | ||
| Article: "About the
usefulness of environmental performance evaluation", Matteo Bartolomeo, FEEM | ||
| Abstract and download
possibility of the working paper: "Environmental Indicators in EMAS Environmental
Statements", Andrea Marsanich, FEEM, May 1998 | ||
| Executive summary of the
report "ENVIRONMENT UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT - Current Practice and Future Trends in
Environment-Related Performance Measurement for Business", Martin Bennett and Peter
James, 1998 (ACCA) | ||
| Paper: "Environmental
and Financial Performance: Are They Related?", Mark A. Cohen (Vanderbilt University),
Scott A. Fenn and Jonathan Naimon (IRRC), 1995
| ||
| Paper: "Does the
Market Value Environmental Performance?", Shameek Konar and Mark A. Cohen, Vanderbilt
University, Nashville, USA, 1997 | ||
| Betriebliche
Umweltkennzahlen für den kontinuierlichen Verbesserungsprozeß, Thomas Loew, Heinz
Kottmann und Jens Clausen, IÖW, 1998 | ||
| Ein
branchenbezogenes Umweltkennzahlensystem für Druckereien, Michael Steinfeldt, IÖW, 1998 |
| Safety, Health and Environment Intra Industry
Benchmarking Association (Edinburgh) |
| EHS Benchmarking Association |
| European Environmental Benchmarking Network (EEBN) |
| USA Department of Energy Environmental
Management Benchmarking Clearinghouse |
| Report
"Environmental Performance Benchmarks, Benchmarking Corporate Ecology of the Finance
and Insurance Industry in Switzerland, Germany and Austria" (Release 1.2 May 1999) |
| EEA Research Paper:
"Comparing Environmental Impact Data on Cleaner Technologies", Environmental
Issues Series, December 1997, Prepared by: Karen Leffland (COWI), Henrik Kærsgaard
(COWI), Ingvar Andersson, Project Manager (European Environment Agency) |
| Sector Facility Indexing Program, USA EPA
|
| Article: "Using the
Internet for Environmental Benchmarking", Scott Butner, Battelle Seattle Research
Center, 1996 |
| The Environmental Best Manufacturing
Practices (EBMP) program, Best Manufacturing Practices
Center of Excellence, US |
| Report about
verification of CERs of the Global Business Responsibility Resource Center (BSR), 2000 |
| Adding Value and
Credibility to Environmental Reporting and Third Party Statements, Proceedings of the 22nd
Annual Conference of the National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP),
Orlando, Florida, Richard MacLean of the Competitive Environment, May 19-23, 1997, Pg.
494-506 |
| The work of the Center for
Environmental Innovation (USA) on Corporate Environmental Reports, Standards for
Certifying and Communicating Environmental Disclosures |
| |
| Report: "Environmental
Shareholder Value", Prof. Dr. Stefan Schaltegger, Assistant Professor at the Center
of Economics and Business Administration (WWZ) of the University of Basel,
Switzerland and Frank Figge, environmental analyst at Bank Sarasin & Co., Basel,
Switzerland and PhD student at the WWZ (downloadable), 1998 |
| Newsletter
"Value Based Environmental Management - The Right Environmental Strategy Increases
Shareholder Value", Ellipson AG Switzerland, 1998 |
| "Eco-Controlling: A Tool to
Implement Value Based Environmental Management", Dr. Andreas Sturm/Kaspar Müller,
Ellipson AG Switzerland, 1998 |
| Paper:
"Does Improving a Firm's Environmental Management System and Environmental
Performance Result in a Higher Stock Price?, by Stanley Feldman, Peter Soyka, and Paul
Ameer of ICF Kaiser Consulting Group, 1996 |
| Newsletter: "Green
Shareholder Value, Hype or Hit?", Donald J. Reed, CFA, WRI, september 1998 |
| Several downloadable articles on the
subject on the connections between environmental performance and financial performance,
Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, S.A.
|
| Article "A resource-base
perspective on corporate environmental performance and profitability, Michael V. Russo
(University of Oregon) and Paul A. Fouts (Golden Gate University), Academy of Management
Journal 1997, Vol. 40, No. 3, 534-559..
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| Environmental
and Financial Performance Literature Webpage (a full list of relevant literature!) |
| Workbook (Course) EMAS |
| EMAS Helpdesk (full text of EMAS regulation, list of
registred companies etcetera) |
| National Pollutant
Inventory, Australia |
| Chemical Release Inventory and Friends of
The Earth (UK) |
| National Pollutant Release Inventory,
Canada |
| Toxic Release Inventory, USA |
| Pollutant Emission Register in The Netherlands |
| The UNEP Website (sponsored by Swiss Bank
Association): "Environmental Management in Financial Institutions" |
| The UNEP Website of the Financial
Services Initiative |
| Environmental Management in Financial
Institutions, A survey of recent developments including principles and guidelines for
in-house eco-balances of financial service providers, Verein für Umweltmanagement, Bonn,
1998 (downloadable) |
| Verein für Umweltmanagement in Banken, Sparkassen und
Versicherungen e.V. (Association for Environmental Management in Banks, Savings Banks, and
Insurance Companies), Germany |
| Lecture: "Enhancing
Financial Value By Attending to Environmental Values", Carlos Joly, Storebrand,
Environment Northern Seas Conference, Stavanger, 25-29 August, 1997 |
| Lecture: "Investing With A Social
Awareness --A Practitioner's View", Robert J. Brady, CFA, GEMI Conference, March 9,
1998 |
| Report: "Systematisation of
Economic Risks through Global Environmental Problems", Frank Figge, Bank Sarasin
& Co., 1998 (downloadable) |
| The NatWest Group and the environment |
| Environment and financial
services, Environmental protection and financial services, Positions and activities of the
German Federal Environment Ministry |
| Speech "Opportunities and
risks of government action in the field of environment and financial services",
by Federal Environment Minister Dr Angela Merkel at the UNEP Conference
"Environmental Tools for the Insurance and Financial Industries" on 9 June 1998
in Cologne |
| "Environmental reports of
banks", Swiss Bankers Association /UNEP |
| Bank of America and the
environment |
| The environmental activities,
publications etcetera of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) |
| The environmental report of Credit Suisse |
| Article: "Relatie financiële wereld en milieu
verstevigt zich", Folkert van der Molen en Rob van Tilburg, DHV in VVM-Arena,
november 1998" |
| Het SNS Eco-aandelenfonds |
| Online Guide to Socially
Responsible Investing, Social Investmunt Forum |
| Sustainable Asset Management
(SAM)/Sustainable Performance Group, Switzerland |
| EthicScan, Canada |
| Pensions & Investment Research Consultants Limited
(PIRC) |
| Innovest Group Int.'s
eco-efficiency rating model "Ecovalue'21" |
| VanCity (Canada) Corporate Social
Responsibility webpages |
| |
| Briefings of the Conference
"Environmental Issues in Visual Communications Design" by The Centre for
Sustainable Desing (1996) concerning corporate environmental reporting |
| Order possibility for
reports of "A detailed look at corporate environmental performance, researched and
published by Environmental Information Services" |
| List of articles
in the field of Environmental Reporting/Auditing/Performance Standards published in the
Corporate Environmental Strategy (Journal) |
| List of
publications of the Investor Responsibility Research Centre (IRRC) in the field of
environmental reporting |
| The Business Charter for Sustainable
Development, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) |
| List of reports in the
field of environmental reporting, WorldPac |
| The Green Alliance & Corporate
Environmental Reporting (UK) |
| "Environmental Reporting -
Issues and Challenges", Outcome of AMEEF Workshop 14 May 1996, Introduction and order
form (Australia) |
| Paper: "An Account of
Sustainability: Failure, Success and a Reconceptualisation", Jan Bebbington and Rob
Gray, University of Dundee, 1997 |
| The Responsible Care Program of The
European Chemical Industry (CEFIC) |
| Action Plan of the USA EPA
Project: Reinventing Environmental Information (REI) |
| Discussion
Paper: "The Audit Profession and the Environment", International Federation of
Auditors (IFAC), 1995 |
| Measuring Corporate Environmental &
Social Performance Program of World Resources Institute |
| Research paper:
"Financial stakeholders and environmental performance", Peter James, Martin
Bennett and Andy Hughes, Sustainable Business Initiative, january 1998 |
| Executive summary of
the ACCA research report: "Making Values Count: Contemporary Experience in Social and
Ethical Accounting, Auditing and Reporting, A report for the Association of Chartered
Certified Accountants by: Claudia Gonella, Alison Pilling, Simon Zadek with Virginia
Terry, oktober 1998 |
| The Role of
Community in Pollution Prevention Control, webpages of The World Bank Program "New
Ideas in Pollution Regulation (NIPR) in developing countries"; e.g. about Indonesia's
PROPER-PROKASIH and Philippine's EcoWatch (environmental rating systems for companies) |
| The EPA (USA) Guidebook of
Financial Tools |
| Meeting Changing Expectations:
Corporate Social Responsibility, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
(WBCSD), interim report, March 1999 |
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