Material flows in the life cycle of leather

Joseph K. and N. Nithya - Journal of Cleaner Production

Other | Paid

This paper presents a study on the resource and environmental profile of leather for communicating to the consumers about the environmental burdens of leather products. The... Read More

Better Mills Initiative in China

Solidaridad | H&M

Other | Free

The Better Mill Initiative (BMI) aims to improve the sustainability performance of wet processing in the textile supply chain in China. The program, initiated by... Read More

The Business Case for Responsible Corporate Adaptation: Strengthening Private Sector and Community Resilience (2015)

CDP | ND-GAIN | OXFAM | Rainforest Alliance | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) | DTU Partnerships | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)

Article | Free | May 30, 2015

Primary Functions:Learn how companies can adapt to climate change through a collection of case examples, including some related to waterHighlights the benefits for... Read More

Retail Sustainability Management Report - 2017

Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)

Article | Free | May 22, 2017

This report is aligned with a tool that RILA developed in 2015 called the Retail Sustainability Leadership Model. The report summarizes retailers' current progress along... Read More

Executive Guide to Carbon Pricing Leadership

United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)

Book / Report | Free | Jan 01, 2015

Guides the hundreds of individuals who are now completing due diligence on carbon pricing of behalf of their companies. It has been shaped by input from dozens of such... Read More

Higg Index

Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC)

Framework / Guidelines | Free | Dec 25, 2014

The Higg Index is the core driver of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC). This groundbreaking suite of self-assessment tools empowers brands, retailers and facilities... Read More

WBCSD Vision 2050 Roadmap - PDF DOWNLOAD

World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Article | Free | Sep 05, 2012

Vision 2050 outlines a pathway to reach a sustainable global society by 2050, in which the earth’s 9 billion people live well and within the limits of the planet. The... Read More

SRS - Social Reporting Standard self-guided training for theory of change

SRS - Social Reporting Standard

Course | Free

The social reporting standard provides and interactive learning module around the development of a theory of change.

A Guide to Traceability: A Practical Approach to Advance Sustainability in Global Supply Chains

United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) | BSR

Framework / Guidelines | Free | Apr 09, 2014

This guide provides an overview of the importance of traceability for sustainability purposes, outlines the global opportunities and challenges it represents, and... Read More

Natural Capital Assessments at the National and Sub-national Level

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) | World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC)

Framework / Guidelines | Free | Mar 01, 2016

Natural Capital Assessments at the National and Sub-national Level presents a stepwise guidance document to conducting a natural capital assessment. The steps presented in... Read More

State of the Apparel Sector Report on Water

Sustainable Fashion Academy (SFA) | Global Leadership Award in Sustainable Apparel (GLASA)

Book / Report | Free | Jul 30, 2015

A report for the global leadership award in sustainable apparel.There is an urgent environmental, human and business case for accelerating water management improvements in... Read More

List of Regulated Substances under the Risk Management Plan (RMP) Program

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Other | Free

The Risk Management Plan (RMP) rule provides a List of Regulated Substances under section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act. This includes their synonyms and threshold quantities... Read More

Accumulation of Microplastic on Shorelines Woldwide: Sources and Sinks

M.A. Browne, P. Crump, S. Niven, , E. Teuten, A. Tonkn, T. Gal, R. Thompson

Article | Paid

Plastic debris <1 mm (defined here as microplastic) is accumulating in marine habitats. Ingestion of microplastic provides a potential pathway for the transfer of... Read More

Protect, Respect and Remedy: a Framework for Business and Human Rights

John Ruggie

Framework / Guidelines | Free | Apr 06, 2008

Responding to the invitation by the Human Rights Council for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations... Read More

Global Climate Action Playbook 2018

United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) | World Resources Institute (WRI)

Framework / Guidelines | Free

The Global Climate Action Playbook 2018 is a practical toolkit for business outlining high-level policy updates, outlook on key climate actions and the arc of ambition, and... Read More