Executive Guide: Business Models for Shared Value

Network for Business Sustainability (NBS)

Book / Report | Free | Nov 28, 2016

Shared value is the idea that by addressing society’s needs and challenges, companies can create economic value in a way that also benefits society. Shared value seems... Read More

How to Decarbonize Your Supply Chain: Ørsted’s Path to Net-Zero Carbon Emissions

Sustainable Business Now

Case Study | Free

A guided case study on how to decarbonize your supply chain.  Expectations for companies to act on climate change are high and growing. In response, many organizations have... Read More

How is Water Relevant to My Company

CEO Water Mandate

Website | Free

There is no shortage of sustainability and social responsibility issues for businesses to understand and address. Often, businesses only have limited resources to devote to... Read More

GreenBlue | Helping people use wisely, eliminate toxicity & recover more

GreenBlue

Suite of Tools | Freemium

GreenBlue is an environmental nonprofit dedicated to the sustainable use of materials in society. We bring together a diversity of stakeholders to encourage innovation and... Read More

The Reporting Exchange

World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Website | Free

The challengeThe reporting world is complex. Understanding what, where and how to report sustainability information, while keeping up with the latest developments, is tough... Read More

Resource Investment Optimization System (RIOS)

Natural Capital Project

App | Free

The Resource Investment Optimization System (RIOS) supports the design of cost-effective investments in watershed services, providing a standardized, science-based approach... Read More

OPAL (Offset Portfolio Analyzer and Locator)

Natural Capital Project

App | Free | Jan 01, 2016

OPAL is a tool for quantifying the impacts of development and the value of potential protection or restoration activities to biodiversity and ecosystem services.  OPAL... Read More

Oppla

Oppla

Website | Free

Oppla is a new knowledge marketplace; a place where the latest thinking on ecosystem services, natural capital and nature-based solutions is brought together.

Smart Water Navigator

Ecolab USA

App | Free

Because water is essential for nearly every human endeavor, all businesses are in the water business. With climate change, economic growth and population growth putting... Read More

Supply Chain Solutions Center

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)

Suite of Tools | Free

With the Supply Chain Solutions Center, you can take sustainability from ideas to actions – for the good of your business, for the good of our planet. The Supply Chain... Read More

CDSB Framework for environmental and natural capital reporting

Other | Free

The CDSB Framework for reporting environmental information & natural capital is designed to help organizations prepare and present environmental information in... Read More

Social innovation: what it is, why it matters & how it can be accelerated

Skoll Center for Social Entrepreneurship

Book / Report | Free

This report is about how we can improve societies' capacities to solve their problems. It is about old and new methods for mobilizing the ubiquitous intelligence that... Read More

Growing water risk resilience: An investor guide on agricultural supply chains

Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) | World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

Book / Report | Free | Mar 05, 2018

The document outlines why and how investors engage with companies on agricultural supply chain water risk.

Business Model Design

MaRS

Template / Workbook / Spreadsheet | Free

Worksheet and guidebook for developing a business model.

Embedding Sustainability Self-Assessment

Embedding Project

Framework / Guidelines | Free

Interested in understanding your own company's journey? Consider undertaking this free, preliminary practices self-assessment.