GREEN ORGANIZATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

 

Carbon Disclosure Project
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is an independent not-for-profit organisation aiming to create a lasting relationship between shareholders and corporations regarding the implications for shareholder value and commercial operations presented by climate change. Its goal is to facilitate a dialogue, supported by... www.cdproject.net

  Ceres
Ceres (pronounced “series”) is a national network of investors, environmental organizations and other public interest groups working with companies and investors to address sustainability challenges such as global climate change... www.ceres.org
 

 

Co-op America
Co-op America’s mission is to harness economic power—the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace—to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society. We work for a world where all people have enough, where all communities are healthy ... www.coopamerica.org

 

EcoLogo
EcoLogo is North America’s most widely recognized and respected certification of environmental leadership. By setting standards and certifying products in more than 120 categories, EcoLogo helps you identify, trust, buy, and sell environmentally preferable (“green”) goods and services ... www.ecologo.org

 

Energy Star
ENERGY STAR is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy helping us all save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices. Results are already adding up. Americans, with the help of ENERGY STAR, saved enough energy in 2007 ... www.energystar.gov

 

Environmental Defense Fund
We start with rigorous science. Then we work directly with businesses, government and communities. Together, we create lasting solutions to the most serious environmental problems. We helped launch the modern environmental era by using the courts in a novel way in the 1960s. Today, we ... www.efd.org

 

Environmental Protection Agency
The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment. Since 1970, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people. View the Agency's complete strategic plan, annual report, and policy resources ... www.epa.gov

 

Environmentally Preferred Rating
The objective of this program is to establish initial environmental standards, implement an audit program, and create a accreditation rating for environmentally preferred producers of plastic products ... www.epraccredited.org

 

Forest Stewardship Council
The Forest Stewardship Council was created to change the dialogue about and the practice of sustainable forestry worldwide. This impressive goal has in many ways been achieved, yet there is more work to be done. FSC sets forth principles, criteria, and standards that span economic, social, and environmental concerns. ... www.fscus.org

 

Friends of the Earth
At Friends of the Earth, you will find a group of committed people who fight daily for a healthy and just world. Over the last 39 years, Friends of the Earth, its members and its activists have: been the first to raise the alarm and draw attention to new environmental problems; stopped over 150 ... www.foe.org

 

Global Reporting Initiative
The GRI's vision is that reporting on economic, environmental, and social performance by all organizations is as routine and comparable as financial reporting. The Sustainability Reporting Framework - of which the Sustainability Reporting Guidelines are the cornerstone ... www.globalreporting.org

 

GreenBlue
GreenBlue is a nonprofit institute that stimulates the creative redesign of industry by focusing the expertise of professional communities to create practical solutions, resources, and opportunities for implementing sustainability ... www.greenblue.org

 

Green Globe
As an internationally recognised advisory group, EC3 Global can provide a pathway and comprehensive range of products to set, manage and achieve your sustainability targets ... www.ec3global.com

 

Green Business Alliance
Preserving the environment is now front and center. Corporate Social Responsibility, the umbrella word that for years has described how companies affect and impact the lives of the people they touch, has taken on a new meaning and renewed importance... www.greenbusinessalliance.com

 

Green-e
Green-e is the nation's leading independent consumer protection program for the sale of renewable energy and greenhouse gas reductions in the retail market. Green-e offers certification and verification of renewable energy and greenhouse gas mitigation products. It is a program of the Center for Resource Solution ... www.green-e.org

  Greenguard
The GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI) is an industry-independent, non-profit organization that oversees the GREENGUARD Certification Program. As an ANSI Authorized Standards Developer, GEI establishes acceptable indoor air standards for indoor products, environments, and buildings... www.greenguard.org
 

 

Green Mark
Green Mark is an environmental certification which enables businesses to improve their environmental performance. An easy to use system that helps companies integrate a simplified environmental management system that can be used as a platform to reach full ISO 14001 accreditation ... www.green-mark.co.uk