Redesigning Business Value: A Roadmap for Sustainable Consumption

Building on the rationale for business engagement, this report explores the core elements of a long-term vision for sustainable consumption. The objective of this report is to offer immediate, practical ideas on how companies can partner across industry boundaries to begin to realize that vision now.

The work of the World Economic Forum and its Partners on sustainable consumption rests on a set of simple, but vital, premises about...

Originating in the U.K., ClearlySo is an marketplace for social business & enterprise, commerce and investment. 

Below is an excerpt from the launch of ClearlySo Canada on March 3rd, 2010:

From Julie McDowell, Founder and CEO

On behalf of my colleagues at ClearlySo in both Canada and the U.K., I'd like to extend a warm welcome to the 34 Founding Canadian members who have listed their companies on our site and joined the ClearlySo global family.  Today we are proud to launch www.clearlyso.ca...

Blue Mountains, ON. - March 03, 2010 -- As we head towards beautiful March Break we are reminded that winter is sadly nearing its end.  Those of us who enjoy winter sports must agree that snow is an essential part of the season.  Reminding us to do our part to preserve winter, the resort's annual Keep Winter Cool event will be held during March Break on Wednesday, March 17^th in the Village at Blue from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. Keep Winter Cool aims to raise awareness about the potential effects of...

Download free and thought provoking articles on sustainable consumption and production from the Journal of Industrial Ecology. 

Check out Canada's first publication for and about social enterprise and entrepreneurship:  SEE Change Magazine.

The Smart Budget report has been prepared to help community leaders in both the public and private sector gain a practical understanding of the potential role for environmental pricing reform (EPR) in building sustainable communities. It seeks to facilitate a dialogue among all key community interests on identifying opportunities to address local government priorities through a mix of EPR policy instruments.

More than 50 corporations are measuring the greenhouse gas emissions of their products and entire supply chains with two new standards from the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative. 

The standards provide methods for companies to follow the emissions from individual product life cycles and companies' value chains.  The standards, developed by the World Resources Institute and World Business Council for Sustainable Development, are the Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard and the...

Have you ever wanted to implement an energy-efficient purchasing strategy in your organization but didn't know where to start? All the information and help you need is now available in an expanded and updated version of Natural Resources Canada's popular ENERGY STAR^® Purchasing Guide.

As you know, energy-efficient purchasing is a great way for organizations to control their operating costs while reducing emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate. The ENERGY STAR Purchasing Guide...