More resources

Here are web resources provided by Cynthia Cann:

Reports, Web Sites, Videos, etc.
Anonymous. State of the World. Innovations for a Sustainable Economy. 2008. Worldwatch Institute: Washington, D.C.
“A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society.”
The Bell Program
The Bell Program is a division of the World Resources Institute. The Bell program provides business school professors with the tools to train the next generation of leaders in sustainable business practices. http://bell.wri.org.
Beyond Grey Pinstripes
Beyond Grey Pinstripes highlights the most innovative MBA programs and faculty infusing environmental and social impact management into the business school curriculum. Our report and website are tools for prospective and current business students, administrators, faculty and corporate recruiters to compare MBA curricula and benchmark programs. Beyond Grey Pinstripes 2003: Preparing MBAs for Social and Environmental Stewardship is the fourth in a series of reports on business school performance. This website is an extension of the 2003 report. (From this website you can download the report.) The website provides information on schools on the cutting edge of incorporating environmental and social impact management, as well as courses, extracurricular activities, testimonials, and school profiles for 100 MBA programs. In addition, the site offers resources for change, reports, and articles from academic journals http://www.beyondgreypinstripes.org/index.cfm
Business and Sustainable Development: A Global Guide
“This site explains the strategies and tools that companies can draw on to translate an aspiration of sustainability into practical, effective solutions. Case studies from around the world are provided as an example of each measure” http://www.bsdglobal.com/ An interesting article on the SD Journey is found at http://www.bsdglobal.com/sd_journey.asp
Environmental Accounting
Report: An Introduction to Environmental Accounting as a Business Management Tool: Key Concepts and Terms developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The central purpose of this primer is twofold: (1) to orient readers to key concepts often referred to as environmental accounting, and (2) to explain how the terms that refer to environmental accounting are currently being used, so that confusion about the terms does not impede progress in understanding and applying the core concepts. EPA prepared this document to be a starting point for readers who have questions about environmental accounting. The intended audience includes business managers and other professionals who wish to understand environmental accounting. http://www.greenbiz.com/frame/1.cfm?targetsite=http://www.epa.gov/oppt/acctg/casestudy.htm
Global 100 Most Sustainable Companies in the World
“The Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World is a project initiated by Corporate Knights Inc., with Innovest Strategic Value Advisors Inc. a leading research firm specializing in analyzing “non traditional” drivers of risk and shareholder value including companies’ performance on social, environmental and strategic governance issues. Innovest was selected as the exclusive research analytic data provider for the Global 100. Launched in 2005, the annual Global 100 is announced each year at the World Economic Forum in Davos” (accessed June 8, 2009 from http://www.global100.org/what.asp).
GreenBiz.com
GreenBiz.com's GreenBuzz is published weekly. It is an e-newsletter that informs the reader of all of the latest information on business and the environment. The Newsletter includes book reviews, headlines on the latest news on business and the environment, cases of what specific businesses are doing in the areas of the environment and sustainability, and resources and tools. It is a free publication. You can access it through http://www.greenbiz.com/.
Earth Policy Institute
The Earth Policy Institute is an independent NGO, founded in 2001 by Lester Brown. The focus is international. "The purpose of the institute is to provide a vision of what an environmentally sustainable economy will look like, a roadmap of how to get from here to there and an ongoing assessment of this effort- where progress is being made and where it is not" http://www.earth-policy.org. The website provides numerous resources, which focus natural resources, biological, agricultural and physical sciences, energy, population, health, gender, education, materials use/consumption, forestry, biodiversity, and climate change.
Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI)
"Launched in 1999, the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes are the first global indexes tracking the financial performance of the leading sustainability-driven companies worldwide. Based on the cooperation of Dow Jones Indexes, STOXX Limited and SAM they provide asset managers with reliable and objective benchmarks to manage sustainability portfolios. Currently 51 DJSI licenses are held by asset managers in 14 countries to manage a variety of financial products including active and passive funds, certificates and segregated accounts. In total, these licensees presently manage 2.8 billion EUR based on the DJSI" http://www.sustainability-indexes.com/.
Medicine that Protects the Environment's Health
One of the primary principles of the medical profession is "First, do no harm." In recent years, doctors, ethicists, patients and environmental advocates have expanded the meaning of that principle. Where it once dictated bedside decision-making, it is now framing discussions about the environmental and health impacts associated with the operation of the modern medical industry.
http://www.duke.edu/sustainability/medical.html
http://www.bigpicture.tv - site of videos by famous people on various aspects of sustainability
http://www.ecofuture.org/pop/ref.html - reference on overpopulation and sustainability - quite a variety of sources
Stakeholder Theory
http://www.istheory.yorku.ca/stakeholdertheory.htm - this site gives a great overview of the sentinel research that has been done in the area
http://www.imese.gr/courses/lifecycleapproach.pdf - this is an Academy of Management Review article about stakeholder theory. It provides a real overview of the research on the subject and comes out with some interesting findings.
Sustainable Packaging
A report on Meeting Sustainability Goals and Environmental Mandates Using Thermoformed Packaging. Available on March 10, 2008 at http://www.packaging2.com/PDF/GPEC_2005_presentation.pdf The report give an amazing review of environmental packaging issues with solutions.
The End of Oil – Video – Parts 1 – 6, YouTube, accessed June 8, 2009 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUUoRYD9VBc&feature=related
Video about the history of oil use, the peak of oil production and oil availability and the disastras effects that the use of oil has had on the planet and the people who inhabit the planet.
The Business Case for Corporate Sustainability, European Management Journal (2005) by Salzmann, Ionescu-Somers and Steger. Also see http://www.businesscaseforsustainability.com/IMD's Forum for Corporate Sustainability Management is a leader in one of today's most significant research areas of sustainability management: The Business Case for Sustainability (or BCS).Since September 2002 and in partnership with the conservation organization WWF, it has conducted a project involving more than 350 interviews in 16 countries and analyzed more than 1,000 questionnaires in nine industry sectors to examine manager's perceptions and attitudes towards the economic rationale for corporate sustainability.
For a detailed analysis, see Steger (Ed.) (2006): Inside the Mind of the Stakeholder - The hype behind stakeholder pressure(Palgrave Macmillan).
It is often said that society exerts increasing pressure on companies to improve their social and environmental performance. To cut through this widespread rhetoric and hype, CSM has examined how stakeholders assess and influence corporate sustainability.
The study comprised 265 interviews and 372 questionnaires across nine stakeholder groups.
The Future of Food - - You NEED to Watch This Video !!! http://v.mercola.com/blogs/public_blog/The-Future-of-Food-----You-NEED-to-Watch-This-Video-----3131.aspx Disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade and examines the complex web of market and political forces that are changing what we eat as huge multinational corporations seek to control the world's food system.

US Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) http://www.us-cap.org/
“United States Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) is a group of businesses and leading environmental organizations that have come together to call on the federal government to quickly enact strong national legislation to require significant reductions of greenhouse gas emissions. USCAP has issued a landmark set of principles and recommendations to underscore the urgent need for a policy framework on climate change.