Sustainable development business toolkit

ICC's sustainable development "business toolkit" features some of the best, brightest and latest thinking on several key issues, which could be useful as your organization seeks to improve its environmental performance and sustainability.

ICC is committed to keeping the business tool kit dynamic, up to date and thought provoking. ICC will continue to build in lively commentaries from opinion formers, thought provoking reports and useful links. ICC also welcomes the submission of other business tools which you believe could be shared with the business community. Please send your suggestions to Tina Launois at ICC Click here to send a mail.

Themes covered in the current tool kit include Implementing Environmental Management, Climate Change and Voluntary Initiatives.

Implementing environmental management

Executive Summary of EMS Training Kit    DOWNLOAD

This Executive Summary provides a comprehensive overview of the Environmental Management System Training Resource Kit produced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the International Chamber of Commerce and the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC). The summary also highlights practical applications of the EMS training kit.

ICC/WBCSD Corporate Management Tools

ICC and WBCSD recognize that all companies, regardless of size, sector or location, can make significant contributions to sustainable development by improving their internal management of environment, health and safety. This paper discusses some of the most effective corporate environmental management tools available, and suggests how they can be more broadly disseminated and applied.

Climate Change

Monitoring, compliance, enforcement and liability under the Kyoto Protocol: An international perspective 26 October 1999 This paper presents ICC's views and reaffirms the organization's continued commitment to the UNFCCC and related Kyoto Protocol processes.

Voluntary Initiatives

Business Voluntary Initiatives to Address Climate Change   DOWNLOAD

This report, prepared for ICC, WBCSD, USCIB, Keidanren, WWF and UNEP, supported two workshops held at the 4th Meeting of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Buenos Aires, 9th-10th November 1998. The six partners in the initiative believe that meeting the challenge of climate change will require creative, collaborative responses at all levels of global socie ty. Voluntary Initiatives are one such response.