The UN Global Compact’s action manager, in collaboration with the B Lab, gives companies the expertise and advice to enact sustainable change. You can learn how to assess and improve your contributions toward the SDGs and progress from self-assessment to...
The UN Global Compact is the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative. It is committed to business as a force for good. Their SDG Ambition programme is a six-month accelerator course for businesses to engage in Sustainable Development Goal action. In...
This report from the OECD on Sustainable Materials Management is a comprehensive guide to the topic. It explains the need for action, the policy argument for change, and the benefits & challenges of implementing change. Case studies of various countries are given...
This simple guide to managing business waste from MyWaste.ie is a good introduction to the topic. It includes clear visual guides to bin management and explains how and why we must segregate our waste. The step-by-step guide will help you to monitor, review and...
This World Economic Forum article on the economic impact of waste, on top of its environmental impact, gives an additional argument as to why we urgently need to redress our wasteful linear economy business model in favour of a circular system. The circular economy...
This report from the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) provides a clear and digestible summary of the state of its member nations in terms of circular economy progress. The issues, policy challenges, trends and environmental impact of...
Eurostat (the EU Statistics Office) offers a guide to explain what the circular economy is, along with data showing the state and progress of individual EU countries in moving towards a more circular economy. Information on waste statistics are also available to show...
Circulytics is a free measurement tool for businesses from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. The assessment can measure the circularity of your business and show you where you need to improve and how. Circulytics has supported more than 1000 businesses on their journey...
Climate Action looks at the use of water metrics to understand how investors and businesses can measure water risk. The EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) is explained and what it means for business. Water use varies hugely by industry but so does...
Friends of the Earth's Mind your Step Report assesses the water and land footprint of seven common products, from a T-shirt to a mobile phone. Through a detailed analysis of supply chains and production methods they calculate the scale of water use in industrial...