Environmental Management

Organizations

Markets & Enterprise Program
http://www.wri.org/markets#project_tabs-1
World Resources Institute program to harness markets and enterprise to expand economic opportunity and protect the environment: nextbillion.net; Capital Markets; New Ventures.

National Association for Environmental Management (NAEM)
http://www.naem.org

Practice Greenhealth
http://practicegreenhealth.org/
Practice Greenhealth is a nonprofit membership organization founded on the principles of positive environmental stewardship and best practices by organizations in the healthcare community.

Sustainability
http://www.epa.gov/sustainability/
This US EPA site is divided into four sections: Built Environment; Water, Ecosystems & Agriculture; Energy & the Environment; and Materials & Toxics. Each sections has links to policies and programs, research tools and technologies, and assessment and performance measures.

Sustainable Business Clearinghouse
http://trade.gov/competitiveness/sustainablemanufacturing/index.asp
Created by the US Department of Commerce, the Sustainable Business Clearinghouse provides U.S. companies with a central portal for information on programs and resources that can assist them in enhancing their competitiveness and profitability in environmentally sustainable ways. The Department of Commerce has started by collecting information on Federal-level government programs/resources in this searchable clearinghouse. We plan to expand the clearinghouse to include state-level resources, and we encourage state government programs, or firms that receive state-sponsored services, to contact us with information on these programs.

Sustainable Hospitals Project
http://www.sustainablehospitals.org/
Provides technical support to the healthcare industry for selecting products and work practices that eliminate or reduce occupational and environmental hazards, maintain quality patient care, and contain costs.

The Natural Step (TNS)
http://www.naturalstep.org
Helps organizations transition toward sustainability through its unique program.

U.S. DOE Industrial Technologies Program
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/industry/
Partners with U.S. industry to improve industrial energy efficiency and environmental performance.

U.S. EPA Outreach to Small Business
http://www.epa.gov/smallbusiness/
Environmental information, regulations, assistance for small business.

U.S. EPA Web Site For Pollution Prevention
http://www.epa.gov/p2/
Pollution prevention (P2) is reducing or eliminating waste at the source by modifying production processes, promoting the use of non-toxic or less-toxic substances, implementing conservation techniques, and re-using materials rather than putting them into the waste stream. Information, local contacts, tech support.