- CANADIAN GOVERNMENT
- UNITED NATIONS
- INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
- NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
- OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
- BUSINESS AND BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
Sustaining
the Environment and Resources for Canadians
A federal government web site that provides links to information and web sites
on environment, natural resources and sustainable development. The sources are
mainly from the federal government, but include some sites from provinces and
other organizations.
Environment Canada
The main Canadian government department responsible
for reporting on the state of the environment
and for regulating certain environmental
activities that are a federal responsibility. (www.ec.gc.ca/)
Environment Canada's Sustainable
Development Information System
(www.sdinfo.gc.ca/ENG/Default.cfm)
Environment Canada, Ecological
Monitoring Coordinating Office
(www.cciw.ca/eman/intro.html)
Environment Canada, Indicators and SOE report
(www.ec.gc.ca/soer-ree/)
Environment Canada, The Green Lane-Ontario Region
(www.cciw.ca/green-lane/or-home.html)
Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Responsibilities include negotiating
international environmental agreements and
reporting to the United Nations on what
Canada is doing about global environmental issues. (www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca)
Industry
Canada
Industry Canada’s sustainable development page contains resources for
business, industry, and consumers, as well as the department’s sustainable
development strategy.
Natural Resources Canada
The major natural resource department of
the federal government, it provides
information on the environment,
particularly in relation to energy,
minerals, and forestry.
(http//www.nrcan.gc.ca)
Statistics Canada
The nation's authoritative
information centre on a very wide
range of issues, including environmental
trends. Produces Human Activities and the
Environment report. (www.statcan.ca)
International Development Research Centre
A public corporation created by the federal
government that helps people living in less
developed nations find solutions to economic
and environmental problems through information sharing. (www.idrc.ca)
Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development
This is part of the office of Canada's
Auditor General and is responsible for
evaluating the performance of the federal government. (www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/domino/cesd_cedd.nsf/html/menu_e.html)
National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy
Created in 1989 to be a centre of
ideas in Canada on how to achieve
sustainable development. (www.nrtee-trnee.ca)
World Summit on Sustainable Development
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
UN System-wide Site for Sustainable Development
United Nations Environment Programme
UNEP Earthwatch
Global Environment Outlook 2000 (GEO-2000)
United Nations Development Programme
Human Development Report
United Nations Population Division
United Nations Population Fund
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
World Health Organization Teaching
and Learning for a Sustainable Future
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
International Council for Local Government Initiatives
International Institute for Sustainable Development
Commission for Environmental Cooperation
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC]
Organization for Economic Co-operation and
Development [OECD] International Society for Ecosystem Health
World Bank
World Development Report
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Biomimicry
Canadian Centre for
Pollution Prevention
Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES) The
Commons: An independent Open Society Initiative
Conference Board of Canada
The Ecological Footprint
Network
The Global Scenario Group GreenFacts.org Thegreenpages,
environmental information portal Guideposts for a Sustainable Future
Helio
International Learning
for a Sustainable Future
The Natural Step
Pembina Institute
Pollution Probe
Population Action International
Redefining Progress
Rocky Mountain Institute
SD Gateway
Sustainable Development Research Institute
Sustainable Development Information Service Sustainable
Measures
World Resources Institute
Worldwatch Institute World
Wildlife Fund Living Planet Index
York Centre for Applied Sustainability (YCAS)
CSR News
DirectoryScience
– Sustainability Section
Tomorrow Magazine
U.S. Interagency Working Group on Sustainable
Development Indicators (SDI Group)
US Census Bureau
BUSINESS AND BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Asahi
Glass Annual Survey on Global Environment
Canadian Business for Social
Responsibility
Corporate
Knights - The Canadian Magazine for Responsible Business
Interface Inc.
In September 2002,
people from around the planet will meet in Johannesburg to assess progress
since the Earth Summit and to set clearer goals for sustainable
development.
This department deals with a broad range of
sustainability issues. It maintains documents
from the 1992 Earth Summit, including the text
of Agenda 21, on-line. The Sustainable Development site is: www.un.org/esa/sustdev/
A focus for the national information
provided by Governments to the Commission on
Sustainable Development. It includes progress
reports on sustainability from many countries,
including Canada. (www.un.org/esa/agenda21/natlinfo/)
The principal UN organization responsible for
collecting and disseminating information
about the global environment. It has helped
negotiate a number of global environmental agreements. (www.unep.org)
(www.unep.ch/earthw.html)
www.unep.org/geo2000
The world's largest multilateral source of grant
technical assistance for sustainable human development.
It co-ordinates UN human development activities. (www.undp.org/)
An annual assessment of the state of human
development globally, it ranks countries
by various indices. Canada has frequently
topped the list of countries. (www.undp.org/hdro/report.html)
The UN centre of statistics on
population numbers. Part of the
UN Department for Economic and Social
Information and Policy Analysis. Operates
United Nations Population Information Network (POPIN). (www.undp.org/popin/popin.htm)
Its role is to assist developing countries in
dealing with population issues. (www.unfpa.org/)
Has information on children's issues, including
environmental issues. (www.unicef.org/)
Has a global mandate to raise
levels of nutrition and standards
of living and to improve agricultural
productivity. This UN agency has information
on global agriculture, fishery and forest issues. (www.fao.org/)
This UN organization is the world authority
on health issues. Publishes the World Health Report. (www.who.ch)
Created by the United Nations to foster
local sustainability. This Toronto-based
organization is a source of information on
cities and the environment and sustainability.
It a supporter of the Sustainability Reporting Program. (www.iclei.org)
This organization has a major web site on environment
and sustainable development in Canada and abroad. (iisd.ca)
Created after the signing of North
American Free Trade Agreement, it reports on
environmental issues in Canada, the United States, and Mexico.
(www.cec.org)
This organization advises the world on climate
change issues from the perspective of hundreds
of scientists in many countries. (www.ipcc.ch/)
An organization of the world's developed nations.
Keeps excellent statistics on a wide range of
issues, including environment. (www.oecd.org/subject/sustdev/)
This organization of experts approaches the issue of
sustainability from the perspective of maintaining
ecosystem health as a prerequisite to having healthy
human societies.
A major international organization that
funds development projects in less industrialized
nations. It publishes reports on environment,
economic, and human development. (www.worldbank.org)
(www.worldbank.org/wdr/)
This organization, built on ideas from author Janine Benyrus, explains the
concept of looking at how nature creates, and how humans can learn from nature
to make our products in a less-destructive manner. (www.biomimicry.net)
Canadian
Policy Research Networks
Its national Quality of Life Indicators project seeks measures of what really
matters to Canadians. (www.cprn.ca/cprn.html)
Maintains
information on policies and practices for sustainable business. (www.ceres.org/)
An
organization that supports public discussions of the issues and choices of
governance and decision making that impact on sustainability and social justice,
in both the private as well as in the public sector.
Policy institute whose clients include Canadian business, government and public
sector organizations. Partners include
organizations with an interest in the Canadian
economy, public policies and organizational
practices. A partner of the Sustainability
Reporting Program. (www2.conferenceboard.ca/)
See also the board's
Business and the Environment Program (www2.conferenceboard.ca/berp/)
The site provides background and many links to measurements of our “Ecological
Footprint,” which measures what we consume from nature, compared to how much
biologically productive land and water is available. (www.ecofoot.net)
This independent, international group was created by the Stockholm
Environment Institute to examine the prospects for world development in the 21st
century. The Boston-based GSG uses a number of techniques, including scenarios.
It has published a series of books on projections for the future, including
Great Transition, and Bending the Curve: Toward Global Sustainability. (www.gsg.org)
An independent, multi-stakeholder non-profit organization based in
A national network of eco-minded individuals that links people to help achieve
environmental sustainability. The site provides environmental news, events and a
directory of Canadian environmental web sites. (www.thegreenpages.ca/
A nongovernment organization that has been promoting
principles and actions for sustainable development. (www.cyberus.ca/choose.sustain)
This research-orientated, non-profit, international, non-governmental
organization monitors and reports on the contribution of energy systems to
an improved quality of life. It also reports on the implementation of relevant
environmental Conventions and principles. (www.helio-international.org/anglais/reports/canada.html).
It has produced a report on Canada
and energy (www.helio-international.org/anglais/reports/canada.html)
This approach to planning for sustainability was developed in the late
1980s in response to growing concerns about the public health problems resulting
from increasing toxins in the environment and current societal resource
use practices. It provides a framework for decision-making, including the
meeting of four system conditions for sustainability. (www.naturalstep.ca)
An independent organization workintg in three major areas: energy and the
environment; environmental economics; and sustainable resource management. (www.pembina.org/)
One of Canada's major environment groups, has broadened
its perspective to environment and sustainability
links. A major partner of the Sustainability
Reporting Program. (www.pollutionprobe.org/)
A nongovernment organization that advocates
policies and programs that slow population growth,
and produces in-depth reports on the links between
world population growth and sustainability issues.
(www.populationaction.org)
Does important work on the Genuine Progress
Indicator, an alternative to GDP as a measure
of a nation's true wealth, and Ecological
Footprint, a measure of our impact on the
environment. (www.rprogress.org/)
An entrepreneurial, nonprofit organization that fosters the efficient and
restorative use of resources. Good source of information on innovative
technologies and energy conservation. (www.rmi.org/)
The SD Gateway integrates the online information
developed by a network of some of the world's
leading sustainable development institutes. (sdgateway.net)
An important centre of expertise on sustainability,
based at the University of British Columbia, SDRI
provides information on environmentally unsustainable
behaviour, and ecologically and socio-economically
desirable futures. (www.sdri.ubc.ca/)
Country-level data and information on sustainable
development and the environment. A collaborative
effort by the World Resources Institute, the World
Conservation Union and the International Institute
for Environment and Development. (www.wri.org/wri/sdis/)
A source of information on sustainability indicators, especially for the local level.
(www.sustainablemeasures.com/)
Produces a wide range of information, including
the biennial World Resources Report, a compendium
of global environment and development statistics,
in collaboration with UN agencies. World Resources
Report available on Web site. (www.wri.org)
Major source of environmental information.
Publishes State of the World series of books,
as well as reports. Excerpts from World Watch
magazine available on Web site. (www.worldwatch.org)
The Living Planet Index is a measure of the natural wealth of the earth's
forests, freshwater ecosystems and oceans and coasts. (www.panda.org/livingplanet/lpr00/lpindex.cfm)
This part of York University has a mandate
to promote the application of the principles
and practices of sustainability throughout
society including in the public sector, the
private sector, the civil sector, and in
education. It is a major partner of the
Sustainability Reporting Program. (http://www.yorku.ca/ycas/)
An international online news service dedicated to corporate social
responsibility issues. (www.csrnews.com)
An international list of sustainability organizations assembled by The Comprehensive Science Directory.
A magazine oriented toward sustainable development,
particularly in relation to business. (www.tomorrow-web.com)
(www.sdi.gov)
An excellent source of world population data.
Uses some different calculations from the UN. (www.census.gov:80/)
(www.wbcsd.ch/)
Asahi Glass Foundation polls experts around the world on the seriousness of
global environment problems, and what should be done. They publish results and
move the hands on their Environmental Doomsday Clock.
(www.af-info.or.jp/eng/questionnaire/questionnaire-e.html)
A national association of businesses working to integrate financial, social
and environmental performance into their business practices. (www.cbsr.ca)
This is both an online and printed magazine that tracks successes and challenges
of corporate leadership and innovation. (www.corporateknights.ca/)
A US based carpet manufacturing company led by a
president who is working to transform it into
a sustainable enterprise. This is a leading
company in sustainability. (www.interfaceinc.com)
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