IW Green Tools

Welcome to IW Green Tools, a page dedicated to collecting the most valuable online resources available for manufacturers looking to improve operations, reduce waste and improve their competitive environmental profile. Got a link to add? Email Making Green Editor Brad Kenney bkenney@industryweek.com.

Federal Government Programs

• Energy Star Top 10 List
• EPA Lean And Green
• PPRC Lean And Green resource center
• EPA Energy Star Links
• EPA Climate Leaders program
• EPA Green Supplier's Network
• Federal Grants and Incentives
• Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy for Industry
• EPA E-cycling Web site
• National Recycling Coalition Recycling Bin Grant Program
• U.S. Green Building Council
• EPA Nanotechnology & Green Manufacturing Resource Page
• EPA Smartway
• National Center for Atmospheric Research

State And Local

• Database of State & Local Incentives for Renewable Energy
• Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC)
• National Association of State Treasurers

Independent/NGO

• Global Environmental Management Initiative
• GEMI Work groups
• Motor Matters Web site (.pdf)
• McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry "Cradle To Cradle" Program
• Center for Environmental Leadership in Business
• Environmental Defense
• Environmental Defense Corporate Partnership
• Hybrid Trucks Incentives Guide
• U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Development
• Carbon Disclosure Project
• A Climate for Change - A trustees guide to understanding and addressing climate risk
• Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia
• Environmental Finance
• Equator Principles
• Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change
• Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
• International Corporate Governance Network
• Investor Network on Climate Risk
• Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (UK)
• The Forge Group
• U.S. Social Investment Forum
• Acclimatise
• Action Energy
• Business Council for Sustainable Energy
• Business Environmental Leadership Council
• Carbon Trust
• CERES
• Climate Change Corp Newsletter
• Climate Change Projects Office
• Chicago Climate Exchange
• Energy Saving Trust
• Global Reporting Initiative
• Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)
• Partnership for Climate Action
• PEW Centre
• Responding to Climate Change
• The Climate Group
• The Emissions Trading Group (ETG)
• The Hadley Centre
• UK Environment News
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development
• World Energy Council
• World Economic Forum Greenhouse Gas Register
• World Resources Institute
• World Meteorological Society
• World Resources Institute Green Power Market Development Group
• World Wildlife Fund Climate Savers

International

• Environment Canada
• Hong Kong Productivity Council Green Manufacturing Network
• Hong Kong Green Manufacturing Alliance
• The Greenhouse Gas Protocol
• European Social Investment Forum
• Intergovernmental panel on climate change
• The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• Social Investment Organization (Canada)
• UK Social Investment Forum
• UN Environment Programme
• United Nations Environmental Programme Financial Initiative
• UK Climate Change Levy
• European Union Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS)
• London Climate Change Partnership
• UK Climate Impacts Programme
• UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
• UK Government Environmental reporting challenge

Other IW Sections

• Making Green: Sustainability In Manufacturing And The Clean-Tech Economy
• Green Spot: Best Practices in Sustainable Manufacturing

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To submit a link for consideration, email IW's Making Green Editor Brad Kenney at bkenney@industryweek.com.

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