LibGuides: Sustainability: Sustainable Business

eBooks

Sustainable Product Design and Development

The Socio-Economic Foundations of Sustainable Business

Return on Investment in Corporate Responsibility

After Cooling: On Freon, Global Warming, and the Terrible Cost of Comfort

Business Ethics and Environmental Fraud: Improper Competitive Advantage in the Age of Green

A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency

Greenovation: Urban Leadership on Climate Change

Green Supply Chains and Environmental Benchmarking: Implications for Emerging Economies

Solving Transport Problems: Towards Green Logistics

Values at Work: Sustainable Investing and ESG Reporting

Journals and Magazines

International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility

Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment

Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal

Videos

Claire Moxham Discusses Socially Sustainable Supply Chains

Judi Marshall Discusses Leadership for Sustainability

Consumer Behavior & Sustainability

Environmental Debt and Corporate Responsibility

Patagonia: Growing the Sustainable Company

More Resources

ISO 26000:2010 Guidance on social responsibility
This international standard provides guidance on social responsibility.
ISO 27500:2016 The human-centred organization - Rationale and general principles
This document describes the values and beliefs that make an organization human-centred, benefits that can be achieved, and risks for the organization of not being human-centred.
GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) Standards
GRI Standards represent global best practice for reporting publicly on a range of economic, environmental and social impacts.
SA8000:2014 Social Accountability International Standard
SA8000 was developed by Social Accountability International as an auditable certification standard that encourages organizations to develop, maintain, and apply socially acceptable practices in the workplace. It requires compliance with criteria in the areas of child labor, forced or compulsory labor, health and safety, freedom of association and right to collective bargaining, discrimination, disciplinary practices, work hours standards, and remuneration.

Click the links to view search results on corporate social responsibility (CSR) or environmental, social, and governance (ESG) topics.

Sustainability
Sustainability goals and strategies, environmental indicators, greening government operations.
Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators
Environmental indicators on air, climate, water, nature, and human influence.
Canada CSR Toolkit
This Canadian government issued CSR toolkit for business provides practical guidance on why and how to integrate sustainability-oriented practices into business operations. Themes include: governance, decision-making, human resources, purchasing and marketing.

Re_Generation
Formerly the Canadian Business Youth Council for Sustainable Development, find capacity-building toolkits for student leaders and career development tools, aligned with regenerative principles.

News

CSR News
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S&P Global ESG Insights
Environmental, social, and governance issues have taken on increasing importance to governments, investors, and citizens around the world. Keep up with the latest ESG developments affecting business, trade, and capital investment.

Reporting

You can also find corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports on many company websites. Look for the About page, or Corporate Governance, or Sustainability.

Corporate Register.com
Search almost 100,000 corporate responsibility reports from more than 15,000 organizations. Free registration is required to view reports.
CPA Canada: Sustainability, enviromental and social reporting
A collection of standards, briefings, reports, commentary and other guidance on sustainability reporting produced or sponsored by CPA Canada.

Ratings and Rankings

Corporate Knights: Best 50 Canadian Corporate Citizens
Corporate Knights has evaluated Canadian companies with annual revenue of over $1 billion on a growing number of key performance indicators
Corporate Knights Global 100
Corporate Knights’ 2022 ranking of the world’s 100 most sustainable corporations is based on a rigorous assessment of nearly 7,000 public companies with revenue over US$1 billion.
Corporate Responsibility Magazine's Best Corporate Citizen
Since 1999, Corporate Responsibility Magazine has ranked the 100 Best Corporate Citizens each year as recognized for their environmental, social and governance (ESG) transparency and performance among the 1,000 largest U.S. public companies.
World's Most Ethical Companies (by Ethisphere)
Recognizes companies for their commitment to business integrity.
CSRHub
CSRHub is a web based tool that provides access to employee, environmental, community and governance ratings on most major companies in North America, Europe and Asia.