Introduction

This webpage is intended to be a resource for managers, students, researchers and policy makers who are interested in gaining insights into ways to achieve organizational performance excellence in a sophisticated, contemporary marketplace.

The listings below are intended to be illustrative of the diverse materials and information sources currently available. The Monfort Institute does not endorse any particular sources or perspectives regarding this topic.

Organizational examples of sustainability actions

Wal-Mart – Fast Company Article: Working with the Enemy http://fastcompany.com/magazine/118/working-with-the-enemy.html
(The Environmental Defense Fund has a small office in Bentonville to help collaborations with Wal-Mart as well.)

Fairmount Minerals – www.FairmountMinerals.com

General Electric – www.ecomagination.ge.com
(Ongoing debates within GE were noted in WSJ of Sept. 14, 2007)

Interface – www.interfaceinc.com/goals/sustainability_overview.html

Caterpillar – www.cat.com (Sustainable Development tab to Cat’s 2006
Sustainable Development Report)

Baxter – http://sustainability.baxter.com/sustainability_reporting/index.html

Duke Medical Center – http://www.duke.edu/web/ESC/medical.html

Other firms actively involved include: duPont, Siemens, Whole Foods & Toyota

Disclosure or (“transparency”) trends


Global Reporting Initiative – www.GlobalReporting.org

Carbon Disclosure Project – www.CDProject.net (The CDP5 results are expected to be posted about Sept 24, 2007.)

Corporate Register – www.CorporateRegister.com

Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education -- www.aashe.org

Environmental Disclosure: SEC should explore ways to improve tracking & transparency of information, Governmental Accountability Office, #GAO-04-808, July 2004. – www.gao.gov

Equator Principles (re project financing) – http://www.equator-principles.com

Research organizations


Rocky Mountain Institute – www.rmi.org

SustainAbility – http://www.sustainability.com/raising-our-game/ (2007 study sponsored by several MNCs to forecast 20 years ahead)

Resources (other related materials)

United States Climate Action Partnership – www.us-cap.org

Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies – www.ceres.org

Business as an Agent of World Benefit – www.BAWBglobalforum.org

Aspen Principles – www.AspenInstitute.org (developed during 2007 in cooperation with several major corporations)