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GoodCompany Guidelines for Corporate Social Performance
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The GoodCompany Guidelines for Corporate Social Performance provide a framework for implementing socially and environmentally responsible initiatives at the company level. This is a practical tool, with additional resources to assist companies in implementing the initiatives it decides to pursue....
CRT Principles for Responsible Business
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CRT Principles for Responsible Business set forth ethical norms for acceptable businesses behaviour. The principles are rooted in three ethical foundations for responsible business and for a fair and functioning society more generally, namely: responsible stewardship; living and working for mutual...
A Fresh Start: Asian villages carve out a new life
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In 2004, the Wildlife Conservation Society, which credits itself with having saved the American bison a century ago, set up the Tmatboey Ibis Ecotourism Project to lure bird-watchers. During the most recent peak season, November 2008 to May 2009, services provided to bird-watching visitors brought...
Tourism industry and poverty reduction: A business primer
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Tourism industry and poverty reduction: A business primer, a policy briefing paper, explains why poverty does matter to tourism businesses and describes what companies – both in the originating and destination countries – can do to contribute to the global effort on poverty reduction.
Sphere Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response 2011 edition
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Sphere Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response, a 2011 revised handbook of The Sphere Project, sets out minimum standards for four sectors: water, sanitation, and hygiene promotion; food security and nutrition; shelter, settlement and non-food items; and health action.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) - Resources
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The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) publishes materials for different audiences on all aspects of the refugee experience and maintains an extensive library of its publications and related information. Through the UNHCR website it is possible to access handbooks...
Information on Ioaveni, Moldova
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This is an information page about the town of Ioaveni in Moldova. It includes statistics and historical information about the town.
Sports Volunteering in England 2002
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This report, published in July 2003 by Sport England, builds on the base established by the Sports Council in 1995 with the publication of Valuing Volunteers in UK Sport (Sports Council 1996). The 1996 study was the first comprehensive investigation of the scale and value of volunteering in UK...
Sierra Leone Information System (SLIS)
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Sierra Leone Information System (SLIS) was established to implement a simple and robust management information system that could draw primarily on data already collected by the humanitarian community and the Government. SLIS's aim is to develop sustainable solutions which are primarily geared...
UNISDR Campaign: Making Cities Resilient
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Cities and local governments need to get ready, reduce the risks and become resilient to disasters. For the next two years and beyond, the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) will campaign together with its partners for this to happen.