PrintSustainability
Key Stakeholders
Government's Sustainability Web-Site
www.sustainable-development.gov.uk/index.asp
This includes advice, support and publications on sustainable development.
Sustainable Development Commission UK
http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/index.php
The Sustainable Development Commission is the Government's independent watchdog on sustainable development, reporting to the Prime Minister and the First Ministers of Scotland and Wales.
Financing Local Futures
www.sd-commission.org.uk/flf/flf_home.html
The recently launched (February 2007) Financing Local Futures website, supported by CIPFA, the LGA and the IDeA, is a web-based resource designed to help those involved in local government financial decision-making to develop their own organisations' contributions to sustainable development. It is an excellent resource tool presented in a very user friendly format. It includes a forum dedicated to sustainability issues.
Forum for the Future
www.forumforthefuture.org.uk
Forum for the Future is the UK's leading sustainable development charity. They work with forward looking organisations in business and the public sector to find practical ways to build a future that is environmentally viable, socially just and economically prosperous. They worked with CIPFA on the production of the CIPFA Reporting Framework publication.
Prince of Wales Accounting for Sustainability Group
CIPFA is a founding member of the Accounting for Sustainability Forum, bringing together an international grouping of accounting bodies.
Established by HRH The Prince of Wales in 2004, the Project is developing practical tools to enable environmental and social performance to be better integrated into organisations' core strategy and financial performance. Currently, the Project is piloting the "Connected Reporting Framework" and the A4S Decision-Making tool with key public, private and third sector partners.
Accountants have a key role to play in helping organisations effectively measure and account for their environmental and social performance, and CIPFA is delighted to be at the cutting edge of developments in this area through its work with the A4S Project.
Click on the following links for more information about the Project:
Accounting for Sustainability Project
A4S Forum Membership
The Academy for Sustainable Communities (ACSC)
www.ascskills.org.uk/pages/home
The ACSC are a national body based in Leeds. They were set up by the Department for Communities and Local Government and are a key part of the Governments drive to create sustainable communities.
UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
www.unpri.org/
An initiative of the UN Secretary-General, the PRI provide a framework for considering sustainable development issues when making investment decisions or managing investment portfolios.
UK Social Investment Forum (UKSIF)
www.uksif.org/uksif
The UKSIF is the UK's membership network for socially responsible investment (SRI). Its main objective is to promote these principles amongst UK based investors.
European Social Investment Forum (Eurosif)
http://eurosif.org/
Eurosif is a pan-European group whose mission is to address sustainability through financial markets. The Board is made up of representatives from Italy, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK. Their site includes a Pension Fund Toolkit to help trustees understand how to embed Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) into their fund portfolio.
Fair Pensions
www.fairpensions.org.uk/index.htm
FairPensions is the successor organisation to Ethics for USS, a campaign which convinced one of the UK's largest pension funds to adopt a socially responsible investment policy. They were founded in 2005 by leading campaigning organisations including Amnesty International, Greenpeace and WWF. FairPensions calls for responsible investment by UK pension funds. Their web-site includes a "Responsible Investment Best Practice Guide".