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The Equator Principles offers a
set of guidelines for evaluating project financing capital requests in terms of
the borrowers ability – and willingness – to use socially and environmentally
responsible business practices. Approximately 60 global financial services firms have committed to using
these principles when evaluating all such requests in excess of $10M US. This site lists the supporting
institutions and provides information on the principles and their application.
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol**The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) is the most widely used international accounting tool for government and business leaders to understand, quantify, and manage greenhouse gas emissions. The GHG Protocol, a decade-long partnership between the World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, is working with businesses, governments, and environmental groups around the world to build a new generation of credible and effective programs for tackling climate change.**
The Carbon Disclosure Project **The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is an independent not-for-profit organisation aiming to create a lasting relationship between shareholders and corporations regarding the implications for shareholder value and commercial operations presented by climate change. Its goal is to facilitate a dialogue, supported by quality information, from which a rational response to climate change will emerge.**
The Green Grid **The Green Grid is a global consortium dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data centers and business computing ecosystems.**
The Green Electronics Council **GEC Mission - Inspire and support the effective design, manufacture, use and recovery of electronic products to contribute to a healthy, fair and prosperous world.**
EPEAT **EPEAT is an environmental procurement tool designed to help institutional purchasers in the public and private sectors evaluate, compare and select desktop computers, notebook computers and monitors based on their environmental attributes. At the same time it helps manufacturers promote environmentally preferable products. EPEAT is the implementation of the IEEE 1680 Standard for Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer products (including laptop and desktop computers, and monitors).**
US Green Building Council The USGBC is responsible for the LEED (Leadership in Energy Efficient Design) program.
Climate Savers Computing Initiative **Started by Google and Intel in 2007, the Climate Savers Computing Initiative is a nonprofit group of eco-conscious consumers, businesses and conservation organizations. The Initiative was started in the spirit of WWF’s Climate Savers program which has mobilized over a dozen companies since 1999 to cut carbon dioxide emissions, demonstrating that reducing emissions is good business. Our goal is to promote development, deployment and adoption of smart technologies that can both improve the efficiency of a computer’s power delivery and reduce the energy consumed when the computer is in an inactive state. **
