Articles and Reports
Consult the databases below for articles in business magazines and journals; suggested subject terms to use: Sustainability, social responsibility, sustainable development, environmental ethics.
- ProQuest One Business This link opens in a new window
- Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
- Factiva This link opens in a new window
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Selected e-Journals
- SustainabilityAvailable through Directory of Open Access Journals.
- Sustainability ScienceAvailable through Springer-Verlag LINK.
- Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental ManagementAvailable through ABI/INFORM Global.
- Business Ethics QuarterlyAvailable through Business Source Complete.
- Corporate Governance (Bradford)Available through ABI/INFORM Global.
- Corporate Governance AdvisorAvailable through Business Source Complete.
Ratings
- MSCI ESG Direct This link opens in a new windowTracks the social, environmental and governance of corporations throughout the world.
Organizations and Associations
- Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)GRI is an independent international organization that has pioneered sustainability reporting and provides Sustainability Reporting Standards (GRI Standards) that are used by many companies worldwide.
- BSDglobalThis site is from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), a nonprofit group funded by the Canadian government. This site explains the strategies and tools that companies can use to translate an aspiration for sustainability into practical, effective solutions. Case studies from around the world are provided.
- Dow Jones Sustainability IndicesThe Dow Jones Sustainability Indices are global indices that track the financial performance of the leading sustainability-driven companies worldwide.
- Feasta: The Foundation for the Economics of SustainabilityFeasta aims to identify the characteristics (economic, cultural and environmental) of a truly sustainable society, articulate how the necessary transition can be effected and promote the implementation of the measures required for this purpose.
- International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)IIED is an independent research organization that work with people in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Central and South America, the Middle East and the Pacific, to ensure they have a say in the policy arenas that most closely affect them.
- International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)International Institute for Sustainable Development is a policy research institute dedicated to engaging decision-makers in government, business, NGOs in the development and implementation of policies that are simultaneously beneficial to the global economy, the global environment and to social well-being.
- International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP)The International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP) is a non-profit association for professionals who are committed to making sustainability a standard practice.
For additional resources, please see the Energy & Sustainability guide and the Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility guide.
