All the info you need for sustainable management included on one CD- 500+ great resources, all public domain, all described for you
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The Sustainable Business Library on CD-ROM

“This CD is a goldmine of useful, practical resources for sustainability implementers. Burton Hamner has done the hard work of culling the best-of-the-best from thousands of worldwide public domain how-to publications on sustainable business. His annotated index makes it easy to quickly access the most relevant. This CD belongs in the library of any serious sustainability practitioner."
                -- Bob Willard, author of The Sustainability Advantage

Small Business
This section includes the best introductory, short guides from all the other sections. 

General Manuals and Handbooks
These are good "all in one" guides to implementing a sustainability program based on environmental improvement. They typically include case studies and numerous examples, provide step-by-step guidance for doing an assessment, and describe many useful tools and strategies. I recommend that these publications be reviewed after the Small Business ones.

Management
Green business tools are most effective when they are implemented systematically throughout an organization. An Environmental Management System is one good approach to this. An EMS be designed to follow international standards or it can be integrated into existing management systems. This section includes several extensive books and reports on designing and implementing an EMS and also several collections of worksheets and sample forms for documentation of the system.  It also includes new guidance on sustainability management and reporting and a new software program for multi-facility management.

Communication and Reporting
How to tell your sustainability story - what to talk about and how to talk about it, including marketing and PR.  Very important references because sustainability is about vision, and about creating your story to guide the many specific details.

Training
This collection includes training manuals and textbooks and also several slide shows and computer programs designed for multimedia training. These are also good introductions to the topics.

Measurement, Accounting and Financial Analysis
Environmental Management Accounting is a foundation of sustainable business. It provides the data needed to identify cost-effective opportunities for improvement. These publications provide detailed guidance how to uncover the costs of waste and pollution and environmental compliance. They describe how to set up a financial analysis of a project to measure its profitability. Also included are several software tools that are valuable for all kinds of capital investment project analysis.

Design for Environment
For long-term sustainability and environmental protection the design of products and processes must improve. These publications and software programs provide useful tools to make products more environmentally friendly.

Facilities
Every organization uses facilities, water and energy. Because conservation is such a universal concern, this section contains manuals for green building and reducing water and energy use. They are applicable to most organizations.

Green Purchasing
One of the most important ways to promote Cleaner Production is by purchasing more environmentally improved products and encouraging CP in suppliers. But to know which products have better environmental performance, the producers or suppliers must use labels and marketing. Therefore this section has publications on eco-labeling and marketing, green purchasing programs, and how to work with suppliers and contractors to improve Environment, Health and Safety and also improve supply chain performance. 

Sector-Specific Information
There is now a vast amount of information about green business applications in almost every industry. It is not possible to provide the best manuals for every one of them. However there are some good collections of industry-specific information. This section includes groups of publications from key sources and is very useful to see how sustainable solutions can be applied to solve industry-specific challenges.

Cleaner Production and Pollution Prevention for Local Governments
Local governments are critical for promoting sustainable green business. This section includes subsections on sustainability for local government, local environmental management planning and management systems, and specific operation strategies for local government operations. It should be considered in combination with the section on Promotion. The other sections all apply to local government operations, which are no different from business operations in many cases.

Promotion
Many institutions around the world are now actively promoting sustainable business to many sectors of society. Many lessons have been learned along the way. These publications provide guidance for frameworks and policies, describe important lessons from the fields of business development services and technology transfer, explain how to design and implement a sustainable business program, and also how to finance implementation.

Joel Makower, founder of GreenBiz.Com and noted author and speaker on sustainable business, says:

"This is a first-rate collection that can help both leadership and learning companies understand and embrace the many opportunities to turn environmental responsibility and cleaner production into bottom-line success. The best shortcut to sustainable business knowledge I've seen."

"Sustainable business" is called Cleaner Production (CP) by the UN, and Pollution Prevention (P2) by the US EPA and state environmental agencies.  It is becoming synonymous with Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Citizenship.  The CP/P2 programs supported by governments and international agencies like the United Nations have produced a great collection of business operation tools, guides and manuals. 

You could spend five hundred hours searching the web for really good publications about sustainable business, sorting and ranking the sources, and patiently downloading and filing and remembering the best material.  Or, you can buy this CD cheap ($45).  Get the best guides in one place - fast.

The pages here contain the full descriptive text of the CD-ROM library.   On the CD, each document title is linked to the full document on the CD.  Over 500 documents and software programs are included.  The full collection is over 600 Megabytes.  Click on the buttons at left to open the bibliography texts. 

CD Library Highlights

• Short, well-designed introductions to important topics
   

• Practical "How-To" guides to every aspect of green business operations.
   

• PC-based programs for training, facility management, energy efficiency, water conservation and more.
   

• Financial analysis software for comparing alternative investments using Environmental Management Accounting principles - you will LOVE this if you make equipment investment decisions
   

• A 400+ page technical manual on energy efficiency for pollution prevention - a library-quality book worth the price of the CD all by itself
   

• Customizable software for multi-facility environmental management with over 200 technical recommendations
   

• Slide shows and PC-based training programs
   

• Detailed technical manuals from USA,UK, European Union and Australia about environmental management in all major industry sectors
   

• Detailed guides for government managers about how to promote sustainable business at the national, regional and local levels
   

• Contact information for sustainable business assistance programs all over the world - no matter where you go, there is someone nearby who is ready to talk about sustainable business!