Books
Here are some titles that you may find useful. To check availability, or to discover other titles, please visit the Library Catalogue (see 'Features'):
- Business, Government and Sustainable Development
- Business Ethics and the Natural Environment
- The Climate Change Levy and Your Business
- Green Marketing
- Installing Environment Management Systems
- ISO 14001 Environmental Certification
- Making Car Sharing and Car Clubs Work
- Pollution Control and Your Business
- Regulating Global Trade and the Environment
- A Travel Plan Resource Pack for Employers
Directories
- The Green Index – A Directory of Environmental Organisations
- The Environment Handbook
Magazines:
- Energy, Resource, Environmental & Sustainable Management
- Green Futures
- Travel Plan News
Pamphlets:
- Your Business, Your Rubbish and the Law
- Transport Action CleanUp grants
- Transport Action PowerShift grants
Guides:
- Profiting from Reducing Packaging Costs
- Environmental Reporting: general guidelines
- Business Information Factsheets (Cobweb)
- A Guide to the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (No.60)
- A Guide to Conducting an Environmental review (No.82)
- Choosing an Using an Environmental Consultant (No.88)
- Guide to ISO 14000 Environmental Management Standards (No.89)
- An Introduction to Environmental Regulations (No.100)
- A Guide to Minimising and Disposing of Waste (No.116)
- A Guide to Product Packaging Regulations (No.327)
Essential telephone numbers
- Government Office Environment and Energy helpline: 0800 585794
- Environment Agency incident hotline (24hrs): 0800 807060
Useful websites
Department of Trade and Industry
Department of Trade and Industry provides help with environmental matters.
Energy Saving Trust
Energy Saving Trust site giving information to help you cut costs and emissions from your fleet.
Environment Agency
Environment Agency site including information, case studies and advice on improving environmental performance.
Environmental Regulations
Free advice from Business Link about environmental legislation for small and medium-sized businesses.
Envirowise
Envirowise offers UK businesses free, independent, confidential advice and support on practical ways to increase profits, minimise waste and reduce environmental impact.
Groundwork Environmental Business Services (ebs)
Groundwork Environmental Business Services (ebs) provides practical support, advice, information and training to companies on environmental business issues. Aims to encourage companies and their employees to be more aware of their environmental impact both globally and locally.
Lets Recycle
Provides summaries and in-depth guides to waste legislation, including End of Life Vehicles Directive, Landfill Directive, Packaging Directive and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive.
The Carbon Trust
The Carbon Trust makes business sense of climate change.
The CarbonNeutral Company
The CarbonNeutral Company puts climate change at the heart of business strategy, and finds ways to take action which create commercial and brand value.
Wakefield Council Environmental Health Services
Wakefield Council Environmental Health Services provide services to safeguard the health, wellbeing and safety of the citizens of the Wakefield District as well as seeking to improve the environment in which they live
Waste Watch
Waste Watch fact sheet offering accessible introductory information, further links and telephone helpline number.
