Local Resources

• Council on Smaller Enterprises - COSE
  • Green Plus Certification - Institute for Sustainable Development
  • Sustainability for Small Business
  • 12 steps to sustainability
  • Sustainability and energy efficiency at COSE
• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
  • Green Certification Program website
  • Overview presentation
  • Carbon footprint calculator for legal offices

National Resources

• The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) 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."
• Guidance Documents by the Greenhouse Gas Protocol
  • Working 9 to 5 on Climate Change (for use by small office-based organizations only)
  • Hot Climate, Cool Commerce: A Service Sector Guide to Greenhouse Gas Management
  • A Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard
• 12 Steps to Sustainability: How Every Company Can Implement Sustainability to Improve the Bottom Line and the Environment. (September 2009. Kanal Consulting) 

The Carbon Disclosure Project
“The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is an independent not-for-profit organization 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 Climate Registry
“The Climate Registry is a nonprofit partnership developing an accurate, complete, consistent and transparent greenhouse gas emissions measurement protocol that is capable of supporting voluntary and mandatory greenhouse gas emission reporting policies for its Members and Reporters. It will provide a verified set of greenhouse gas emissions data from its Reporters supported by a robust accounting and verification infrastructure.”

US EPA Climate Leaders
“Climate Leaders is an EPA industry-government partnership that works with companies to develop comprehensive climate change strategies. Partner companies commit to reducing their impact on the global environment by completing a corporate-wide inventory of their greenhouse gas emissions based on a quality management system, setting aggressive reduction goals, and annually reporting their progress to EPA. Through program participation, companies create a credible record of their accomplishments and receive EPA recognition as corporate environmental leaders.”

US Green Power Partnership
“In buying green power, your organization can receive valuable recognition and help protect the environment. Green power can be one of the easiest and most effective ways to reduce the environmental impacts associated with your organization’s conventional electricity use. By partnering with EPA, you can also receive technical support in identifying green power products that meet your organization’s needs and goals.”