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Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium The Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium is a research consortium originally formed in 1992 to advance the capabilities of the valve-regulated lead acid battery in order to help electric vehicles become a reality. |
http://www.alabc.org/about.html
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The Australian Aluminium Council is the peak body representing the Australian aluminium industry. |
http://www.aluminium.org.au/Page.php
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The Australian Coal Association (ACA) is an industry body representing the interests of the black coal producers in New South Wales and Queensland, the states that produce 98 per cent of Australia's black coal. |
http://www.australiancoal.com.au/about.htm
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Australian Coal Association Research Program Australian black coal producers contribute to a program of collaborative research that is conducted for the benefit of the coal mining industry. |
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The Australian Gas Association provides high-quality competitive certification services to industry and regulatory authorities and contributes to the safety, reliability and energy efficiency of gas and related products sold to Australian and international consumers. |
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Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) APPEA's mission is to achieve a legislative, administrative, economic and social framework that efficiently and effectively facilitates safe, environmentally responsible, socially responsible and profitable oil and gas exploration, development and production. |
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| Initiatives, Activities and Organisations | Australian Uranium Industry Framework Steering Group In 2005 the Australian Government, through its Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources, established the Uranium Industry Framework (UIF) Steering Group to propose a uranium strategy. |
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Basel Convention for Hazardous Waste During its first decade (1989-1999), the Convention was principally devoted to setting up a framework for controlling the “transboundary” movements of hazardous wastes, that is, the movement of hazardous wastes across international frontiers. It also developed the criteria for “environmentally sound management”. A Control System, based on prior written notification, was also put into place. |
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Business in the Community is a unique movement in the UK of 700 member companies, with a further 1600 participating in its programs and campaigns. It operates through a network of 98 local business-led partnerships, as well as working with 45 global partners. Its purpose is to inspire, challenge, engage and support business in continually improving its positive impact on society. |
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The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) provides a secretariat for the world’s largest institutional investor collaboration on the business implications of climate change. CDP represents an efficient process whereby many institutional investors collectively sign a single global request for disclosure of information on greenhouse gas emissions. CDP then sends this request to the FT500 largest companies in the world, and 300 of the 500 largest corporations in the world currently report their emissions through this website. |
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Initiated by the Australian Coal Industry, COAL21 is a program aimed at fully realising the potential of advanced technologies to reduce or eliminate greenhouse gas emissions associated with the use of coal. The program will also explore coal's role as a primary source of hydrogen to power the hydrogen-based economy of the future. The program is a collaborative partnership between Federal and State governments, the coal and electricity generation industries and the research community. |
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The Coal Industry Advisory Board (CIAB) is a group of high level executives from coal-related industrial enterprises, established by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in July 1979 to provide advice to the IEA on a wide range of issues relating to coal. |
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The Cobalt Development Institute is an international organisation of a wholly non-profit making character. It is an association of producers, users and traders of cobalt with the objectives of promoting the responsible use of cobalt in all forms; consulting organisations, agencies and governments for research or investigations on all matters concerning cobalt; providing members with topical information on all cobalt matters including health & safety and environmental legislation plus regulatory affairs possibly affecting their interests;promoting co-operation between members; and providing a forum for the exchange of information concerning the resources, production and uses of cobalt. |
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Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies The Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC) researches the logistic, technical, financial and environmental issues of storing industrial carbon dioxide emissions in deep geological formations. The CRC also researches the capture and separation of carbon dioxide from industrial systems. |
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Cooperative Research Centre for Coal in Sustainable Development The Cooperative Research Centre for Coal in Sustainable Development (CCSD) brings together the majority of Australia’s coal research skill base as well as experts in sustainability.The vision of CCSD is to optimise the contribution of coal to a sustainable future, and its research is underpinned by a focus on the three dimensions of sustainability - economic, social and environmental. |
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The Copper Development Centre is the peak body for the copper industry in Australia, representing some of the country’s most influential companies in mining, manufacturing, production and recycling. |
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Council for Responsible Jewellery Practices The Council for Responsible Jewellery Practices (CRJP) was founded in May 2005 with 14 members from a cross-section of the diamond and gold jewellery supply chain, from mine to retail. Council members believe that a coordinated worldwide approach to addressing ethical, social and environmental challenges will drive continuous improvement throughout the jewellery industry to the benefit of stakeholders. |
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Dow Jones Sustainability World Indexes The Dow Jones Sustainability World Indexes (DJSI) consist of more than 300 companies that represent the top 10 per cent of the leading sustainability companies in 60 industry groups in the 34 countries covered by the biggest 2500 companies in the Dow Jones Global Indexes. |
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The European Copper Institute (ECI) and its members are committed to strengthening and expanding copper usage in Europe. On behalf of its members, ECI aims to strengthen public awareness of copper's value to society and its role in the environment, based on scientific research. |
http://www.eurocopper.org/eci/jsp/index.jsp?lng=2
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Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative The UK Prime Minister Tony Blair announced the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, September 2002. It aims to increase transparency in transactions between governments and companies within extractive industries. |
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Launched in 2001, the FTSE4Good Index series has been designed to measure the performance of companies that meet globally recognised corporate responsibility standards and to facilitate investment in those companies. The series covers four markets: US, Global, UK and Europe. Each market consists of both a benchmark and tradeable index. |
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FutureGen is an initiative to build the world's first integrated sequestration and hydrogen production research power plant. The US$1 billion project is intended to create the first zero-emissions fossil fuel plant. When operational, the prototype will be the cleanest fossil fuel fired power plant in the world. |
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The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is a multi-stakeholder process and independent institution whose mission is to develop and disseminate globally applicable Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. |
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Green LeadTM is the use of best practices in all aspects of mining, transport, manufacture, use and reuse of lead in order to minimise people and planet exposure to lead. The concept is based on taking a "whole of life cycle" approach to lead and its impacts on people and the environment and to analyse all of them. |
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International Aluminium Institute The International Aluminium Institute (IAI) is the global forum of aluminium producers dedicated to the development and wider use of aluminium as a competitive and uniquely valuable material. The IAI in all its activities supports the concept that aluminium is a material that lends itself to improving world living standards and developing a better and sustainable world environment. |
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International Copper Association The International Copper Association, Ltd. (ICA) is the leading organisation for promoting the use of copper worldwide. The Association's 37 member companies represent about 80 per cent of the world's refined copper output and are among the largest copper producers, copper alloy fabricators, and wire and cable companies in the world. |
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International Copper Study Group The International Copper Study Group (ICSG) is an intergovernmental organisation that serves to increase copper market transparency and promote international discussions and cooperation on issues related to copper. |
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International Council on Mining and Metals The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) members offer strategic industry leadership towards achieving continuous improvements in sustainable development performance in the mining, minerals and metals industry. ICMM provides a common platform for the industry to share challenges and responsibilities as well as to engage key constituencies on issues of common concern at the international level, based on science and principles of sustainable development. |
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International Lead and Zinc Research Organisation The International Lead and Zinc Research Organisation, Inc. (ILZRO) was formed in 1958 as a non-profit research foundation. Silver was added to its core group of research metals in 2002 with the launching of the Silver Research Consortium. ILZRO's sponsors include most of the major producers of lead, zinc and silver and significant numbers of end-users of these metals from among the steel, automotive, die casting, battery, galvanizing and other industries. |
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International Lead and Zinc Study Group The International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) is an intergovernmental organisation that regularly brings together 28 member countries in an international forum to exchange information on lead and zinc. |
http://www.ilzsg.org/ilzsgframe.htm
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International Lead Management Centre The International Lead Management Centre (ILMC) was founded by the lead-producing industry and works cooperatively with the lead products applications sectors. Its expertise and advice is available across lead production, applications, recycling and disposal. It is also responsible for working with governments, industries and the international community to manage the risk of lead exposure. |
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International Nickel Study Group The International Nickel Study Group is an autonomous, intergovernmental organisation with membership comprising nickel producing, consuming and trading countries. The objectives of the Group are:
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International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation The International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation (IPIECA) is a voluntary non-profit organisation whose membership includes petroleum companies and associations at the national, regional or international levels. Separate working groups within IPIECA address global environmental and social issues related to the petroleum industry. IPIECA also helps members identify new global issues and assesses their potential impact on the oil industry. |
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ISO 14001 - Environmental Management Systems The ISO 14000 family consists of standards relating to environmental management systems and others that are specific tools for realising environmental policy and achieving objectives and targets. |
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Johannesburg Stock Exchange Socially Responsible Investment Index The JSE Socially Responsible Investment Index was launched in 2004. This was the culmination of an extensive consultation and development process, which the JSE has guided over the past year as a means of helping to focus the debate on triple bottom-line practices in South Africa. |
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Lead Development Association International The Lead Development Association International is dedicated to encouraging the responsible use of lead and its compounds. |
http://www.ldaint.org/default.htm
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Millennium Ecosystem Assessment The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA) is an international work program designed to meet the needs of decision makers and the public for scientific information concerning the consequences of ecosystem change for human wellbeing and options for responding to those changes. |
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The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) represents Australia's exploration, mining and minerals processing industry, nationally and internationally, in its contribution to sustainable development and society. |
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Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) was an independent two-year process of consultation and research with the objective of understanding how to maximise the contribution of the mining and minerals sector to sustainable development at the global, national, regional and local levels.The Project began in April 2000 and was designed to produce a Final Report, a series of Working Papers, and to create a dialogue process capable of being carried forward into the future. MMSD was managed by the International Institute for Environment and Development in London, UK, under contract to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). The project was initiated by WBCSD and supported by the Global Mining Initiative (GMI). |
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Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association The Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association provides information on the use and properties of nickel and the safe use of nickel in the workplace. |
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OHSAS 18001 - Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems OHSAS 18001 was developed to be compatible with the ISO 9001 (Quality) and ISO 14001 (Environmental) management systems standards, in order to facilitate the integration of quality, environmental and occupational health and safety management systems by organisations. The specification gives requirements for an occupational health and safety (OH&S) management system, to enable an organisation to control its OH&S risks and improve its performance. It does not state specific OH&S performance criteria, nor does it give detailed specifications for the design of a management system. |
http://www.osha-bs8800-ohsas-18001-health-and-safety.com/ohsas-18001.htm |
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SA 8000 - Social Accountability Standard Social Accountability International (SAI) is a US-based, non-profit organisation dedicated to the development, implementation and oversight of voluntary verifiable social accountability standards. SAI's first social accountability system, SA8000, is a way for retailers, brand companies, suppliers and other organisations to maintain just and decent working conditions throughout the supply chain. |
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The Silver Research Consortium (SRC) is a program of the International Lead Zinc Research Organisation, Inc. |
http://www.ilzro.org/src/about.htm
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South African Chamber of Mines The South African Chamber of Mines is a prominent industry employers' organisation that exists to serve its members and promote their interests in the South African mining industry. |
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UK Offshore Operators Association UK Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA) is the representative organisation for the UK offshore oil and gas industry. Its members are companies licensed by the Government to explore for and produce oil and gas in UK waters. |
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United Nations Environment Program The UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre provides information for policy and action to conserve the living world. Programs concentrate on species, forests, protected areas, marine, mountains and fresh waters, plus habitats affected by climate change such as polar regions. The relationship between trade and the environment and the wider aspects of biodiversity assessment are also addressed. |
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The United Nations Global Compact is an international initiative that brings together companies with UN agencies, labour organisations and civil society to support ten principles covering human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. |
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United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction. |
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US-UK Voluntary Principles on Security and Throughout 2000, representatives from the US Department of State and the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office met with oil, mining and energy companies, together with human rights, labour and corporate responsibility groups, to develop a set of Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights. These principles are designed to provide practical guidance that will strengthen human rights safeguards in company security arrangements in the extractive sector. They are the basis of a global standard for the extractive sector. The principles are the first set of guidelines of their sort for this sector. |
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/2931.htm
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World Bank Operational Directive on Involuntary Resettlement The World Bank Operational Directive on Involuntary Resettlement states that project planning must avoid and minimise involuntary resettlement and that, if people lose their homes or livelihoods as a result of Bank-financed projects, they should have their standard of living improved or at least restored. |
http://www.ifc.org/ifcext/enviro.nsf/Content/ESRP/$FILE/OD430_InvoluntaryResettlement.pdf |
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World Business Council for Sustainable Development The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a coalition of 180 international companies united by a shared commitment to sustainable development. Its mission is to provide business leadership as a catalyst for change towards sustainable development and to promote the role of eco-efficiency, innovation and corporate social responsibility. |
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The World Coal Institute (WCI) is a non-profit, non-governmental association of coal enterprises and associations, the only international body working on a worldwide basis on behalf of the coal industry. |
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World Conservation Union (IUCN) The World Conservation Union (ICUN) is the world's largest conservation network bringing together government agencies, non-government organisations, scientists and experts from 181 countries in a worldwide partnership. The Union's mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable. |
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The World Health Organization is the United Nations' specialised agency for health. Established in 1948, its objective is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. Health is defined in WHO's Constitution as a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. |
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The World Nuclear Association (WNA) is the global organisation that seeks to promote the peaceful worldwide use of nuclear power as a sustainable energy resource for the coming centuries. Specifically, the WNA is concerned with nuclear power generation and all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle, including mining, conversion, enrichment, fuel fabrication, plant manufacture, transport, and the safe disposition of spent fuel. |
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