Below are helpful links for subscribers who are looking to further their research on each of our 5 Factors for Sustainable Consumption™.
If you have any suggestions for organizations, apps, books or articles/reports we should add to our list, please email us at: contact@sustainablelifeapp.com
1. Impact on human health
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Organizations
Greenpeace's DeTox Campaign
World Health Organization (WHO)
Silent Spring Institute
Apps
Detoxme -- Mobile App
Books
Silent Spring -- By Rachel Carson (the classic that launched the environmental movement)
Articles/Reports
CHEMICALS KNOWN TO THE STATE TO CAUSE CANCER OR REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY
2. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Organizations
Greenpeace's DeTox Campaign
Friends of the Earth
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
UN Global Compact
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Apps
Go Green on iPhone
MyEnvironment for iPhone
Books
Silent Spring -- By Rachel Carson (the classic that launched the environmental movement)
Articles/Reports
Changing Markets - Dirty Fashion on track for transformation
Canopy Style Audits
Canopy Hot Button Report
3. RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Organizations
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Fund for Peace Human Rights and Business Roundtable
GeSI - Global E-Sustainability Initiative
Human Rights Watch
International Federation for Human Rights
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Danish Institute for Human Rights
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
UN Global Compact
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Ethical Trading Initiative
Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights
Bachpan Bachao Andolan – BBA
Apps
The UN Human Rights app is available via Google Play and App Store
Books
I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Every Child Matters by Kailash Satyarthi
The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World by Melinda Gates
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights by United Nations
Articles/Reports
OHCR – A Guide to Integrating Human Rights into Business Management
#EnablingRights - The Transformative Potential of Digital to Enable People's Rights
Amnesty International Business Groups
ILO’s Tripartite Declaration of Principles Concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy
4. RESPECT FOR ANIMAL RIGHTS
Organizations
PETA – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Mercy for Animals
Apps
PETA mobile App
World Wild Foundation Mobile App – WWF Together
Books
Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel by Carl Safina
A Plea for the Animals: The Moral, Philosophical, and Evolutionary Imperative to Treat All Beings with Compassion by Matthieu Ricard
Articles/Reports
PETA - Animals Used for Clothing
PETA – Testing Cosmetics and Household Products on Animals
5. SOCIO-ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE
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Organizations
Business for Social Responsibility (BSR)
Fund for Peace Human Rights and Business Roundtable
GeSI - Global E-Sustainability Initiative
Global Reporting Initiative
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
International Financial Corporation
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
Social Accountability International (SAI)
The Danish Institute for Human Rights
The Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
UN Global Compact
Social Venture Network
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Ethical Trading Initiative
Equator Principles
Global Reporting Initiative
Kimberly Process
Conscious Capitalism Movement
Apps
Ethical Barcode App
Books
The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World by Melinda Gates
Conscious Capitalism by John Mackey and Raj Sisodia
Disrobed: How Clothing Predicts Economic Cycles, Saves Lives, and Determines the Future by Syl Tang
Investing Between the Lines by L.J. Rittenhouse
Articles/Reports
ILO’s Tripartite Declaration of Principles Concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy