Balcan Engineering Ltd
Founded in 1972, Balcan manufacture a range of safety products, which help companies comply with Health and Safety, Duty of Care and Environmental requirements.

CBI Environment Business Forum
Provides environmental advice and information to members of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). Publications are available to members and non-members.

Croner's Environment Management
Croner's Environmental Management is one of the UK's leading information providers, we are market leaders in the fields of tax, company and commercial law, finance, employment law, health and safety, education management, export and transport law. We have recently expanded our portfolio of products and services to include free dedicated online community sites or web-centres.

Composting Association
The UK's national organisation researching and promoting best practice in composting and the uses of compost.

Contaminated Land
Information on Contaminated Land in the UK, for all working in the field.

Council for Environmental Education
CEE mission is to ensure that the principles of sustainable development are at the heart of education policy and practice.

Food Chain Centre
The Food Chain Centre is a newly established service in the UK as part of a national strategy (the ‘Curry Commission plan’) to improve the competitiveness and profitability of UK food and farming.

Green-Works
Green-Works is a not-for-profit social enterprise providing office furniture to schools, charities, community groups and start-up businesses that need it.

Greener Events
A guide to reducing the environmental impacts of conferences and seminars from the Government Office for the South West and Envirowise

Greenpeace (UK)
Environmental movement dedicated to worldwide environmental concerns.

Global Action Plan
Charity helping people take practical action for a better environment.

Reduce The Use
Reduce the Use is a site to help small businesses to be able to play a part in the aims and ideals of Sustainable Development. The site contains a wealth of information focused on encouraging small businesses to save money by embracing sustainable development.

SusDev.info
A non-profit 'think-tank', designed to share information regarding sustainable development and its associated topics

Tidy Britain
Tidy Britain Group is an independent national charity. Its aims are simple. To improve the quality of local environments, by making people aware of how much litter, dog fouling, graffiti and vandalism there is around them and remind them of their role in keeping Britain clean.

Biowise
Biotechnology assistance and promotion

DTI Publications
For publications telephone the DTI Publications Orderline on 0870 1502 500, by Minicom on 0870 150 2100

DEFRA
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs brings together environmental responsibilities from the former Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the former Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. Provides information on environmental reporting.

DTI
The Department of Trade and Industry - Working with businesses, employees and consumers to drive up UK productivity and competitiveness to deliver prosperity for all

Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland
The Department's aim is to improve the quality of life for people in Northern Ireland through; the promotion of sustainable development principles in all all the activities of government and wider society.

Environment Agency
Looking after the environment and making it a better place - for now, and for future generations

Government Office West Midlands
The Government Office for the West Midlands is one of nine Government Offices established in England in 1994 to bring together the regional activities of the key Government departments responsible for economic development and regeneration.

Government Office South West
A key objective for GOSW is to help ensure that the region develops in a sustainable way with regard to the principles of sustainable development. We work with a wide range of partners in the region to achieve a more sustainable and resource efficient region.

Greener Events
A guide to reducing the environmental impacts of conferences and seminars from the Government Office for the South West and Envirowise

HM Customs and Excise
HMCE intend to reduce environmental impact through improvements in: energy and water use; waste reduction; recycling initiatives; business and commuter travel; purchasing and contract management; and establishing a system which meets the standards of ISO14001

Health and Safety Executive
For information on Health and Safety Issues

National Assembly for Wales
The contact details for the National Assembly for Wales

Northern Ireland Environment and Heritage Service (NIEHS)
Implements environmental legislation in Northern Ireland and provides a single point of contact for companies in Northern Ireland. EHS is an Executive Agency of the NI Department of the Environment.

Northern Ireland Environmental Enquiry Point
Irtu is responsible for promoting and co-ordinating innovation R&D activity with in Northern Ireland

Office for National Statistics
National Statistics is a brand that stands for quality, integrity and freedom from political interference.They provide an up-to-date, comprehensive and meaningful description of the UK's economy and society.

Office of Water Services
Ofwat (the Office of Water Services) is responsible for making sure that the water and sewerage companies in England and Wales give you a good-quality, efficient service at a fair price.

Scottish Environmental Protection Agency
SEPA can provide information on environmental issues in Scotland

Scottish Executive
Scottish Executive consultation papers may be downloaded free of charge from the web site of the Scottish Parliament

Better Regulation
The Better Regulation Executive (BRE) was established in May 2005 and tasked with taking forward the Government’s better regulation agenda

Association of British Certification Bodies
The sole trade association representing the interests of third party certification bodies either operating from a base within the UK or, in the case of overseas certification bodies, accredited by UKAS.

British Standards Institution
In 2001, the BSI Group is not only the oldest and most prestigious national standards body in the world; it is the world`s leading management systems registrar and among the world`s leading commodity and product testing organisations.

Balkwell Consulting - ISOBUILDER
Management Systems Consultancy Audit Training and a range of ISOBUILDER Management Systems Support Tools - ISO14001 EMAS ISO9001 IMS SA8000 ISO22000 BS8555

Green Tourism Business Scheme
The Green Tourism Business Scheme is a Scottish accreditation scheme for tourism businesses relating to environmental good practice.

Health and Safety Executive Publications
To order HSE Publications

Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment
Provision of advice and guidelines for best practice for environmental assessment and auditing

ISO 14000 InfoCentre
Web based iso14000 information.

National Radiological Protection Board
The purpose of the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) is to provide advice to protect the health of the public, workers who are occupationally exposed, and patients undergoing medical treatment, from radiation hazards.

National Chemical Emergency Centre
The NCEC operates the UK's national 24-hour response centre, supported by the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the Chemical Industries Association (CIA). NCEC deals with all manner of questions on incident response and the world-wide chemical health & safety legislation to develop and support products and services to help companies deal with these complex issues.

RoHS
Providing you with information and help associated with RoHS compliance and enforcement.

Society for Risk Analysis
The Society for Risk Analysis provides an open forum on risk analysis and provides a useful source of information.

UK Environmental Law Association
Its work includes the promotion, for the benefit of the public generally, of the enhancement and conservation of the environment in the United Kingdom; in particular, to advance the education of the public in all matters relating to the development, teaching, application and practice of law relating to the environment.

Building Research Establishment
For information on methods of noise attenuation in buildings, BRE is the UK's leading centre for construction and fire expertise, providing consultancy and information services to customers world-wide.

CERAM Research Ltd
CERAM Research Ltd is an internationally renowned centre of technical excellence for the ceramics and other materials-based industries.

Campden & Chorleywood Food Research Association
CCFRA Group is the UK's largest independant membership-based organisation, carrying out research and development for the food and drink industry, worldwide. CCFRA's aim is to independantly research and develop expertise with the ability to advise, train and serve it's members.

Construction Industry Research and Information Association
CIRIA is a UK-based research association concerned with improving the, performance of all involved in construction and the environment.

Castings Technology International
The Centre is an international membership-based organisation providing a range of services covering all aspects of design, materials, manufacture, use, quality and performance of castings, as well as carrying out substantial R&D programmes funded by UK and European grant programmes.

Centre for Sustainable Design
The Centre for Sustainable Design has organised over 30 conferences and workshops, and undertaken a wide range of research and training projects on eco-product development and sustainable product design. It has achieved an international reputation for high quality, innovative, leading-edge work through training and education, research, seminars, workshops, conferences, consultancy, publications and the Internet.

FIRA International Ltd
FIRA is the exclusive provider of services for the Furniture Industry Research Association. The sector's research association provides environmental services through its Club Green initiative.

Industry Council For Packaging and the Environment
Research into the environmental and social effects of packaging

Paper, Printing And Packaging Research Institute
Pira International serves the printing, packaging, paper and publishing industries worldwide

Paint Research Association
The PRA is the premier research association in the coatings field. Its technical interests cut across the entire coatings chain - from raw material suppliers and paint manufacturers to applicators and end-users.

Environmental Legislation

NetRegs
NetRegs provides free environmental guidance for small businesses in the UK. They will help you to understand what you need to do to comply with environmental legislation and protect the environment. They may even help to save you money by showing you ways to use your resources more efficiently!

Resource Efficiency

Essex Resource Efficicency Club
Resuurce efficiency club for companies based in Essex and surrounding counties.

KTN – The Resource Efficiency Knowledge Transfer Network
KTN help UK companies reduce their waste by promoting: better use of materials and energy; use of industrial wastes as a source of chemicals, fuels and other valuable materials; recovery and processing of waste from one site, for use as a resource elsewhere.
They help members realise such opportunities through services delivered via their on-line information portal, and through the support of a dedicated team of Knowledge Transfer Managers. Their national team is supplemented by regionally located Technology Managers supporting NISP, the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme.

NISP - National Industrial Symbiosis Programme
Industrial symbiosis brings together companies from all business sectors with the aim of improving cross industry resource efficiency by the physical exchange of materials, energy and water and sharing assets, logistics and expertise. It engages traditionally separate industries and other organisations in a collective approach to competitive advantage involving physical exchange of materials, energy, water and/or by-products together with the shared use of assets, logistics and expertise.