Economic sustainability websites
This page shows useful websites on social business and funding information.
Businesses for Social Responsibility
This United States website has some good information on fair trade and human rights. Their Global News site is useful, see NEWS.
www.bsr.org
New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development
The sustainable development reporting guide on this site has a key tool for triple bottom line reporting. It is a practical guide on how to do it and what a report should look like. It also offers case studies on businesses such as Westpac and Vodafone.
www.nzbcsd.org.nz/sdr
Celsias.co.nz
An online magazine, website and newsletter about sustainable business. Though the site is aimed at NZ sustainability professionals, it has a lot of up-to-date articles, information and resources that many organisations will find useful.
http://www.celsias.co.nz/
Sustainable funding
Funding Information Service
The Fundview database on this website is helpful in matching what you do and what you want to achieve with the funders that best suit your purpose.
Corporate Citizens (also on this website) are businesses committed to building long-term relationships with community groups.
www.fis.org.nz
Robin Hood Foundation
In a similar way to Corporate Citizens on the FIS website, this tells how to create sustainable partnerships between NZ business and the non-profit sector. It includes a link to AdAid, which is pro-bono advertising for the non-profit sector through the use of volunteers in advertising and communications.
www.robinhood.org.nz
Not for Profit Network
This has useful information on fundraising in the “Resource Library”, especially articles on corporate partnerships. This site also has an email bulletin update see Email.
www.nfpn.com.au
Donate NZ
Donate NZ provides a portal where individuals, organisations and companies can donate time, expertise and goods in any condition to schools, early childhood centres and not-for-profit organisations in New Zealand. Registration is absolutely free to schools, playcentres and charities New Zealand wide. It allows you to make and receive donations of goods, time and services, appeal for help and market your organisation.
http://www.donatenz.com/.