Description of type
Strategic guidance: Strategic-‐level guidance regarding the implementation of sustainable practice.
Management and/or reporting: Guidance for management approaches & initiatives, &/or guidelines for reporting on sustainable practice.
Design guidance / data specific: Provides
specific detail to inform infrastructure design or assessment calculations.
Assessment / indicator framework: Outlines a set of sustainability indicators.
Standard: Outlines a specific process for an industry or sector to follow, in the form of a recognised industry standard.
- Note that more than one type or theme may apply.
- Note that the summaries provided have not been reviewed by the owners/developers of the standards/guidelines. These summaries are for information only, giving an indication of the types of tools available. Users will need to refer to the tools and associated websites to determine usage rights.
Tool | Owner (Developer) | Type | Theme | Application | ||||||||||
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Strategic guidance | Management and/or reporting | Design guideline/data specific | Assessment/indicator framework | Standards | General sustainability | Carbon/climate specific | Sector specific | Other | International | National | Local | |||
Access for the poor and excluded: Tariffs and subsidies for urban water supply | WaterAid | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||
Agenda 21 for Sustainable Construction in Developing Countries | International Council for Research and Innovation & UNEP International Environment Technology Centre | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||
Civil Engineering Standard Method of measurement Carbon & Price book | Franklin+Andrews | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||
Climate Change Adaptation Guidelines | Infrastructure Sustainability Council Australia | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||
Design Manual for Roads and Bridges | Highways Agency | Y | Y | |||||||||||
Design Manual for Urban Roads & Streets Ireland | Department for Transport, Tourism & Sport, Ireland | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||
Embodied Carbon - The Inventory of Carbon and Energy | G Hammond & C Jones, ed.F Lowrie & P Tse | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||
Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Guidelines | World Business Council for Sustainable Development | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||
Environmental Reporting Guidelines: Including mandatory GHG emissions reporting guidance | Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, UK Government | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||
Environmental, Health & Safety General Guidelines | International Finance Corporation, World Bank | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||
Equator Principles | Equator Principles Financial Institutions | Y | Y | |||||||||||
Fact Sheet 18 - Embodied CO2 of UK cement, additions and cementitious material | British Cement Association | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||
Greenhouse Gas Assessment Workbook for Road Projects | Transport Authorities Greenhouse Group | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||
Guidance Notes on Services for the Urban Poor: A Practical Guide for Improving Water Supply and Sanitation Services | Water and Sanitation Program (World Bank) | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||
Guide to sustainable procurement in construction | Construction Industry Research and Information Association | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||
Guidelines for Climate Proofing Investment in the Transport Sector | Asian Development Bank | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||
High Performance Building Guidelines | City of New York Department of Design & Construction | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||
High Performance Infrastructure Guidelines | City of New York Department of Design & Construction (in partnership with the Design Trust) | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||
Hutchins UK Building Blackbook: the Cost & Carbon Guide | Franklin + Andrews | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||
Industry as a Partner for Sustainable Development: | United Nations Environment Programme & other partners | Y | Y | |||||||||||
International Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors & Fuel Cycles | INPRO | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||
ISO 14000 Environmental Management | International Organisation for Standardisation | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||
ISO 26000 Social Responsibility | International Organisation for Standardisation | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||
ISO 31000 Risk Management | International Organisation for Standardisation | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||
ISO standards on sustainability in buildings and civil engineering works | International Organisation for Standardisation | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||
Issue Briefs, Facts and Trends for Powering a Sustainable Future | World Business Council for Sustainable Development | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||
Performance Standards on Social & Environmental Sustainability | International Finance Corporation, World Bank | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||
Planning for Sustainability - A Handbook for Water and Wastewater Utilities | United States Environmental Protection Agency | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||
Port Authority of New York - Sustainable Infrastructure Guidelines | Port Authority of New York & New Jersey | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||
Project Sustainability Management II | International Federation of Consulting Engineers | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||
Sustainability - CIBSE Guide L | CIBSE | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
Sustainability Framework | WaterAid | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||
Sustainability of Construction works | European Committee for Standardisation | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||
Sustainability Reporting Guidelines | Global Reporting Initiative | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||
Sustainable Aviation Resources Guide | Sustainable Aviation Guidance Alliance | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||
Sustainable Reconstruction in Disaster- Affected Countries | Skat & UNEP- SBCI | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||
Sustainable Transport Initiative: Operational Plan | Asian Development Bank | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||
Sustainable Urban Site Design Manual | City of New York Department of Design & Construction | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||
The Green Guide to Specification | BRE (Authors: Anderson, J., Shiers, D. and Steele, K) | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||
The Project Sustainability Logbook | International Federation of Consulting Engineers | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||
World Development Indicators | World Bank | Y | Y | Y | Y |