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Global Hand Principles
Global Hand, and its parent NGO, Crossroads Foundation, aims to ensure that aid given is good aid. You can find a range of standards, specific to sectors of the disaster and development spectrum, in our Standards, Guidelines and Toolkits section. A high level summary of Global Hand's standards...
Standards
Global Hand Standards introductory page You can also view this page in German. Diese Seite ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar.
Cooperation Canada
Cooperation Canada brings together and advocates for Canada’s international development and humanitarian organizations by convening sector leaders, influencing policy and building capacity. Together, we work with partners both inside and outside Canada to build a world that’s fair, safe and...
Accord Interagency Gifts in Kind Standards
Accord Gifts in Kind Standards govern US-based member organisations' Gifts in Kind (GIK) activity.
Botswana Council of NGOs (BOCONGO)
Code of Conduct - Botswana Council of NGOs (BOCONGO) aims to enable NGOs in Botswana to respond to the challenges of sustaining democratic and participatory institutions. The Code provides guidelines on establishing an enabling environment, values, transparency, governance, accountability,...
Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA)
Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) monitors financial accountability of non-profits in the US. Members must comply with guidelines on responsible stewardship. ECFA also has a Donor's Bill of Rights, and a large network of members. ECFA provides accreditation to leading...
International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA)
The International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA) is a global network of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that advocates for effective humanitarian action. Founded in 1962, ICVA brings the experience and views of over 70 national and international NGOs, to international policy-making...
Charities Review Council
The Charities Review Council is an independent resource for people who make contributions to support charities. Charities Review Council provides information, tools and resources to the giving public. The organisation also has formulated the 2009 Accountability Standards. The purpose of the...
Better Business Bureau (BBB)
Better Business Bureau (BBB) acts as an intermediary between consumers and businesses in the US and Canada. Its main functions are to resolve disputes, to facilitate communication, and to provide information on ethical business practices. The BBB is committed to the reliability of business reports,...
Charity Commission for England and Wales
Charity Commission is the UK government department which details over 180,000 UK charities. The Commission website lists guidelines and resources for charities, including information relating to UK Laws. Most charities in England and Wales must register with the Commission, which strives to ensure...
Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP)
Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP) is a worldwide network dedicated to improving the quality and accountability of humanitarian action. ALNAP has a database which holds over 360 evaluative reports of humanitarian action and another database...
International Initiatives To Promote Responsible Business: A Navigation Guide for Business
International Initiatives To Promote Responsible Business: A Navigation Guide for Business provides a user-friendly and impartial guide to help businesses to navigate their way through this maze. It seeks to articulate the key aspects of three cross-industry initiatives: The OECD Guidelines for...
Accord (formerly AERDO)
Accord™(formerly AERDO) is a catalyst for learning, collaboration and building Christ-centered unity around the shared vision of eliminating poverty. Accord™ serves Christian organizations and churches involved in this vision to achieve the highest standards, principles and effectiveness in relief...
Equator Principles
The Equator Principles (EPs) are a credit risk management framework for determining, assessing and managing environmental and social risk in project finance transactions. Project finance is often used to fund the development and construction of major infrastructure and industrial projects.The EPs...
CRT Principles for Responsible Business
CRT Principles for Responsible Business set forth ethical norms for acceptable businesses behaviour. The principles are rooted in three ethical foundations for responsible business and for a fair and functioning society more generally, namely: responsible stewardship; living and working for mutual...
Business guide to partnering with NGOs and the United Nations: Executive Summary
Business guide to partnering with NGOs and the United Nations: Executive Summary, created in partnership between Dalberg, the UN Global Compact, and the Financial Times, provides an overview of the study of the partnership experiences of businesses with social actors - NGOs and UN agencies.
AccountAbility Rating
AccountAbility Rating, a tool developed by CRS Network and AccountAbility, measures the extent to which companies put responsible practices at the heart of their business, assessed across key domains. These domains include stakeholder engagement, strategy, governance, performance management, public...
Doing Business with the World: The New Role of Corporate Leadership in Global Development
Doing Business with the World, a publication of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), describes how companies can contribute to global sustainable development through their core businesses in a way that is profitable for the companies and good for development.
GoodCompany Guidelines for Corporate Social Performance
The GoodCompany Guidelines for Corporate Social Performance provide a framework for implementing socially and environmentally responsible initiatives at the company level. This is a practical tool, with additional resources to assist companies in implementing the initiatives it decides to pursue....
Corporate Volunteer Reporting Standards v2.0
Corporate Volunteer Reporting Standards v2.0 are used for reporting the activities of a company’s employee volunteer program. Standards relate to areas such as volunteer activities, employee volunteers, volunteer hours and dollar value of volunteer hours.