Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economy

Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economy (CERES) "was founded in 1989 by US businesses, foundations and environmental groups, in order to standardise environmental reports. Participating businesses have to adopt the 10 CERES principles into company guidelines and processes, and are obliged to report annually on environmental activities by means of a form. The form is regarded as an environmental report. Those who consider this to be too standardised are permitted to submit their own reports, which have to follow the structure of the CERES form. CERES also founded the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) office."

Mindy S. Lubber, President, also directs the Investor Network on Climate Risk.

Major Funders (2006)
$100,000+
 * Blue Moon Fund
 * Energy Foundation
 * Marisla Foundation
 * Nathan Cummings Foundation
 * Pew Charitable Trusts
 * Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund
 * Rockefeller Brothers Fund
 * Skoll Foundation
 * United Nations Foundation/Better World Fund
 * U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
 * V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation

Board
Accessed June 2013:


 * Anne Stausboll, Ceres Co-Chair - CEO, CalPERS
 * Norman L. Dean, Ceres Co-Chair - Executive Director, TopTen USA
 * Alisa Gravitz, Treasurer - Executive Director, Green America
 * Vidette Bullock Mixon - Director of Corporate Relations & Social Concerns The United Methodist Church General Board of Pension & Health Benefits
 * Thomas P. DiNapoli - Comptroller, New York State
 * Jack Ehnes - CEO, CalSTRS
 * Michel Gelobter - Founder and Chairman, Cooler, Inc.
 * Julie Gorte - Senior Vice President for Sustainable Investing, Pax World Management Corp.
 * Ashok Gupta - Director of Programs, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
 * Douglas Husid - Co-Managing Director, Goulston & Storrs
 * Mindy S. Lubber - President, Ceres & Director, INCR
 * Denise L. Nappier - State Treasurer of Connecticut
 * Carl Pope - Chairman, Sierra Club
 * Janet Ranganathan - Vice President for Science and Research, World Resources Institute (WRI)
 * Peter Rosenblum - Chair of the Business Department and Partner, Foley Hoag LLP
 * Tedd Saunders - President, Ecological Solutions, Inc.
 * Barney Schauble - Managing Principal, Nephila Capital
 * Damon A. Silvers - Director of Policy and Special Counsel, AFL-CIO
 * Adele Smith Simmons - Senior Executive, Metropolis Strategies
 * Bill Somplatsky-Jarman - Associate for MRTI and Environmental Ministries, Presbyterian Church (USA)

Directors (2008)
Accessed May 2008:


 * Joan L. Bavaria - Ceres Co-Chair - President, Trillium Asset Management Corporation
 * Ashok Gupta - Director, Air and Energy Program, Natural Resources Defense Council
 * Norman L. Dean - Ceres Co-Chair - Executive Director, Friends of the Earth
 * Christopher Holmes - Vice President, Strategic Conservation Initiatives, World Wildlife Fund
 * Alisa Gravitz - Treasurer - Executive Director, Co-op America
 * Paul L. Joffe - Senior Director, International Affairs, National Wildlife Federation
 * Paul Freundlich - Secretary of the Corporation - President, Fair Trade Foundation
 * Mindy S. Lubber - President, Ceres
 * Stuart Auchincloss - Atlantic Chapter, Sierra Club
 * Robert Kinloch Massie - Former Ceres Executive Director
 * Paul Brountas - Senior Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, LLP
 * Howard Rifkin - Deputy Treasurer, State of Connecticut, Representing CT Treasurer Denise L. Nappier
 * Vidette Bullock Mixon - Director of Corporate Relations and Social Concerns, The United Methodist Church General Board of Pension & Health Benefits
 * Tedd Saunders - President, EcoLogical Solutions Inc. and Co-owner, The Saunders Hotel Group
 * James Cromwell - Screen Actors Guild
 * Bill Somplatsky-Jarman - Associate for MRTI, Presbyterian Church (USA)
 * Richard Ferlauto - Director, Pension and Benefit Policy, AFSCME
 * Anne Stausboll - Chief Operating Investment Officer, CalPERS
 * Michel Gelobter - Founder and Executive Vice-President, Cooler
 * Ken Sylvester - Assistant Comptroller for Pension Policy, Representing William J. Thompson, Jr., New York City Comptroller
 * Neva Goodwin - Co-Director, Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University
 * Betsy Taylor - Center for a New American Dream
 * Julie Fox Gorte - Senior Vice President for Sustainable Investing, Pax World Management Corp.
 * Joe Uehlein - AFL-CIO
 * Albert H. Meyerhoff

Staff

 * Mindy S. Lubber, President, also directs the Investor Network on Climate Risk

Former

 * Gordon Davidson - Former Executive Director

Contact

 * Web: http://www.ceres.org

Resources and articles

 * Mindy S. Lubber, Corporations Can't Ignore Climate Change, Forbes online, April 11, 2013.

Related Sourcewatch articles

 * 1Sky
 * 350.org
 * Center for Environmental Leadership in Business
 * Denis Hayes
 * Institute for Global Leadership
 * Kevin Knobloch - former board member
 * Movement Strategy Center
 * Raymond Debbane
 * Majora Carter - former board member (2008-12)