Accountability
. AA1000AS

Global Reporting Initiative
. GRI G3 Guidelines

Greenhouse Gases
. The Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative
. ISO 14064 Series for Greenhouse Gas Management and Related Activities

ILO - International Labour Organisation conventions

• 29 & 105                                 (Forced Labour)
• 87 & 135                                 (Freedom of Association)
• 98                                             (Right to Collective Bargaining)
• 138 & 146                               (Minimum age)
• 182                                          (Worst Forms of Child Labour)
• 95 & 131                                 (Wages)
• 100 & 111                               (Discrimination)
• 155                                           (Health and Safety)
• 177                                           (Home work)

International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board
. ISAE 3000 Standard for the assurance of non-financial reports

International Standards Organisation
. ISO 26000

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development - OECD
. Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises 
. Bribery of Foreign Public Officials

Social Accountability International
. SA8000 standard for labour and employment

Transparency International
Anti bribery business principles

United Nations
. Global Compact Principles
. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
. The Human Rights responsibilities of companies
. UN Environment Programme

Risk Management Standard prepared by The Institute of Risk Management (IRM), The Association of Insurance and Risk Managers (AIRMIC) and ALARM (The national forum for risk management in the public sector).  

• Companies Act 2006                                                                                                      (directors' duties)
• Combined Code on Corporate Governance                                                              (revised)
• Guidance for Directors on the Combined Code                                                       (Turnbull Report)
• Review of the role and effectiveness of non executive directors                            (Higgs Report)
• Audit committees combined code guidance                                                             (Smith Report)

• An Ethical Framework for Financial Services (FSA)
• FORGE guidelines on environmental management and reporting for financial services
• FORGE ll guidance on corporate social responsibility for financial services
• Ethical Trading Initiative Basecode
• Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
• EICC
• Equator Principles

• FTSE 4 Good
• Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI)