AccountAbility promotes accountability innovations that advance responsible business practices, and the broader accountability of civil society and public organizations.

Action Sustainability is a Social Enterprise set up to lead and inspire sustainable procurement.

The Prince of Wales' Accounting for Sustainability Project looks at systems for sustainability measurement and reporting. The first stage of the initiative considered some of the background to issues affecting the measurement of and reporting on sustainable development. The next phase of the project aims to begin the development of a new sustainability accounting system.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has been involved in sustainability issues since 1990.

The Carbon Trust helps business and the public sector cut carbon emissions, and supports the development of low carbon technologies.

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) have a number of resources relating to sustainable development, such as Managing Risk to Enhance Stakeholder Value, and Accounting for sustainable development performance.

CIPFA have published a sustainability reporting framework for the public services, together with Forum for the Future. Their website also includes other information on sustainability accounting and reporting in relation to the public sector.

The Energy Saving Trust leads in the field of delivering energy efficiency to domestic, business, local government and trade sectors. Its website includes many helpful resources, such as a guide to Financing Community Energy Schemes, produced with the Carbon Trust.

Forum for the Future is the UK's leading sustainable development charity, working with organisations to find practical ways to build a future that is environmentally viable, socially just and economically prosperous. This website includes a section on local government as well as useful tools to help implement sustainable development.

The Improvement and Development Agency for local government (IDeA) works for local government improvement by providing news and examples of good practice from councils across England and Wales, together with access to a range of tools and services. This website has a section on the environment and sustainability, and includes tools for local authorities to measure facets of sustainability within their organisation.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) has produced a report called Sustainability: the role of accountants and has a sustainability resource centre.

The King's Fund's report Claiming the Health Dividend shows how the NHS can make better use of its resources to reduce inequalities, build stronger local economies and safeguard the environment for the benefit of whole communities. Much of it is relevant to local authorities too.

The Local Government Association exists to promote better local government, and includes sections on biodiversity, climate change and energy, sustainable development, transport, waste and materials and water.

The New Economics Foundation aims to improve quality of life by promoting innovative solutions that challenge mainstream thinking on economic, environment and social issues. Its website includes a number of tools and resources to help local authorities promote local economic renewal.

SustainAbility advises clients on the risks and opportunities associated with corporate responsibility and sustainable development.

Tom Knowland's paper Sustainable Development provides a good overview of the role of finance in relation to sustainable development at the local authority level. It is available to subscribers of www.tisonline.net, run by CIPFA and IPF.

UK Climate Impacts Programme has a number of useful resources on its website including a new tool, Costings Methodology, which provides a method to work out the costs of climate change impacts on an organisation, an event or an area.

WWF - UK has a dedicated website looking at sustainability issues and how they affect the work of local authorities