Advocacy

Basel Action Network (BAN) is an organization focused on toxic wastes, toxic and technologies and their impact on global environmental issues. The group works “to ensure national self-sufficiency in waste management through clean production and toxics use reductions and in support of the principle of global environment.”

The Computer TakeBack Campaign strives to protect the health of electronics users, workers and the communities where electronics are produced and discarded. Specifically, the group works to require consumer electronics manufacturers and brand owners to take full responsibility for the life cycle of their products, through effective public policy requirements or enforceable agreements.

Environmental Industry Associations (EIA) represents companies and individuals who provide environmental management, consulting and pollution-prevention-related services; manage wastes; or manufacture and distribute waste equipment.

The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) is a national nonprofit organization that focuses exclusively on identity theft.

The International Association of Information Technology Asset Managers (IAITAM) seeks to define and advance the profession of IT asset managers, including those who work with software, hardware and information technology assets.

Not-for-profit organization that provides free refurbished computers to parents and spouses of deployed military personnel to enable e-mail communication.

The Ponemon Institute is an independent research organization that primarily addresses information and privacy management practices in business and government.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) is a private-sector, non-profit corporation created by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), with which all companies providing audit services must register. The primary purpose of the PCAOB is to oversee the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

TechSoup is a non-profit technology assistance agency that provides a range of technology services for other non-profits, including news, instructional articles and worksheets, discussion forums and donated technology products, as well as technology planning information for executives.

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) provides leadership and encourages partnership in caring for the environment by enabling nations to improve their quality of life on environmental issues.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is a federal government agency charged with protecting the natural environment and safeguarding human health. The EPA leads U.S. environmental science, research, education and assessment efforts.