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Look for the label: Catalyzing Sustainable Consumer Behaviour By : Seth Petchers, Nov 6, 2012
I’ve sat down at a Mumbai café to write a piece on labels and sustainable consumer behaviour. I should have done this several days ago and now the deadline I’ve been asked to meet is tomorrow. But there was Lakme Fashion Week, where my NGO Shop for Change Fair Trade... Read more.. |
Solar City project back on trackBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 1, 2012
A Union government project to make Thiruvananthapuram a ‘Solar City’ is showing signs of revival. The project lay dormant for two years, until the last Corporation Council meeting. The Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy had decided to make... Read more.. |
Indian Green IT And Sustainability Budget Will Be $70 Billion By 2015: GartnerBy : Sustainability ..., Oct 3, 2012
By 2015, India’s spending on green IT and sustainability initiatives will double from $35 billion in 2010 to $70 billion in 2015, according to Gartner, Inc. In 2012, green IT and sustainability spending in India will total $45 billion, a press statement said. In the... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business |
Water conservation : Need not be mere PR for the Beverage Sector By : Sustainability ..., Sep 26, 2012
Driven by the fast emerging threat of water scarcity, Beverage giants are increasingly mainstreaming their water conservation practices though some observers remain cynical about the claims and the true accomplishments. The beverage industry relies on water for its... Read more.. Subject Tags: beverage , Business , Environment , Human Interest , Pepsi , PepsiCo , Resource Efficiency , Technology |
Blackouts Spur $18 Billion Power Grid Upgrade: Corporate IndiaBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 18, 2012
Power Grid Corp. of India Ltd.,the nation’s largest electricity transmission company, may exceed a 1 trillion rupee ($18 billion) spending plan to upgrade its network and avoid a repeat of the world’s biggest blackout. Revenue of the state-owned company, which is... Read more.. |
Morgan Stanley joins race to acquire DLF's wind power businessBy : Sustainability ..., Aug 29, 2012
Morgan Stanley, the US-based investment bank, has joined the race to buy real estate firm DLF's wind power business, signalling heightened private equity interest in renewable assets at a time of deepening financial trouble for its main customers and reduced margins due to... Read more.. |
PM Presents Prime Minister’s Trophy for Excellence to Tata Steel Ltd. and Bhilai Steel Plant of SAILBy : Sustainability ..., Aug 28, 2012
The Prime Minster Dr. Manmohan Singh has urged the steel industry to adopt the latest energy efficient technologies in our modernization and expansion programmes. He said this while presenting the Prime Minister’s Trophy for the Best Integrated Steel Plant for the Year 2008-... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , Entertainment , steel , Steel Authority of India Ltd. , Tata Steel Ltd. , Technology |
Burning questionsBy : Sustainability ..., Aug 16, 2012
Indian industry has one foot mired in outdated and unsustainable practices, while its other foot is poised for a leap forward. This dichotomy is clearly displayed in the environmental and operational health and safety practices of some of our heavy industry — the backbone of... Read more.. |
Parliamentary panel for mandatory CSRBy : Sustainability ..., Aug 14, 2012
A parliamentary panel has asked the government to make corporate social responsibility (CSR) spending mandatory for companies above a certain threshold. It also wanted the government to clearly define in the Companies Bill the term ‘private placement’ of instruments to raise... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business |
Suzlon Energy reports biggest quarterly lossBy : Sustainability ..., Aug 14, 2012
Wind turbine maker Suzlon Energy reported its biggest ever quarterly loss of 849 crore in April-June as it sold fewer turbines and the economic environment worsened with rising interest costs and a wildly fluctuating currency. Sales rose a modest 9% to 4,770.66 crore. ... Read more.. |