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Review of Government of India’s Strategic Plan for New and Renewable Energy for 2011-17

By : Jyoti Deka, Apr 17, 2012

 

This article reviews the strategic plan of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India particularly in context of the underlying drivers and highlights the key...

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Why garment Export Oriented Units (EOUs) should look at Energy Management in the next 12 months

By : Sandeep Roy, Apr 13, 2012

The article reflects on the current state of preparedness on the energy management front amongst the apparel manufacturers in India and the appropriate way forward.

What the leading apparel suppliers are doing?

In the ready-made garment industry, the three top...

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Energy companies turn to high-yield market to fund shift to oil

By : Anonymous, Apr 13, 2012

Energy and pipeline companies have poured into the high-yield market in 2012, taking advantage of attractive rates as they shift their capital to oil and away from natural gas.
 
A total of $22.7 billion in new energy and pipeline paper has come to market year to...

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Subject Tags: Barclays , Business , oil , Reuters

NRO lights up village with solar energy

By : Anonymous, Apr 3, 2012

The people of Jahangirabad village in Cuttack's Salepur block will no longer have to spend their summer evenings and nights in the dark. All for US-based non-resident Odia (NRO) Durga Prasad Kar, who installed solar panels in the village. Now people can go about their work,...

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Subject Tags: Business , energy , Technology

Tata Power’s ‘Greenolution’ campaign encourages employees of Power House 6 plant in Jamshedpur to come up with a green innovation

By : Anonymous, Mar 30, 2012

Sustainability at Tata Power forms the core of its vision to make a difference and remain committed to the issues of resource conservation, energy efficiency, environment protection and enrichment of its communities.As part of its endeavour of powering a greener world, Tata...

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Public cry foul over dump yard

By : Anonymous, Mar 30, 2012

Residents, environmentalists and social activists on Thursday demanded an immediate relocation of the Jawaharnagar dump yard and insisted that the Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM) project, handed over to Hyderabad Integrated MSW Ltd (earlier Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd...

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PROINSO strengthens global presence with new branches in Australia and India

By : Anonymous, Mar 27, 2012

PROINSO is growing globally and it has announced the opening of two new branches in Australia (Brisbane) and India (Mumbai). So currently, with these two new branches, PROINSO has a total 12 around the world, which confirms its interest in emerging solar PV markets.

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Subject Tags: Australia , Business , India

India's high tariffs, local sourcing norms could harm investment, says US

By : Anonymous, Mar 27, 2012

India on Monday raised with the US the issue of a ‘sharp jump' in rejection rate of temporary work visas to Indian professionals. On the other hand, the US sought opening up of India's multi-brand retail trade to foreign direct investment.

The bilateral talks between...

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Driving responsible business behavior through metrics

By : Pawan Mehra, Mar 22, 2012

Selecting the right metrics at the right time to track Environmental and Social (E&S) performance of businesses is crucial in driving the appropriate behavioral response of businesses.

 

In our work with clients and analysis carried out at firms undertaking...

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Indian CPSEs foray into Sustainable Development

By : Shradha Kapur, Mar 19, 2012

The article takes a look at the recently promulgated Sustainable Development Guidelines for Central Public Sector Enterprises and ways in which these action can be tracked to demonstrate contribution and commitment of these business entities in shaping a sustainable growth...

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