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The Indian sustainability leap – Is ‘IT’ on?

By : VK Kripanand, Nov 25, 2011

In the following article, an IT expert sheds light on what environmental sustainability means for Indian IT companies.

A recent press article that appeared in the Times of India, said that India's spending on GREEN IT and sustainability initiatives will...

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Building green IT, shaping greener tomorrow

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 21, 2011

The following article presents a snapshot of how Microsoft, a global IT leader, has successfully embarked on this path.

A competitive IT market and growing need for eco-energy conscious solutions offers opportunities to thought leader firms to shape differentiation and...

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Tiffany Releases First-Ever Corporate Responsibility Report

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 14, 2011

Tiffany & Co. today launched its first annual web-based Corporate Responsibility Report. The website (www.tiffany.com/sustainability, #tiffanycsr) details the Company’s long history of environmental and social...

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Waste to Energy: Generating transport fuel through industrial waste gas recycling

By : Sandeep Roy, Nov 3, 2011

In the following article, the author further explores the sustainability aspects of having bio-fuel as the major source of fuel for propelling the aircrafts.

This article is a follow-up to ‘...

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Sustainability and ‘Preferred Supplier’ Status now inter-twined for textile manufacturers

By : Sandeep Roy, Oct 13, 2011

Leveraging initiatives related to Sustainability will be the key to getting preferred supplier status for global players in the textile and apparel industry.

As resources like water, energy and land become depleted; the clothing brands are increasingly attaching more...

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Innovations in solar power – A look into the future

By : Sandeep Roy, Oct 11, 2011

In this article, the author presents insights into the innovative solar technologies that are coming up thick and fast to address the growing ever growing energy needs.

With a growing economy and an increased sensitivity towards the environment, there has been a...

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Sustainability: The Next major Career Destination in India

By : Roselin Dey, Sep 29, 2011

This article by the author Roselin Dey has been entered in the Rio+ 20 Blogger Contest organised by Tck Tck Tck - The Global Campaign for Climate Action and is based on the campaign's climate theme "Green Jobs". While green jobs are a mature job segment in developed...

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Moving towards Responsible Business and Building Credibility

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 30, 2011

There is a growing discussion and debate about how corporates- both publicly and privately held organizations- should perform in terms of their environment and social performance, besides creating value for the shareholders.

Conventionally, Corporate Social...

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‘Responsible Business’ Guidelines: A fact check on India Inc. ?

By : Aparna Khandelwal, Aug 30, 2011

A growing concern amongst the investment community is that typical financial reports do not adequately capture all the risks and externalities of a firm and thus its true performance. 

All stakeholders including investors, government and consumers are now putting...

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Different Strokes: the Sustainability journey of a development sector professional

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 24, 2011

In this new series “Different Strokes”, we will be presenting a snapshot of the career journey of different sustainability professionals. Here’s a development sector professional- Bhavna Prasad, Director, Business and Industry Engagement, WWF India.

Development...

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