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Stage set for Sustainability Measures in the Textile Sector

By : Pawan Mehra, Apr 5, 2011

In this decade, the Indian textile industry faces its next big challenge: incorporating environmental sustainability into the core of its operations.

Textile industry is a copious consumer of resources: directly and indirectly
Energy in textile...

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U.S. firm offers help to Indian industry in emission cut

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 4, 2011

As Indian industry continues with its growth in the coming years, the U.S.-based Carbon Credit Capital (CCC) has offered companies and corporations help in cutting down their emissions and improve their efficiency in a unique way.

As a leading player in the...

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U.S. firm offers help to Indian industry in emission cut

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 4, 2011

As Indian industry continues with its growth in the coming years, the U.S.-based Carbon Credit Capital (CCC) has offered companies and corporations help in cutting down their emissions and improve their efficiency in a unique way.

As a leading player in the...

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Vestas surprises with 7 MW offshore wind turbine

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 31, 2011

Danish wind turbine maker Vestas unveiled a new giant 7-megawatt offshore turbine on Wednesday and said it expected it to be in serial production in early 2015.

Vestas, the world's biggest wind turbine manufacturer by market share, had only been expected to...

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Vestas surprises with 7 MW offshore wind turbine

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 31, 2011

Danish wind turbine maker Vestas unveiled a new giant 7-megawatt offshore turbine on Wednesday and said it expected it to be in serial production in early 2015.

Vestas, the world's biggest wind turbine manufacturer by market share, had only been expected to...

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SAP India pays staff for green commute, Reva buyers to get car allowance

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 30, 2011

In what is perhaps a first for corporate India, SAP Labs India has unveiled a unique and generous green car policy under which employees would be able own an electric car at a subsidized cost and get an attractive allowance to own and run it.

The policy, which is in...

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Subject Tags: Business , Labor , Law

Soon, notebooks will have Star Rating

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 29, 2011

Green IT or energy efficiency are no longer corporate buzz words. The green sensibility is slowly making inroads into different fields of technology.

Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) recently conducted a meeting at its West Block-2 Office, New Delhi under the...

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Subject Tags: BEE , Business , energy

Foreign companies eye clean technology projects in India

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 25, 2011

Western companies are in the race for slice of the lucrative market for clean technologies such as renewable energy and water or soil treatment projects in India and China, which corporate leaders say will be worth trillions of dollars in a few years as the Asian giants...

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Subject Tags: Business , India

Green investment bank 'must operate commercially'

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 22, 2011

The government is putting the UK's fledgling green economy at risk by downgrading the "green investment bank" to a mere fund, MPs have warned in a scathing report on the plans.

If the bank is to succeed in directing billions of needed investment into green projects...

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PV book-to-bill in 4Q10 remains above parity, says Solarbuzz

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 12, 2011

In the fourth quarter of 2010, research firm Solarbuzz's PV book-to-bill analysis posted a three-month average of 1.10. Across the entire year, the 12-month average in 2010 reached 1.27 compared with 0.97 for 2009.

According to Finlay Colville, senior analyst at...

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Subject Tags: Business , Entertainment