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Asia-Pacific firms worried over carbon laws: surveyBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 11, 2010
Asia-Pacific firms are worried that tougher laws on greenhouse gas emissions will hit financial performance and uncertainties on the issue are already limiting their ability to raise capital, a survey published on Monday showed. The survey by Standard & Poor's and... Read more.. |
J&K to tax water used to generate hydel powerBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 11, 2010
Jammu & Kashmir will be the first Indian state to levy usage of water for generating electricity. |
India’s Jain Irrigation gets IFC awardBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 10, 2010
India's Jain Irrigation Systems Limited has been honoured with the annual IFC Client Leadership Award for its pioneering work to promote sustainable agriculture and raise farmers' incomes through the efficient use of water, energy, and fertiliser. The award was... Read more.. |
Supply chain sustainability driven more by awareness than third party certificationsBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 8, 2010
In this interview under our ‘Corporate Sustainability Series’, Sanjib Bezbaroa (Head, Corporate Environment Health & Safety at ITC Ltd.) talks about the drivers for sustainability, emission reduction targets and the status of green procurement in ITC. Sanjib... Read more.. |
2020 Emissions Set To Exceed Dangerous Levels By One-ThirdBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Oct 8, 2010
Global greenhouse gas emissions under current policy settings could be up to one-third more in 2020 than the trend needed to avoid catastrophic climate change, according to the latest analysis conducted by World Wildlife Foundation (WWF). "Plugging The Gap," a paper... Read more.. |
Green buildings hold key to climate change commitmentsBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Oct 8, 2010
Setting minimum standards of energy efficiency for buildings will be key to meeting India's commitment on addressing climate change issues, according to Mr Jamshyd N Godrej, Chairman, CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre (CII-GBC). Addressing the inaugural of the... Read more.. |
White House to go green, to get solar panelsBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Oct 7, 2010
Going the green way, the White House will soon be installed with solar panels and solar heaters, in a reflection of the US President Barack Obama's policy of promoting alternative and clean sources of energy. Energy secretary Steven Chu said the solar panels and solar... Read more.. |
M&M feels engaging second and third tier suppliers essential for supply chain sustainability By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 5, 2010
In this next article in the "Corporate Sustainability Series", Beroz Gazdar, Vice President- Group Sustainability in Mahindra and Mahindra, talks about how the company percieves sustainability, their sustainability targets till 2015 and the supply chain initiatives of M&M... Read more.. |
Key UN climate talks open in ChinaBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Oct 4, 2010
The final round of UN climate talks before this year's summit in Mexico, which begins at the end of November, has got under way in China. The meeting is expected to produce a draft negotiating text that nations will debate at the Cancun summit. Last year's... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , United Nations |
Jatropha Boom Yields Tough LessonsBy : sustainabilityo..., Sep 21, 2010
With a gas-guzzler of an economy, India had been spending tens of billions of dollars annually to import petroleum. And so its 2009 policy on biofuels mandated that by 2017, India would have enough biofuel production to cover at least 20 percent of the country’s oil... Read more.. |