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State to give priority to green projectsBy : Sustainability ..., Feb 5, 2012
The state government has decided to put its weight behind green and environment-friendly industrial projects, and such projects will be given preference in terms of expedited clearance and other non-financial benefits. This was stated by Valsa Nair Singh, state... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , CII Maharashtra , energy efficiency , Environment , green , Politics , sustainability |
Mainstreaming Responsible Business Actions: First Baby Steps By : Pawan Mehra, Jan 24, 2012
IICA convened the 1st National CSR Conclave to make ‘Responsible Business’ a board room conversation and promote the recently launched guidelines. The direction from the top needs to be focused if the initiative has to penetrate the board room. CSR or... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , Health , Labor , Law , Policy Tracker , Politics , Social Issues , Technology |
One’s waste – Other’s Fuel: but is it so simple? By : Achal Gupta, Jan 9, 2012
In the following article, the author discusses the challenges associated with biomass procurement in India. Biomass power plants in India are based mostly on agricultural waste. Gasifier based power plants are... Read more.. |
Corporation to distribute 2 lakh ring compost unitsBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 25, 2011
City Corporation has decided to distribute 2 lakh ring compost units in all the hundred wards in the corporation immediately. The decision was taken in an emergency technical committee meeting convened on Friday to discuss the garbage issue after the meeting with... Read more.. Subject Tags: Politics |
Underwriters Laboratories (UL) opens Energy Efficiency Testing Laboratory at Manesar, GurgaonBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 23, 2011
Underwriters Laboratories (UL), the global leader in product safety testing and certification, recently opened the first dedicated energy efficiency testing laboratory at Manesar, Gurgaon. The independent laboratory will provide energy efficiency and performance testing for... Read more.. |
EU parliament set to call for carbon marketBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 22, 2011
European politicians are expected on Tuesday to vote through an amendment that could pave the way for direct intervention in the EU carbon market, which has sunk to record lows. Businesses and environmentalists have heaped pressure on the European Commission to... Read more.. Subject Tags: European Union , Politics |
Environ hazard, broken promises pack double punch for Phursungi-UraliBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 22, 2011
Here's something the Pune Municipal Corporation and the citizens of Pune refuse to learn how to manage garbage. For more than a decade, the civic body has been using Phursungi-Urali villages as a dumping ground and remained apathetic to its problems. It also put... Read more.. |
GVFL to float 1K-cr Indo-China fundBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 21, 2011
State-controlled Gujarat Venture Finance Limited (GVFL) will launch a Rs 1,000-crore green energy fund to attract Chinese companies, a move aimed at strengthening the trade ties between the two regions. H C Pattnaik, executive director, GVFL, said, "The fund is... Read more.. |
Japan helping India clean Yamuna: NatarajanBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 20, 2011
India is getting assistance from Japan for a programme to cleanse the Yamuna river, environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan said Monday. In a written reply to a query in the Lok Sabha, Natarajan informed the lower house that the Japanese government would provide... Read more.. Subject Tags: Politics , Social Issues |
Kolkata to get India's first renewable energy collegeBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 20, 2011
The country is all set to get its first renewable energy college next year, which is going to start in the city from January 2012. The college, to be located off EM Bypass at Madurdaha, will be inaugurated by Dr R K Pachauri who heads the Nobel award winning... Read more.. |