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Renewable Energy’s Funding to Be Doubled by Indian State LenderBy : Sustainability ..., Feb 7, 2012
Power Finance Corp., India’s largest state-run lender to electricity utilities, plans to more than double lending for renewable energy projects within a year as coal-fired plants become riskier investments. The company’s approved loans to projects, particularly... Read more.. |
Double renewable energy by 2030, EU tells developing nationsBy : Sustainability ..., Feb 6, 2012
The EU wants countries meeting at a conference in June under the UN's Rio+20 mechanism to double their share of renewable energy by 2030 under an international obligation. It also wants countries like India to agree to double its energy efficiency levels under an... Read more.. |
Sustainability is not one big swing, it is a battle waged every day By : Pramita Sen, Feb 6, 2012
Scott Tew,Director, Center for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability (CEES) at Ingersoll Rand, talks to Sustainability Outlook about Ingersoll Rand’s sustainability agenda, the initiatives undertaken by their Indian operations on this front and the role employee can play in... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , energy , energy efficiency , Environment , India , Ingersoll Rand , Ingersoll Rand , Labor , Law , Social Issues , Technology |
India on the Zero Carbon Index By : Sustainability ..., Feb 3, 2012
The article presents an insight into the RICS Global Zero Carbon Capacity Index which considers zero carbon in the built environment as a directional goal. For the past three years, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has commissioned UCL Environment... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , energy , energy efficiency , Entertainment , Environment , green building , India , Resource Efficiency , RICS , Technology |
Partnering for greener gainsBy : Sustainability ..., Feb 2, 2012
Recovering economies and uncertain market conditions have dimmed investors' interest in the green energy sector. A newly-launched $3 billion green energy public-private fund hopes to help turn the status-quo around. Migrating the global economy to a greener,... Read more.. Subject Tags: clean energy investment , energy |
Corporates to strive for more efficient energy, water useBy : Sustainability ..., Feb 2, 2012
India Inc on Wednesday pledged to play a more proactive role in sustainable energy use and efficient water management. At an event on the occasion of the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit, to be opened by the Prime Minister on Thursday, corporate honchos from... Read more.. |
Waste to wealth – A new frontier in waste management By : Sustainability ..., Feb 1, 2012
Recently ASSOCHAM organized a National Conference on Waste to Wealth initiatives. Focused at leveraging the opportunity for power generation from industrial waste along with effective management of the industrial waste,... Read more.. |
Suzlon bags Rs 600 crore contract from CLP IndiaBy : Sustainability ..., Feb 1, 2012
Wind turbine-maker Suzlon today said it has bagged an over Rs 600 crore contract from CLP India, the Indian subsidiary of Hongkong-based power company CLP, for setting up a 100-MW project in Rajasthan. Suzlon Group has signed a contract for a 100-MW wind power... Read more.. |
India opposes UN panel’s ‘back door’ for green caps - Times of IndiaBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 31, 2012
A high-profile panel of the United Nation Secretary General (UNSG) on Global Sustainability has recommended that the world adopt sustainable development targets. The move has been opposed by India and several other developing countries as creating a backdoor for caps... Read more.. |
"Sustainability practices, environment friendly products, and community relations form the cornerstone of our sustainability initiatives," says Raj Menon, COO of Cummins India By : Pramita Sen, Jan 16, 2012
Raj Menon, Chief Operating Officer of Cummins India, shares about the company’s focus on sustainability elements as also focuses the spotlight on products being launched by Cummins in India to enable energy access for rural communities and also provide affordable hybrid... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , Cummins Incorporated. , Cummins India , energy , Environment , India , Labor , Law , Social Issues , Technology |