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Asian buyers of solar startups will need cash, patienceBig Asian manufacturers are scooping up next-generation U.S. solar technology on the cheap, but face a long slog to turn these start-ups into serious competitors for the Chinese panel makers that now dominate the market. Earlier this month, China's Hanergy Holding Group Ltd became the latest Asian manufacturer to make a bet on a U.S. maker of solar panels that use copper indium gallium selenide technology, or CIGS, when it agreed to buy Silicon Valley startup Miasole. Other recent CIGS deals include South Korean conglomerate SK Group's stake in Austin, Texas-based HelioVolt... Read more.. Date : Oct 17 Source: Economic Times
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Interface Delhi facility achieves LEED-CI PlatinumInterface India, part of Interface, the worldwide leader in the design and production of carpet tiles, which combine beauty and sustainability with functionality and environmental credentials to help customers bring their design vision to life, announced that its Delhi facility has achieved the LEED® (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) Platinum for Commercial Interiors (CI) certification from the US Green Building Council (USGBC). USGBC developed the LEED rating system to encourage the development of more sustainable buildings and interiors. Raj Menon, Country... Read more.. Date : Oct 16 Source: India Education Diary
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IBM to work on two IT projects in ChandigarhTo address the issues of e-waste and information technology (IT) security in Chandigarh, International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation, in association with the Chandigarh-based Punjab Engineering College (PEC) University of Technology, is to work together on two different projects. The first project involves conducting a gap analysis of Chandigarh’s e-waste disposal while the second project involves creating the framework document and recommendations for information security best practices that can be implemented for most of the IT infrastructure in the city. Speaking to... Read more.. Date : Oct 16 Source: Business Standard
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Indian Farmers Usher in Sustainable Farming PracticesManvendra owns a very small piece of land in the Chandura village of Jalaun district of Uttar Pradesh in India. Until a couple of years ago, he lived on subsistence returns from traditional farming of cereals. Now he cultivates flowers, which have a lucrative market in the neighbouring cities. Manvendra is just one among thousands of marginal farmers who are experimenting with different and additional crops. With advice from LifeLines Agriculture, farmers in Uttar Pradesh have adopted more sustainable agricultural practices like beekeeping, poplar plantation, cluster plantation... Read more.. Date : Oct 16 Source: Huffington Post
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Sustainable Business Leadership Summit underscores India Inc.’s quest for Sustainability; several key initiatives launchedOver 250 sustainability leaders driving Indian businesses converged in New Delhi on October 11th at the Annual Summit of the Sustainable Business Leadership Forum to define the new Sustainability agenda: moving away from Sustainability investments as a means of risk mitigation to leveraging it for competitive advantage in operations.
Date : Oct 16 Source: Sustainability Outlook
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ITC, IndusInd Bank, Welspun, TCS, BPCL and Wipro among Parivartan Sustainability Leadership Award WinnersMulti-business conglomerate ITC, Textile leader Welspun, Oil major BPCL, IT majors TCS and Wipro and banking leader IndusInd Bank were amongst 14 large and small Indian corporates that bagged the Parivartan Sustainability Leadership Awards for 2012.
Date : Oct 15 Source: Sustainability Outlook
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President Mukherjee wants greater coordination in interdependent 'energy market'Asserting that the world energy markets are inherently global and interdependent and that no single country can isolate itself from the market, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said the emergence of major consumers in Asia, mainly India and China, has fundamentally changed the global energy equations. ... Read more..Date : Oct 15 Source: Yahoo
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Waste clearance, drainage systems in city get a boostGarbage clearance and the drainage system in the city received a shot in the arm as chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Sunday sanctioned projects worth 898.78 crore, focusing on improving the basic infrastructure facilities in the newly included parts of the corporation. Several new zones in North and South Chennai, such as Manali and Sholinganallur , where residents had complained of irregular garbage collection, will benefit, as the government has allotted 60.78 crore to solid waste management. "The shortage of vehicles for transporting garbage forces the civic body to hire... Read more.. Date : Oct 15 Source: Times of India
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Focus Energy locates new gas reserves in JaisalmerAfter GAIL found new oil reserves in Ganganagar last month, now Focus Energy last week hit upon huge reserves of gas in three wells in SJL field at RJON/06 in the Shahgarh Bulj area in Jaisalmer at a depth of 3,170m. Focus Energy is still digging four new wells where the chances of finding gas reserves are high. Focus Energy is using modern technology for exploring oil and gas. The firm has also applied to the state government for making new air strip to ferry the experts in charted planes. The Ministry of defence has also approved it. Gas reserves have been found at a... Read more.. Date : Oct 15 Source: Times of India
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C02 emission by airlines very low: DGCATo make Indian skies more environment friendly, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation has for the first time come up with a detailed aviation carbon footprint report. The report states that Indian and foreign airlines in India account for less than one per cent of the country’s total carbon dioxide emissions. From now on, all airlines and airports will have to submit air turbine fuel consumption, electricity usage and information about the movements of passenger, cargo and aircraft to the DGCA. The report was prepared by DGCA in consultation with the European Union-India Civil... Read more.. Date : Oct 15 Source: Indian Express
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Coca-Cola tie-up for sustainabilityCoca-Cola India has announced a partnership with global student organisation AIESEC. The partnership would bring together companies and students in developing a road map for sustainable development. As part of the programme, 4,500 youth volunteers would engage with Coca-Cola for its sustainability initiatives. Student leaders from AIESEC would organise 100 youth empowerment sessions in 21 cities across the country. These sessions would involve practical leadership lessons. These would also try to garner student support for the ‘Support My School’ initiative by Coca-Cola and NDTV.... Read more.. Date : Oct 14 Source: Business Standard
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Soon, a policy for green housingTo promote energy-efficient housing in the country, the National Housing Bank (NHB) will soon come up with a special policy. "Efforts are being made to give impetus to energy-efficient building sector. Financing energy-efficient housing is one of the main issues that need to be tackled. The NHB is mulling over policy in this direction and we are working on it. It could be initiatives such as loans at low interest rates to consumers and some benefits for developers," said Mili Majumdar, director, Sustainable Habitat with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). Majumdar was... Read more.. Date : Oct 13 Source: Times of India
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Investing In Sustainability Isn't About Global Warming AnymoreMore and more companies are taking steps to become sustainable. Some have an environmental mission or green marketing plan, but those changes are increasingly out of necessity. A new report from the Boston Consulting Group highlights two businesses in China and India, places people don't think of as sustainable, that are great examples of the shift. The Broad Group in China, one of the world's largest air conditioning manufacturers, has developed machines that run on natural gas. Not only are they twice as efficient as electric air conditioners, they significantly... Read more.. Date : Oct 13 Source: Business Insider
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Renewable energy: Investments grow sharply in IndiaNew investments in renewable energy and fuels reached USD 257 billion worldwide last year, with India logging the sharpest surge and China attracting the largest amount at USD 52.2 billion, says a report. In 2010, the total global investment in the renewable power and fuel was USD 220 billion, according to the latest report of Worldwatch Institute. The total renewable energy investments in industrial countries in 2011 accounted for 65 per cent of... Read more.. Date : Oct 12 Source: MoneyControl
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Urban renewal projects worth Rs.62,250 crore sanctionedA total of 554 urban renewal projects worth Rs.62,253 crore were sanctioned under the urban infrastructure section and governance sub-mission till June 30 this year, an official release said Thursday. The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission is a city-modernisation scheme launched by the government... Read more.. Date : Oct 12 Source: Yahoo Finanace
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New Report: India Needs Concentrated Solar Power to Achieve Safer, More Reliable Energy FutureIn the wake of historic summer blackouts that left more than 700 million Indians without power, a new report released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), an India-based independent research organization, shows that concentrated solar power can play an essential role in achieving a secure and diversified energy future for India. “After experiencing the world’s largest blackout this summer, the Indian government knows the urgent need to improve grid stability and provide affordable electricity to hundreds of... Read more.. Date : Oct 12 Source: eNews Park Forest
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Indian hotels struggle to balance growth with sustainabilityThe booming hotel industry of India is grappling with the challenges of sustainability. It is no more a choice but a necessity. However, limited resources and rising costs can be opportunities in disguise. In the next five years, the number of hotel rooms in India is going to increase by a whopping 143 per cent to over 150,000, according to a study by HVS hospitality consultancy. But the Indian hotel industry is not yet aware of the depleting ground water levels, energy costs and solid waste that they will create along the way, industry experts say. |
There's no such thing as sustainable miningThere are two words---development and sustainability--- frequently used by a class of exploiters in our society, especially from among the politicians and business houses. Whether it is the 2 G scam, Coalgate or the Commonwealth Games, they all ended up exposing mega scams. All through the genesis and the generation of these projects, including the loot and plunder of our public exchequer and our environment, those in charge got away with this by claiming it was in "public interest". None of us ever dare to ask questions like 'For whose development?' 'At whose cost?' 'Sustainable... Read more.. Date : Oct 12 Source: Times of India
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Assam for 'green roads' by using cold mix technologyFrom Green Buildings to Green Roads, Assam has begun its journey towards becoming one of the greenest and cleanest states in the country by using cold mix technology in which natural rubber latex is blended with bitumen emulsion. Assam is a pioneering state in the country to have used cold mix technology in rural road construction and has so far constructed about 1500 kms, state PWD Minister Ajanta Neog has said. The biggest advantage of the cold mix technology was that on an average in cold mix precious fossil fuels -- approximately 1500 litres of diesel per kilometre -- are... Read more.. Date : Oct 11 Source: Times of India
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Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board inks deal to recycle waste waterThe BWSSB on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Singapore Cooperation Enterprise and Temasek Foundation, an investment arm of the Singapore government, to share technical expertise in reusing waste water for potable purposes, stakeholder engagement and public acceptance. "We have to start now to find alternative sources of water and decide manner, technology and safeguarding measures on how to recycle and reuse water," said Gaurav Gupta, chairman, BWSSB. Singapore is the world's leading city in waste water treatment, particularly in indirect potable reuse of treated... Read more.. Date : Oct 10 Source: Times of India
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Waste to energy is all hot air
Waste-to-energy conversion, BBMP's sales pitch for its solid waste management, is all humbug. That's the view of waste management expert Almitra H Patel, incidentally a resource person in the civic body's plans. At a seminar on 'Solid waste management, a perspective towards cleaner city', organized by the state... Read more.. Date : Oct 10 Source: Times of India
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Dakshina Kannada district leads the way in waste managementGram panchayats in Dakshina Kannada district, which bagged the Nirmal Gram Award of the central government, will show the way in handling garbage. An eco-friendly organic solid... Read more.. |
CO2 emissions by airlines in India significantly less: DGCAIndian and foreign airlines operating in India account for less than one per cent of the country's total carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, which is significantly less than the global average, a latest study said today. "This number is significantly lower than the global average contribution of airlines which... Read more.. |
Climate change: EU rebrands green energy campaignThe EU has launched a campaign aimed at showing how low-carbon solutions can improve quality of life. The European Commission believes that policies to cut greenhouse gases will only work if individuals share the vision of a low-carbon society. "It's perhaps been a bit too much doom and gloom in the past on climate," one official told the BBC at the launch in London. "We are now emphasising the need to inspire people." The EU-wide campaign runs until 2014. The campaign title "Worldulike" will doubtless raise... Read more.. Date : Oct 9 Source: BBC News
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Age-Old Fixes for India’s WaterIndia's monsoon rains are retreating this week, a delayed end to a yearly wet season that has become ever more unpredictable as a result of global warming. Of all the challenges that face India, few are more pressing than how it manages water. In vast cities like New Delhi, where showers and flush toilets have become necessities for a rapidly expanding middle class, groundwater has been depleted. New Delhi once had many ponds and an open floodplain to absorb the monsoon and replenish aquifers; now the sprawling city has more concrete and asphalt than it has ponds and fields to absorb water... Read more.. Date : Oct 9 Source: The New York Times
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The event featuring several key figures from the country’s policy and business circles focused upon the... 
The awards were presented at the evening plenary of the Annual Summit of the Sustainable Business Leadership Forum, India’s first market development forum on Sustainability and Innovation, held in New Delhi on... 