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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 |
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.. |
Beyond lighting -- Solar technology furthering the UN MDGs By : Smita Rakesh an..., Aug 5, 2011
Smita Rakesh and Jigyasa Jyotika at TERI discuss the ‘Lighting a Billion Lives Campaign’ – the largest non-government program to promote fee-for service based solar lighting in rural areas through the unique solar lantern re-charging stations. 160 years after the... Read more.. Subject Tags: electricity , Entertainment , Health , Labor , Social Issues , Sustainable Energy , Sustainable Products , Technology |
"World Environment Day" includes release of a New Forest ReportBy : sustainabilityo..., Jun 2, 2011
Worldwide events and the release of a new report supporting the Year of Forests 2011 takes place on World Environment Day. On Sunday, June 5, 2011, global events supporting the 39th World Environment Day will continue the year-long celebration of the United Nations-... Read more.. |
Opinion: Decontrol of oil prices is good for environment and economy By : Pranay Kumar, Jun 2, 2011
While citizens are reeling under the increasing oil prices, a sustainability practitioner shares his opinion on why this is a good move for the environment and economy. While citizens are reeling under the increasing oil prices, a sustainability... Read more.. |
CII for action against polluting industriesBy : sustainabilityo..., May 31, 2011
With fingers being pointed at Punjab's industry for polluting river waters, the Confederation of Indian Industry president B Muthuraman has made it clear that those breaking the norms should face the consequences. With the industry remaining the number one default22222er, the... Read more.. |
Spearheading research in key areasBy : sustainabilityo..., May 30, 2011
Though the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research has numerous achievements in diverse fields of science, it often highlights certain areas, some of which are indicated below. Aerospace CSIR has many successes in the field of aerospace. It has been at the... Read more.. |
Shareholder approval key for CSR activitiesBy : sustainabilityo..., May 25, 2011
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities of companies may be subjected to a more rigorous decision making process soon. To prevent ad hocism in CSR activities, often seen by critics as a means to pare down their tax payoffs, the government may make it mandatory for... Read more.. Subject Tags: Aruppukottai Sri Jayavilas Ltd , Business , Health , Hindustan Unilever Ltd , Labor , Politics , Social Issues |
"Innovative IT solution can cut desktop computing energy cost by 35-50%," says Founder of SeeBeyond Technologies By : sustainabilityo..., May 24, 2011
In this next interview under the ‘Sustainable Technology Series’, V. K. Kripanand, Founder of See Beyond Technologies talks about InfraSecure, their innovative desktop energy reduction product which was also recognized at the Parivartan Sustainability Summit earlier in the... Read more.. |
India’s first waste-to-energy plant generates heatBy : sustainabilityo..., May 23, 2011
India’s first waste-to-energy plant, touted as an answer to the waste and electricity woes of the capital, will start operations from July. But people living near the site are up in arms over the Rs.200 crore project’s high environmental and health costs - something the... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , Education , energy , Health , Labor , Law , Politics , Social Issues , Technology |