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Sustainability and Challenges to its Adoption By : Amit Patel, Nov 23, 2012
An organization’s commitment towards EHS&S (Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability) involves managing the responsibility towards stakeholders of their businesses by commitment to employee health & safety, compliance to government regulations, following good... Read more.. |
Kitchen wastes cook hot meals for patientsBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 23, 2012
Waste not, want not is Tata Motors Hospital's new motto. The private heal hub in Telco, Jamshedpur, which has been catering to curative needs of 500,000 people in and around the steel city for more than four decades, has now become the first healthcare... Read more.. |
Low returns forcing farmers to abandon jatrophaBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 23, 2012
Since the price of bio-diesel is kept artificially low in the country, jatropha cultivation in the North-eastern part of the country has remained non-viable and this has led to many farmers abandoning their jatropha plantations in the region. This was asserted by... Read more.. Subject Tags: Social Issues , Technology |
GE, Ford Collaborate on Alternative Fuel Vehicle Adoption and ResearchBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 21, 2012
GE (GE) today announced a collaboration with Ford Motor Co. in which the company will purchase 2,000 new Ford C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrids for its fleet. As part of the collaboration, Ford will jointly market GE’s alternative fuel infrastructure solutions to commercial... Read more.. Subject Tags: GE , Social Issues |
No nation immune to climate change - World BankBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 19, 2012
All nations will suffer the effects of a warmer world, but it is the world's poorest countries that will be hit hardest by food shortages, rising sea levels, cyclones and drought, the World Bank said in a report on climate change. Under new World Bank President Jim... Read more.. |
IT as an enabling tool for Business Sustainability By : Suparna Shankar..., Nov 16, 2012
It does not matter how big or small Indian organizations are, they must learn from the recent power grid failure. The recent power grid failure in North India exposed the precarious demand-supply imbalance in power and vulnerability of a grid with complex inter-... Read more.. Subject Tags: Disaster , Environment , Health , Labor , Resource Efficiency , Social Issues , Technology |
IFC ties up with Tata in water conservation driveBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 8, 2012
International Finance Centre (IFC) has inked a strategic partnership with Tata Quality Management Services (TQMS) for water conservation. The partnership will work on ways to improve water efficiency and promote sustainable water use across eleven plants... Read more.. |
Look for the label: Catalyzing Sustainable Consumer Behaviour By : Seth Petchers, Nov 6, 2012
I’ve sat down at a Mumbai café to write a piece on labels and sustainable consumer behaviour. I should have done this several days ago and now the deadline I’ve been asked to meet is tomorrow. But there was Lakme Fashion Week, where my NGO Shop for Change Fair Trade... Read more.. |
Sustainable Retail:The New Industry Buzzword By : Roselin Dey, Nov 2, 2012
The sustainability coin has two sides: Sustainable production and sustainable consumption. Newer compliance mandates and regulations coupled with increased investor and client demands for responsible business behavior have led to the onset and acceptance of cleaner... Read more.. |
NVGs are the litmus test for Indian businesses’ commitment to sustainability By : Sustainability ..., Oct 29, 2012
Sustainability Outlook spoke to Bhaskar Chatterjee, Director General & CEO, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs to understand the current status and next steps of the adoption of the National Voluntary Guidelines on Social, Environmental and Economical Responsibilities... Read more.. |