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Dropping the ball on global warming

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 22, 2010

Environmentalists are upset at Obama for putting more effort and political capital into health care and bank reform than climate change. Their frustration is understandable. As the hottest year on record marches forward, with extraordinarily high temperatures registered all...

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SBI goes green, installs windmill for captive use

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 25, 2010

It was with a sense of pride and a touch of symbolic triumph that the State Bank of India Chairman, Mr O.P. Bhatt, spoke at the inauguration of a windmill at Panapatti village, Pollachi Taluk, Tamil Nadu.

Speaking at what he called the “signal event”, Mr Bhatt said the...

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Subject Tags: bank , Business , Disaster , Labor , Law

Yes Bank to raise $80 mn for Cleantech Fund

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 21, 2010

New-generation private sector bank Yes Bank is likely to raise $80 million in the first round of fund raising for its private equity fund focused on clean technologies, its chief operating officer Alok Rastogi said here on Sunday.

"We will be raising $80 million in the...

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Subject Tags: bank , Business , Labor , Law

World Bank Looks to Help Developing Nations With Carbon Capture and ...

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 14, 2009

Norway and the World Bank are in discussions over setting up a new trust fund to help developing countries create and deploy carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology.

The fund is still in the planning stages, and World Bank officials declined to discuss it beyond...

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