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EU looks to strengthen cooperation with India

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 4, 2019

The EU is looking to strengthen cooperation with India in political and security matters, including counter-terrorism, and in tackling key challenges such as climate change, new European Union Ambassador Ugo Astuto said on Thursday. Astuto presented his credentials to...

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All PET recycled in State: PepsiCo India

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 17, 2019

PepsiCo India has said it has achieved the milestone of 100% PET collection and recycling in Maharashtra as part its Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programme. The State is the second after Delhi to achieve the 100% PET recycling target, the company said. PepsiCo...

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Governance frameworks emphasize on board diversity, digitisation and sustainable development

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 16, 2019

The Institute of Directors (IOD) hosted the Corporate Governance Summit at Hotel ITC Grand Chola, Chennai, India on 14th September 2019 under the theme” Emerging trends in Corporate Governance”. Dr. R. Seetharaman, CEO of Doha Bank received the professional excellence award...

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Mutual fund houses are coming up with 'ESG' schemes

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 4, 2019

Mutual fund houses seem to be fascinated by the concept of ESG, short for environment, social and governance. After ESG schemes from Quantum Mutual Fund and SBI Mutual Fund, it is the turn of Kotak Mutual Fund and ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund. Both the fund houses have filed...

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Potential of the economy can be better realised by clean power: Schneider Electric

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 19, 2019

In a bid to move forward in India on its global philosophy of Sustainable Development, Schneider Electric, had earlier this month, announced its innovation challenge ‘Hackware 2019.’ The company...

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India should focus on full value chain of solar manufacturing: TERI

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 12, 2019

To achieve India's solar energy target of 100 GW by 2022, India should take up full value chain of solar manufacturing from polysilicon to modules in a phased manner, says a report. In the first...

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India must step up efforts to tackle climate change

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 12, 2019

The climate crisis is damaging the ability of the land to sustain humanity, according to a landmark United Nations (UN) report that was released on August 8 in Geneva. Explaining the process,...

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Indian hydropower project an example of good practice in sustainability

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 8, 2019

The Teesta-V hydropower station, in Sikkim in northern India, has been rated as an example of international good practice in hydropower sustainability, according to an independent report. The...

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India's Chennai rapid growth threatened by water shortages

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 6, 2019

Dozens of billion-dollar companies. Thousands of high-paying IT and manufacturing jobs. Luxury apartments towering over the Bay of Bengal. The southern Indian city of Chennai has one of the...

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Srei Equipment gets $30 mn from Dutch bank for refinancing green projects

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 21, 2019

Srei Equipment Finance, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Srei Infrastructure Finance, has received $30 million loan refinancing facility from FMO, a Netherlands-based development finance bank. The...

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