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GRI, UNGC Release 'Practical Guide' for Companies to Report Their Impact on the SDGs

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 3, 2018

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) have released “A Practical Guide” to enable companies to better measure and report on their impact on the...

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FinMin may approve Rs 4,000 crore subsidy for FAME II: Officials

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 3, 2018

The finance ministry is likely to approve a subsidy outlay of nearly Rs 4,000 crore for the second phase of FAME India scheme to promote electric and hybrid vehicles, official sources said today...

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Andhra, Kerala, Maha top energy efficiency index

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 2, 2018

Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab and Rajasthan have emerged as the 'front-runner' states as per an energy efficiency index.

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Levi Strauss unzips new Science-Based Targets

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 2, 2018

Levi Strauss revealed a new carbon cutting strategy yesterday that will see the jeans giant invest in renewable power and energy efficiency to cut emissions by 90 per cent by 2025....

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MNRE Approves Program on Energy from Urban, Industrial and Agricultural Wastes

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 2, 2018

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has approved a program called “Energy from Urban, Industrial and Agricultural Waste/Residue” with modified terms and conditions from 2017-18 to...

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Patna airport is set to take a major step towards reducing its energy consumption.

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 2, 2018

The Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), an energy service company of the Centre, will help the airport management usher in this change. A memorandum of understanding was signed between...

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Shimla gets its first grid-connected solar plant

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 2, 2018

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur recently inaugurated the first grid-connected solar power plant in Shimla having a capacity of 35 KW, installed on...

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Solar-powered streetlights for BDA project

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 2, 2018

Streetlights in Bareilly Development Authority’s residential project, Ramganga Nagar Awasiya Yojana, will soon be powered with solar energy. 

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To combat climate change, India comes up with first state energy efficiency index

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 1, 2018

In what will help India’s strategy for achieving its climate change commitments, the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) has come up with the country’s first state energy efficiency preparedness...

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Smart City to be made a zero discharge zone

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 1, 2018

When Kochi is grappling with the issue of waste disposal, the city’s upcoming premier IT park Smart City-Kochi is setting an example by its plans to configure the park as a ‘zero discharge zone...

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