Sustainability Outlook Headlines

ILFS Academy of Applied Development to host 1st Sustainability Leaders Conclave to foster collaboration and peertopeer learnings in Sustainability

pSustainability integrates economic environmental and social considerations in business and helps organisations to establishing a brand make profits create value and reduce risks in investments and operations In the last two decades all over the world a lot has been done to put sustainability into practice Several supporting frameworks tools and management systems have evolved strongToday there is lot to share and learn from each other strongp

pVarious regulatory requirements such as Business Responsibility Reporting BRR arising out of the National Voluntary Guidelines NVGs and the... Read more..

Qatar Claims New Perovskite Research Will Lead To Solar Energy Becoming More Economical

pRecent research into the nature of perovskite solar cells and the material itself undertaken by the Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute QEERI and AMBER an Irish research center has led to findings that will lead to solar energy becoming far more economical according to some of those involvedp

pThe new research has provided some new insight into the functioning of the mineral with regard to solar energy mdash something that has long been something of a mystery to researchers To be more specific the research from QEERI and AMBER has revealed the way that the inorganic... Read more..

Researchers develop ecofriendly oil spill solution

pResearchers including those of Indianorigin have developed an ecofriendly biodegradable green quotherdingquot agent that can be used to clean up light crude oil spills on waterp

pDerived from the plantbased small molecule phytol abundant in the marine environment the new substance would potentially replace chemical herders currently in usep

pAccording to George John from City College of New York CCNY quotthe best known chemical herders are chemically stable nonbiodegradable and hence remain in the marine ecosystem for yearsquotp

pquotOur goal was to develop an... Read more..

CSIRIIP develops microchannel reactors to improve biofuel produced in hydroprocesing of veg oils

pCSIRIndian Institute of Petroleum CSIRIIP Dehradun has developed microchannel reactors with stable catalyst coating formulations to intensify the processes of producing biofuel involving vegetable oil This will improve the product yield and conversion in hydroprocessing of vegetable oilsp

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pThe microchannel reactors convert nonedible oil and biomassderived oil pyrolysisoil biomassderived gases syngas... Read more..

Wind sector to add over 3500 MW capacity in 201516

pWind energy turbine manufacturers expect 3500Mw wind capacity addition in the country during the current financial yearp

pMadhusudan Khemka chairman of the Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association IWTA said the country saw a total 2310Mw wind capacity addition in the last financial yearp

pThe figure could have been higher if some of the statespecify issues had been resolved early Khemka addedp

pIn a letter published in the associationrsquos internal magazine he said the market response to the accelerated depreciation AD programme had been good adding the AD... Read more..

Agra Muncipal Corp slammed for its inept waste management policy

pAgra Municipal Corporation AMC authorities have been censured by a fivemember committee for their ineptitude in dealing with the disposal of solid waste in the cityp

pIn their damning report the committee comprising councilors Ravi Bihari Mathur Umesh Yadav Sanjay Bhaghel Mohan Singh Lodhi and Nawab Singh Maurya chronicled the civic agency39s failure to utilize the infrastructure they have at their disposal to effectively deal with the problem of waste strewn across the city The report39s findings have been sent to the mayor of the cityp

pThe most telling aspect of the... Read more..

Gadkari opens Haldia biofuel unit

pInaugurating the biodiesel dispensing unit at Haldia Dock Complex on Wednesday Union minister of road transport highways and shipping Nitin Gadkari said that the government is working on the standards for biodiesel usage quotIn a couple of months new standards will be in placequot he saidbr
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With this plant Haldia Port becomes the first green port in the country which will use biodiesel to run its railway engines trucks and other vehicles The minister later visited Emami Agrotech Plant at Haldia the oldest and biggest biodiesel plant in eastern India Emami Agrotech with its... Read more..

NTPC to spend Rs 1000 crore on research and development in 6 years

pNTPC India39s largest power producer and consumer of coal has embarked on a near Rs 1000 crore research and development exercise that will involve groundbreaking work in areas of new and renewable energy waste management efficiency improvement and cost reductionp

pThe company which recently announced big plans for entering the solar energy sector has decided to work on developing power generation technologies that will use lesser volumes of coal and thus reduce greenhouse gas emissions Last year NTPCBSE 058 spent aboutRs 129 crore or nearly 12 of its profit after tax on RampD a... Read more..

Euronext and Vigeo create a new ESG index dedicated to companies from emerging market countries

pThis index distinguishes 70 companies from a universe of 900 listed companies in developing countries which have the highest performances in corporate responsibility based on their ratings by Vigeo according to Euronextp

pCompaniesrsquo weighting in the index calculated by Euronext is correlated with the score assigned by Vigeo This represents an alternative approach to traditional methods based on float It allows for positive discrimination in favour of those listed companiesmdashmost of which operate internationallymdashthat are the most actively engaged in promoting compliance... Read more..

RE sector in India witnesses 1644 increase

pMinistry of Statistics amp Programme Implementation MoSPI reported that overall power generation during AprilMarch 201415 was over 1110 Billion units BU ie 885 per cent higher than the power generation during the corresponding period of the previous yearp

pPower production goods traffic carried by railways steel coal fertilizer refinery cement production cargo handled at major sea ports airports net addition in telephone switching capacity and new cell phone connections all showed an increase in comparison to the corresponding period of the year beforep

pProduction of... Read more..

Dells new Coimbatore facility earns LEED Gold certification

pDell the worldrsquos fastestgrowing large integrated IT Company has been awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design LEED certification for its Coimbatore facility a recognition by the India Green Building Council for the design construction operations and maintenance of highperformance green buildings The Coimbatore facility supports Dellrsquos Services business and is home to more than 2200 Dell team membersnbspp

pThe facility features several environmentfriendly elements ranging from the construction material used to the overall design of the building to meet the LEED... Read more..

Pollution board told to set up sewage treatment plants

pThe Central Pollution Control Board CPCB has directed officials of the State Pollution Control Board to set up sewage treatment plantsp

pMember Secretary of the board who was issued directions by the Chairman wrote to the EngineerinChief of the Irrigation and Public Health Department to ensure compliance of the orders as sewage treatment plants STPs are looked after by themp

pAs per the directions issued by the Member Secretary on June 1 each municipal committee has been directed to submit a timebound action plan for setting up such plants where facilities for collection... Read more..