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India in its journey of achieving milestones in the renewable energy sector has seen significant developments since 2015 which points to an accelerated pace of growth for this sector. As of September 2016, cumulative solar installations totalled 8.6 gigawatt (GW), with installations of 3.3 GW in...
The textile industry is one of the most important sectors for the Indian economy, accounting for almost 2% of the national GDP and 12% of the total manufacturing export earnings in the country. The textile wet...
With resources becoming increasingly scarce, competition between industries getting fiercer and technology advancing at an incredible pace, pressure is building on the Indian manufacturing sector to become more...
With the recent ratification of the Paris Climate treaty, India has committed to an annualised reduction of nearly 1200 million Tonnes of Carbon dioxide equivalent by 2030. Specifically, the industrial energy...
Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) is an electronic device that converts Alternating current (AC) of one frequency to another frequency which gives an opportunity to run the AC motors in variable speed and provide an opportunity for saving energy on many industrial applications. Several control...
The 2016 Parivartan Sustainability Leadership Awards were announced in New Delhi recognizing large corporates, emerging innovators and individuals leading the charge in the sustainability space.
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Product packaging is one of the prominent sectors wherein environmental sustainability is not necessarily an area of focus. Some of the most common household packages – including potato chip bags, biscuit &...
India is still struggling with managing its plastic wastes with about 15,342 tonne of plastic waste generated every day. The Government notified Plastic Waste Management (PWM) Rules, 2016 in March this year,...
The pulp & paper manufacturing is a grossly polluting industry. The industry not only has been long known to consume huge amount of water but also contribute to the pollution of rivers to a large extent....
Sustainable mining involves minimising impact on natural resources and habitat. Safe, scientific, efficient and environment friendly processes and advanced scientific mining technologies need to be adopted to...
With the smart cities project gaining momentum and making appearances in the news quite so often, there was a need to delve deeper and analyse if it is worthy of all the hype or just another case of ‘old wine in a...
Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) are known by many names: Variable speed drives, Adjustable speed Drives, Adjustable Frequency Drives, Variators and Frequency Converters. Contrary to popular belief, VFDs are not limited to industrial...
Sustainability has come to the fore in the cosmetics and personal care industry. With the need for resource efficiency and rise in ethical consumerism, cosmetic companies are taking some serious steps towards...
The article analyses the recently announced E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016 and examines the improvements and the shortcomings of the new rules
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The article looks into the challenges that the textile wet processing industry faces in implementing a government mandate to incorporate Zero Liquid Discharge into their production process and provides suggestions to...