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This next article in the ‘Sustainable Consumption Series’ talks about how sustainability is becoming a new marketing trend for companies, opportunities for companies in turning green and what to keep in mind when companies market themselves as being sustainable.
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While global CDM activity has picked up recently and September has seen the largest number of newer projects enter the CDM pipeline, projects coming from India seemed to have slowed down. This trend has been emerging in the last few months.
In September, India had 93,363 CERs...
With top companies declaring their water conservation initiatives, this article reflects on the need for water stewardship programmes and the corporate perspective on making the business case for such initiatives.
With top companies declaring their water conservation...
The article is a primer on the opportunity and potential of REDD+ and summarizes the proceedings of a recently concluded workshop on deforestation drivers in the north east and the roles REDD+ financing can play in forestry conservation
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This first article in the ‘Sustainable Consumption Series’ talks about how the direct cool refrigerators can enable savings while being environmentally helpful.
This first article in the ‘Sustainable Consumption Series’ talks about how the direct cool...
CER issuance for Indian projects in August have fallen off the cliff with only 62,150 CERs (approx US$1.2m) issued. This compares to $82m worth of CERs issued globally in the same period.
CER issuance for Indian projects in August have fallen off the cliff with only 62,150...
The report summarizes the proceedings of the recently concluded Renewcon Conference India 2010 held in Mumbai on 26th & 27th August 2010.
The two day conference brought together various stakeholders and industry participants in the solar and wind energy sectors. The...
Moving beyond carbon trading schemes, such public private partnerships models could be useful for pooling resources and expertise and for up-scaling climate change mitigation and adaptation initiatives.
Climate Change is a global phenomenon and has significant implications for India....
As telephone has grown to become the lifeline of communication in most areas, telecom operators are looking towards green communications, which is expected to become a part of normal telecom business.
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Achieving sustainability is impractical without managing all aspects of life cycle. The article reflects on the progression of sustainability dialogue in the corporate setting from the traditional CSR construct to the emerging field of sustainable sourcing.
Corporates and industries are...
Trees For Credit, an innovative model developed by Green-Harmony, has the potential to strengthen proposed Green India Mission to sequestrate carbon, while contributing to poverty reduction and inclusive development- the dominating themes of the 11th Five Year Plan.
Recently, tree...
Soon it will be 2030. Would the world have moved to a low carbon path by then? It is being argued that actions required to alter growth trajectories towards low carbon economy across the world are too little and/or too late. What is India prioritizing in this context?
Soon it...
Guidelines for selecting new grid connected solar power projects were finally released earlier this week with much fanfare. From a solar thermal persective, they have failed to address many concerns and pre-requisites to ensure a successful rollout.
Guidelines for selecting...
The article highlights the main points to be considered while negotiating and signing Power Purchase Agreements for solar projects.
In order to achieve its target of 1,000 MW solar based generation capacity in phase I of the National Solar Mission (NSM), the mission has nominated NTPC...
The concept of Bio-refineries came in light of reduction of dependence on traditional resources for fuel by optimum utilization of biomass. Though it has applicability in solving waste management & GHG emission problems, there are still limitations of raw-material availability and...