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With the continued erratic state of power supply and the need of industries for uninterrupted throughput of products to sustain economic sustainability, more and more businesses have shifted to relying on Diesel Generators (D.G) as an important secondary source of power and not merely a...
An organization’s commitment towards EHS&S (Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability) involves managing the responsibility towards stakeholders of their businesses by commitment to employee health & safety, compliance to government regulations, following good labor practices,...
Japan is promoting low-carbon technologies in developing countries through its bilateral carbon finance scheme. The scheme can revive India’s green businesses facing record-low carbon price in the global market.
India is a vast country with a population of 12 billion, but with limited...
The market for energy efficiency products and services in India has gained momentum in recent years. This is both due to regulatory impetus and commercial incentives for energy savings as the push for green building and industrial process efficiency is being seen in a new light. Energy saving...
Energy Efficiency is the ‘low hanging fruit of sustainability’ as it opens up myriads of opportunities in resource conservation, primarily by plugging in the wastages in energy distribution, storage and use.
Increased volatility of global energy prices has escalated the need for resource...
It does not matter how big or small Indian organizations are, they must learn from the recent power grid failure.
The recent power grid failure in North India exposed the precarious demand-supply imbalance in power and vulnerability of a grid with complex inter-linkages. 610 million(1)...
The Earth receives more than enough energy from the sun in an hour to supply the world’s energy requirements for the whole year. Unfortunately we harness only a tiny portion of the available solar energy and the world still primarily relies on power plants that burn fossil fuels. Thus, we don’t...
I had the good fortune of attending the Nestle’s Creating Shared Value (CSV) forum earlier this week. Nestle is very clear on what it intends to achieve – find ways and methods by which businesses can play a role in the development of the communities and countries it operates in or in other...
The financial services sector plays a catalytic role in the promotion of sustainable development through deploying finance responsibly. As intermediaries in allocating capital, investors and lenders have the power to influence social and environmental practices and performance of companies...
I’ve sat down at a Mumbai café to write a piece on labels and sustainable consumer behaviour. I should have done this several days ago and now the deadline I’ve been asked to meet is tomorrow. But there was Lakme Fashion Week, where my NGO Shop for Change Fair Trade brought in a cotton...
In light of the recently rolled out Electronic Waste Management and Handling Rules, Sustainability Outlook is conducting a survey to assess consumer behaviour on electronic waste disposal and management.
The survey would take approximately 5 minutes to complete and we would really...
The sustainability coin has two sides: Sustainable production and sustainable consumption. Newer compliance mandates and regulations coupled with increased investor and client demands for responsible business behavior have led to the onset and acceptance of cleaner production practices....
The challenges of achieving rapid and continuously high levels of economic growth as a means to poverty reduction include the need to balance development aspirations with minimal environmental impact. Given the global impetus to peg carbon emissions to 2005 levels over the next two to three...
As India Inc. begins to adopt Sustainability reporting, investors are likely to be combing through it and select winners from the rest.
The number of corporates coming out with Sustainability reports in India is on the rise. In these reports businesses share about...
Driven by the fast emerging threat of water scarcity, Beverage giants are increasingly mainstreaming their water conservation practices though some observers remain cynical about the claims and the true accomplishments.
The beverage industry relies on water for its survival; making it...