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Sachin Pilot urges companies to see CSR as investment, not a burdenBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 10, 2013
Expecting an annual corporate social responsibility (CSR) spending of Rs 15,000-20,000 crore by India Inc, Corporate Affairs Minister Sachin Pilot has asked companies to see the new law as an investment opportunity to create a better work environment, rather than a forced... Read more.. |
Indiska, KappAhl, Lindex, SIWI and Sida expand cooperation on sustainable water management in production processes in IndiaBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 6, 2013
Swedish fashion retail companies Indiska, KappAhl and Lindex announced today that they are expanding their cooperation with the Stockholm... Read more.. |
Russia and India fail to establish cooperation on building hydro power plantsBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 4, 2013
Russia and India have failed to establish cooperation on building hydro power plants. Russian company RusHydro, a global leader in hydro power plant construction and operation, said at the end of August that it was withdrawing from the joint venture with Sun Group. ... Read more.. |
Nuclear energy talks between Japan and India resumeBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 2, 2013
The talks between Japan and India to pursue a bilateral civil nuclear cooperation agreement is set to resume on Tuesday. Talks stalled due to the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in 2011 that prompted the Japanese government to shut down 48 of its 50... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business |
New land Bill may delay projects, increase real estate, infra costsBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 1, 2013
The new land acquisition Bill, which dictates how land is to be acquired and land owners compensated, may increase costs manifold and further delay real estate and infrastructure projects, say experts. For industrial... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business |
SCHOTT supplied molten salt receivers for solar power plant in ItalyBy : Sustainability ..., Aug 23, 2013
The Italian power company Enel will install molten salt receivers with technology from SCHOTT when modernizing certain parts of the world's largest molten salt solar power plant. The international technology group supplied around 450 so-called “High Temperature Molten Salt... Read more.. |
First Solar, Sharp defend turf against China's global PV dominationBy : Sustainability ..., Aug 22, 2013
While First Solar remains the leading PV module supplier in the U.S. and India and Sharp in Japan, Chinese rivals, benefitting from the wave of insolvencies in the West, have dominated the rest of the globe over the past year. Chinese photovoltaic manufacturers have... Read more.. |
Gurgaon's long-term prospects grim: Harvard Business ReviewBy : Sustainability ..., Aug 22, 2013
The sheen is off our Millennium City, if an article in the reputable 'Harvard Business Review' is anything to go by. A piece in the magazine's July-August 2013 issue compares Gurgaon with a Vietnamese (satellite) city with a similar background and finds... Read more.. |
Resource Sustainability and embedded costs will define future manufacturing competitiveness By : Anindita Chakraborty, Aug 16, 2013
Sustainability Outlook spoke to Prof. David Dornfeld, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of Laboratory for Manufacturing and Sustainability (LMAS) at the University of California, Berkeley about ways in which sustainability can drive innovation in the Indian... Read more.. |
CSR mandatory with passage of New Companies Bill: All you need to knowBy : Sustainability ..., Aug 13, 2013
The New Companies Bill was finally passed in Rajya Sabha on Thursday, making it mandatory for profit making companies to spend on activities related to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). With the new legislation, India would possibly become the first country to... Read more.. |