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Outlook on SEBI's new mandatory ESG reporting requirement By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 2, 2011
As India's 100 largest companies prepare to provide details on their sustainability and responsibility actions, a strategic assessment reveals that they are unevenly prepared to meet the new SEBI directive. The SEBI board passed a resolution on Nov 24th... Read more.. |
Building green IT, shaping greener tomorrow By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 21, 2011
The following article presents a snapshot of how Microsoft, a global IT leader, has successfully embarked on this path. A competitive IT market and growing need for eco-energy conscious solutions offers opportunities to thought leader firms to shape differentiation and... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , energy , Entertainment , Labor , Law , Microsoft , Microsoft India , Resource Efficiency , Sustainable Products , Technology |
Tiffany Releases First-Ever Corporate Responsibility ReportBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 14, 2011
Tiffany & Co. today launched its first annual web-based Corporate Responsibility Report. The website (www.tiffany.com/sustainability, #tiffanycsr) details the Company’s long history of environmental and social... Read more.. |
Sustainability and ‘Preferred Supplier’ Status now inter-twined for textile manufacturers By : Sandeep Roy, Oct 13, 2011
Leveraging initiatives related to Sustainability will be the key to getting preferred supplier status for global players in the textile and apparel industry. As resources like water, energy and land become depleted; the clothing brands are increasingly attaching more... Read more.. |
Sustainability: The Next major Career Destination in India By : Roselin Dey, Sep 29, 2011
This article by the author Roselin Dey has been entered in the Rio+ 20 Blogger Contest organised by Tck Tck Tck - The Global Campaign for Climate Action and is based on the campaign's climate theme "Green Jobs". While green jobs are a mature job segment in developed... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , Cognizant Technology Solutions , Labor , Law , Sustainable Energy , Sustainable Products , Technology |
Moving towards Responsible Business and Building Credibility By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 30, 2011
There is a growing discussion and debate about how corporates- both publicly and privately held organizations- should perform in terms of their environment and social performance, besides creating value for the shareholders. Conventionally, Corporate Social... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , Entertainment , Environment , Labor , Law , Policy Tracker , Social Issues , Technology |
‘Responsible Business’ Guidelines: A fact check on India Inc. ? By : Aparna Khandelwal, Aug 30, 2011
A growing concern amongst the investment community is that typical financial reports do not adequately capture all the risks and externalities of a firm and thus its true performance. All stakeholders including investors, government and consumers are now putting... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , Entertainment , India Inc , Labor , Law , Policy Tracker , Social Issues , Technology |
A recycling story- From automobile tyres to road laying By : Sandeep Roy, Aug 1, 2011
In this next article under the 'Sustainable Consumption Series', the author writes about the problem of waste car tyres and a few ways in which tyre waste could be recycled to effective use. Ralph Waldo Emerson, the famous American philosopher once said ‘... Read more.. Subject Tags: Disaster , Environment , Law , Resource Efficiency , Sustainable Products , Technology |
Integrated Reporting- What, Why and How! By : Aparna Khandelwal, Jul 19, 2011
A sustainability consultant writes about the meaning, need and status of integrated reporting i.e. representation of the financial and non-financial performance of a company in a single report. What is integrated reporting? |
Saint Gobain is committed to go the extra mile to create sustainable products By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 4, 2011
Hitesh Chawhan is an Applications Manager at Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics and his current responsibilities include developing new applications, project management, product design & validation, technical sales & trouble-shooting. Chris Needes is an expert... Read more.. |