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Ikea’s Hyderabad store delivers via solar-powered rickshaws

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 24, 2018

Swedish home furnishings retailer Ikea is a global company and it opened its first ever store in Hyderabad, India.
 
While the store owns the typical...

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EU carbon hits fresh 10-year high on stronger energy, EU climate target talk

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 22, 2018

The benchmark European carbon price rose almost 5 percent on Tuesday afternoon, hitting a fresh ten-year high of 19.41 euros/tonne.

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Shut down industries that didn’t properly handle hazardous waste: MoEFCC

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 22, 2018

The Union ministry for environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) has directed the Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) to shut down industries that...

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EESL’s big challenge: Make cheaper, evolved electric vehicles

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 22, 2018

State-owned Energy Efficiency Services Ltd, which leads the country’s energy efficiency and conservation drive, has thrown open a challenge for entrepreneurs and startups to develop electric...

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India’s draft National Energy Storage Mission focuses on reducing costs of domestic EV batteries

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 16, 2018

Battery manufacturing represents a...

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Renewable energy to power 80% of metro rail operations, tenders floated

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 16, 2018

Metro rail services will soon go green as Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) plans to purchase renewable energy to power 80% of its daily operations including running of trains. CMRL floated a...

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Tukatech unveils low energy TUKAcut cutting systems

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 16, 2018

Fashion industry technology leader, Tukatech, has introduced clean air filtration and lowest energy consumption TUKAcut cutting systems, certified by the TÜV SÜD Italia Machine Energy Protocol...

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KKR to buy control of REEL for $530 million, one of India's biggest buyouts

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 14, 2018

Private equity firm KKR & Co said it will acquire a 60 per cent stake in India's Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd (REEL) for $530 million, adding it was one of India's largest buyouts. KKR will...

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2 years after enacting law, Centre unlocks Rs 66,000 crore green fund

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 13, 2018

Unlocking a fund of more than Rs 66,000 crore to increase the country’s green cover, the Centre has finally notified the rules for utilisation of the money by...

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Several polluting factories in North Delhi may be sealed soon

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 13, 2018

The North Delhi Municipal Corporation is likely to initiate sealing drive after September 29 against factories or industries using coal and other ‘dirty’ fuels like pet coke and furnace oil...

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