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The Rising SunBy : Sustainability ..., Oct 17, 2012
The challenges in the power sector continue. India is facing a power deficit of 9 percent1 and this is likely to continue over the next few years. In many states, industries are facing upto 502 percent power cuts. The gap between the power purchase costs and the power tariffs... Read more.. Subject Tags: Document/ report |
IEA Wind Annual Report for 2011By : Sustainability ..., Aug 14, 2012
Wind generation now meets a significant percentage of electrical demand worldwide. In 2011, the world added about 40 GW of wind generation, a 24% increase, to total more than 238 GW (GWEC 2012). This is enough capacity to cover about 3% of the world’s electricity demand (WWEC... Read more.. Subject Tags: Document/ report |
Benchmarking and mapping Indian MSMEs energy consumptionBy : Sustainability ..., Jul 31, 2012
The MSME (micro, small and medium enterprises) sector plays a vital role in the Indian economy. The sector contributes about 45% of manufacturing output, 40% of exports and employs more than 69 million people. MSMES are mostly located as clusters with the cluster size vary... Read more.. Subject Tags: Document/ report |
The Millennium Development Goals ReportBy : Sustainability ..., Jul 10, 2012
This year’s report on progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) highlights several milestones. The target of reducing extreme poverty by half has been reached five years ahead of the 2015 deadline, as has the target of halving the proportion of people who lack... Read more.. Subject Tags: Document/ report |
End of Life Reporting and Beyond - A Challenge that Keeps on GrowingBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 18, 2012
This paper provides an overview of key global trends and regulations relating to packaging, electrical and electronic equipment and batteries. It lays out the challenges of compliance and consequences of non-compliance, and warns that the approach many companies are taking... Read more.. Subject Tags: Document/ report |
State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2012By : Sustainability ..., Jun 18, 2012
State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2012: Developing Dimension is the sixth annual report created to shed light on trading volumes, credit prices, project types, locations, and the motivations of buyers voluntarily purchasing carbon offsets. Findings are based on... Read more.. Subject Tags: Document/ report |
Bonds and Climate Change – The state of the Market in 2012By : Sustainability ..., Jun 1, 2012
Bonds will play a crucial role in financ-ing the transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy. Investor interest in the asset class is growing, but what is the current investment opportunity already out there? This report, commissioned by the HSBC Climate Change... Read more.. Subject Tags: Document/ report |
Renewable energy country attractiveness indicesBy : Sustainability ..., May 30, 2012
The Ernst & Young CAI provide scores for national renewable energy markets, renewable energy infrastructures and their suitability for individual technologies. The indices provide scores out of 100 and are updated on a quarterly basis. The CAI take a generic view... Read more.. Subject Tags: Document/ report |
Living Planet Report 2012By : Sustainability ..., May 28, 2012
We are all familiar with the stark array of graphs – carbon emissions, deforestation, water scarcity, overfishing – that detail how we are sapping the Earth’s resources and resilience. This 2012 edition of the Living Planet Report tells us how it all adds up – the cumulative... Read more.. Subject Tags: Document/ report |
Draft National Water Policy (2012)By : Sustainability ..., May 26, 2012
Water is a natural resource, fundamental to life, livelihood, food security and sustainable development. It is also a scarce resource. India has more than 17 percent of the world‟s population, but has only 4% of world's renewable water resources with 2.6% of world‟s land area... Read more.. Subject Tags: Document/ report |