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Capturing energy efficiency market advantages By : Jyoti Deka, Nov 20, 2012
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... Read more.. |
Energy Efficiency – The Low Hanging Fruits of Sustainability By : Reshmi Vasudeva..., Nov 19, 2012
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... Read more.. |
IT as an enabling tool for Business Sustainability By : Suparna Shankar..., Nov 16, 2012
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-... Read more.. Subject Tags: Disaster , Environment , Health , Labor , Resource Efficiency , Social Issues , Technology |
How to Reinvent Capitalism via Creating Shared Value? By : Pankaj Arora, Nov 9, 2012
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... Read more.. |
What do you do with your Electronic Waste? By : Sustainability ..., Nov 6, 2012
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... Read more.. Subject Tags: Resource Efficiency |
Water conservation : Need not be mere PR for the Beverage Sector By : Sustainability ..., Sep 26, 2012
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... Read more.. Subject Tags: beverage , Business , Environment , Human Interest , Pepsi , PepsiCo , Resource Efficiency , Technology |
Imbibing biodiversity as a corporate value amongst Indian businesses By : Dhanapal G, Jul 2, 2012
India is host to the eleventh Conference of Party on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) scheduled for October 2012. India became a Party to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 1994; the three objectives of the CBD are conservation of biodiversity,... Read more.. Subject Tags: Resource Efficiency , Technology |
Grundfos India reaffirms sustainability commitment through new green factory premises By : Roselin Dey, Jun 28, 2012
With the concept of sustainable architecture catching up, Grundfos India reiterates its commitment to sustainability by investing in greening their factory premises and receiving Gold certification under IGBC Green Factories Rating System. The movement of green... Read more.. |
A-B-C-D of the Business Case for Energy EfficiencyBy : Snehil Taparia, Jun 26, 2012
This article explores the different business prerogatives and the benefits that can be tapped into by adopting energy efficiency measures in the workplace. Depleting energy resources, rising cost of energy and the threat of climate change have elevated the demand for... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , energy , Environment , Human Interest , Labor , Law , Resource Efficiency , Technology |
Water Quality and state of water in India-I By : Pranay Kumar, Jun 18, 2012
In this first of a series of article, the authors presents an overview of the underlying causes for water pollution in the country as also suggests remedial actions (in terms of best practices as also legal mandates) required for addressing the state of this extremely... Read more.. |