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Low Carbon Strategies

Date: May 12, 2011

On a per-capita basis, India is one of the lowest Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emitters in the world. Its emission of 1.18 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per capita in 2008 was nearly one-fourth of the corresponding global average of 4.38 tonnes. However, India is highly vulnerable to climate change, and has a strong interest in having a fair and equitable global agreement for minimizing the risk of climate change. Although India has not created the problem of climate change, which is largely due to the...

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Guide to Corporate Ecosystem Valuation

Date: May 4, 2011

Corporate Ecosystem Valuation (CEV) can be defined as a process to make better-informed business decisions by explicitly valuing both ecosystem degradation and the benefits provided by ecosystem services. By including ecosystem values, the company’s aim is to improve corporate performance in relation to social and environmental goals and the financial bottom-line. Valuation can make decisionmaking around ecosystems more compelling and practical, thereby enhancing sustainable development...

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India’s Renewable Energy Sector -

Date: May 3, 2011

The main highlights of the survey 2009-10 are:

•The recovery in GDP growth for 2009-10, as indicated in the advance estimates, is broad based. Seven out of eight sectors/sub-sectors show a growth rate of 6.5 per cent or higher. Sectors including mining and quarrying; manufacturing; and electricity, gas and water supply have significantly improved their growth rates at over 8 per cent in comparison with 2008-09. The construction sector and trade, hotels, transport and communication have...

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Voluntary Disclosures and the Firm-Value Effects of Carbon Emissions

Date: May 2, 2011

Concern about carbon emissions, and hence concern about disclosure of carbon emission levels, has been expressed by various stakeholders, including corporate executives, boards of directors, investors, creditors, standard setters, government regulators, and NGOs. Indeed, some informed observers expect that the relationship between carbon emissions and global climate change will drive a redistribution of value from firms that do not control their carbon emissions successfully to firms that do (GS...

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Growth in emission transfers via international trade from 1990 to 2008

Date: Apr 26, 2011

Despite the emergence of regional climate policies, growth in global CO2 emissions has remained strong. From 1990 to 2008 CO2 emissions in developed countries (defined as countries with emission-reduction commitments in the Kyoto Protocol, Annex B) have stabilized, but emissions in developing countries (non-Annex B) have doubled. Some studies suggest that the stabilization of emissions in developed countries was partially because of growing imports from developing countries. To quantify the...

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How Dirty is Your Data?

Date: Apr 25, 2011

Information Technology (IT) is disruptive. Largely for the better, IT has disrupted the way we travel, communicate, conduct business, produce, socialise and manage our homes and lives. This disruptive ability has the potential to reduce our dependence on dirty energy and make society cleaner, more efficient and powered renewably. But as we applaud the positive, visible impacts and measurable, game-changing potential of IT, we also need to pay attention to what’s behind the curtain.

The ‘...

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Recommendations on Telecom Infrastructure Policy

Date: Apr 18, 2011

TRAI released its recommendations on “Approach Towards Green Telecommunications”.

With increasing pervasiveness of mobile phones and the widespread adoption of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) worldwide, the ICT sector is expected to contribute around 3% of the global emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) by the year 2020.

While globally the telecommunication sector contributes around 0.7% of the global GHG emissions, the corresponding figure in India is 1%. While this...

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Integrated Energy Policy Report

Date: Apr 4, 2011

Energy is a vital input into production and this means that if India is to move to the higher growth rate that is now feasible, we must ensure reliable availability of energy, particularly electric power and petroleum products, at internationally competitive prices. We cannot hope to compete effectively in world markets unless these critical energy inputs are available in adequate quantities
and at appropriate prices. The present energy scenario is not satisfactory. The power supply...

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Vision 2050: The Way Forward for Business

Date: Feb 28, 2011

Under the Vision 2050 project of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD),29 WBCSD member companies developed a vision of a world well on the way to sustainability by
2050, and a pathway leading to that world – a pathway that will require fundamental changes in governance structures, economic frameworks, business and human behavior.

It emerged that these changes are necessary, feasible and offer
tremendous business opportunities for companies that turn...

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Carbon Disclosure Project Supply Chain Report 2011

Date: Feb 2, 2011

The Carbon Disclosure Project’s Supply Chain program is a unique collaboration of 57 global corporations who are members of CDP Supply Chain. These companies recognize the significance of the supply chain in carbon management. They are actively engaged in working with their suppliers to manage carbon and have the power and influence to really make a difference. This report is based on this work and is the most significant study of how business is managing supply chain emissions. The insights are...

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