The seriously rich are always followed. Now even the colour of their money is getting noticed as new trends emerge. High net worth individuals (HNWIs) are increasing their investment in green technologies, says the World Wealth Report 2008 brought out by wealth management company Merrill Lynch and IT and outsourcing consultancy Capgemini.
Rajiv Tikoo
When Mitsubishi International Corporations president and CEO Ryoichi Ueda was asked to double as parent companys (Mitsubishi Corporation) chief sustainability officer for North America earlier this year, it brought into limelight the trend of appointing sustainability managers at senior levels. Today, more and more companies are appointing chief sustainability officers, who report directly to CEOs.
The Financial Express and Emergent Ventures India launch a survey to map the greening of businesses, highlight success stories and come up with recommendations for best practices.
Clean technology or cleantech is a happening business opportunity worldwide. Venture capitalists invested $2.2 billion in US cleantech companies in 2007.
When the Grameen Bank founder and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus labelled his breed of social entrepreneurs as 70% crazy, he was mouthing a popular perception.
The use of coal will continue the world over because of its abundant and cheap supply, but Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) can be a crucial technology to check its global-warming carbon dioxide emissions, says a new study by Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The CCS deployment will not only help check greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but also offer a commercial opportunity to businesses, adds the study
Some Indian companies are not only engaging with their supply chains to spread awareness about HIV/AIDS and promote safe sexual behaviour, but also offering treatment to the infected.
The health of employees is at a premium today. The bottomline of businesses is being increasingly determined by the preventive healthcare programmes that companies provide to their staff at the workplace.
Geetie Singh set up London’s first organic pub, The Duke of Cambridge Organic Pub way back in 1988.
If London is emerging as a leading ethical fashion centre in the world, its partly due to the fact that the citys fashion stores are able to source fairtrade products from India.