In his acclaimed book, ‘Capitalism at the Crossroads’, Stuart Hart argues that MNCs are in a position to innovate to lay the foundations of a sustainable form of global capitalism and also profit in the process.
Leading Indian IT companies are planning to tap the $380-million low-carbon IT market, which is projected to grow at a CAGR of 40% to $4.2 billion by 2017.
When UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon held a press briefing at the UN Global Compact Leaders’ Summit 2010 in New York, he had Ajit Gulabchand, CMD, HCC for company.
Solar industry leaders welcome the guidelines for off-grid and roof-top solar applications, launched by Non-Renewable Resources minister Farooq Abdullah.
Interior India is seeing a war being fought by big businesses with the help of small and marginal farmers for their share in the organic cotton market.
Going by the response to his just-released Building Social Business, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is on the verge of ushering in a social business wave to address problems like poverty.
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus pushes the envelop further to midwife the birth of two social investment funds and a social stock market to add more building blocks to an emerging global social business ecosystem.
Bucking the industry trend, women are writing the entrepreneurship code of the biotech sector in the country.
Two Indian companies Wipro and HCL have emerged amongst the top five greenest electronics companies in the world. While Wipro shares the top position with Nokia, HCL at third position is marginally behind Sony Ericsson, according to Greenpeaces just released report.
As good environmental practices become the cornerstone of doing business in the developed world, the Wal-Marts, Tescos and IBMs ask for compliance from their suppliers in India.