Sheeraz Haji, CEO of Cleantech Group, gives an insight into the growing cleantech market worldwide and how India can take a leadership position irrespective of carbon markets.
Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) may be a UK-based non-profit, but it is global in terms of work and influence for maintaining the largest inventory of carbon emissions of businesses. CDP’s CEO Paul Simpson puts in the larger global perspective the growing trend of climate-proofing by companies in India.
While Anna Hazare and his team are co-drafting the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill along with government representatives, more than 1,000 NGOs, have made their recommendations to the Planning Commission to feed into the Approach Paper to the 12th Five Year Plan.
The UN Global Compact is the biggest voluntary corporate responsibility initiative in the world, which encourages companies to align their operations with its ten principles…
Prodipto Ghosh, a former environment and forests secretary, is a member of the Prime Ministers Council on Climate Change. He talks about bringing about a convergence between science, economics and public policy in the area of sustainable development.
When Japans Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plants emergency shut-down and radiation leak sent tremors through nuclear establishments all over the world, it improved the prospects of…
In the run-up to the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day on March 8, a new generation of women entrepreneurs, who are making a mark by cashing in on the women’s market in the country, talks about how they are set to redefine the world of business.
Clearing the air about the future of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a market-based instrument under the Kyoto Protocol enabling developed countries to invest in developing countries to offset carbon emissions, UN climate change chief Christiana Figueres said, CDM is a work in progress.
From the US and Canada to the UK and Malaysia, Indian designers use sustainable material and processes to add value to both substance and style of their collections. They share the reasons for their passion and the impact they make.
Gurgaon-based Keggfarms seeks to replicate its success story of leveraging rural household poultry-keeping model to empower rural women by helping them in income generation in Ethiopia.