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.
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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.
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.
ICF International started working in the area of energy and climate change management much before it became politically or environmentally correct. With more than 3,500…
While government agencies and non-governmental organisations are adversaries by definition, an increasing number of government-appointed non-governmental leaders to key positions are setting the national agenda in social sector.
The Tatas have emerged as the best performers on sustainable development indicators, according to ‘BT Sustainable Development (SD) Indexan assessment of business performance in India 2009-10’.
After making their mark in leading multinationals, IIM and IIT alumni are now taking their success stories a step further and heading influential NGOs tackling challenges ranging from protection of human rights to mitigating climate change.
Whether it’s steelmaker ArcelorMittal, biscuit major Parle Products or global bank HSBC, big businesses across sectors are increasingly partnering with millions of schoolchildren on green corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives and strengthening their brands.
As the uncertainty over the outcome of the global climate change negotiations continues, carbon consultants are increasingly reinventing their businesses to expand into alternative opportunities in related fields like renewable energy, clean technology and environmental sustainability, irrespective of their carbon component.
Top engineering institutes and business schools across the country are going green with a vengeance. Seeing a growing market for green managers in the country, B-schools and universities are learning fast to offer management lessons in environment-related disciplines.