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.
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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.
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…
Applied Materials is the biggest products and services supplier to manufacturers of semiconductors, flat panel displays and solar photo voltaic products all over the world.…
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’.
Mobile telephony and network operator Uninor’s CSR project was the only Indian initiative chosen by the GSMA mWomen programme for showcasing at its launch event in Washington. The listed speakers included US secretary of state Hillary Clinton and Cherie Blair.
After offering high-quality and affordable healthcare to millions of people, pioneers like Narayana Hrudayalaya, Aravind Eye Hospitals, Sankara Nethralaya and LifeSpring Hospitals are moving up the technology curve to expand their reach, improve services and make themselves more affordable.
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.
Two Indian companies LifeSpring Hospitals and Reuters Market Light are among the ten global companies to bag this year’s World Business and Development Awards.