All six Indian-origin women entrepreneurs in the Amex-WPO list typify the immigrant story of chasing the American dream of “better, richer, and happier life”.
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After making a mark as professional managers, Indian-origin women are emerging as successful entrepreneurs in the US by dint of their hard work, support of families and an enabling business environment for women-led and minority businesses.
Earth Day on April 22 has started getting more buy in from corporates. Going beyond customary tree plantation under their CSR initiatives, companies are now increasingly marking the annual day with the launch of green products and services.
Driven by supportive government policies, maturing clean technologies and growing investor appetite, India is fast becoming a hub of eco-innovation for people from all kinds of background.
The deployment of 3G technology promises to transform the $35-billion healthcare sector in the country, enabling doctors to view images sent from remote locations and offering real time treatment solutions.
Many Indian companies ranging from power majors like NTPC to diversified groups like Mahindra and Mahindra to software leaders such as Infosys are already on track to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Transfer of clean technology from industrialised countries to developing countries is one of the main issues holding up progress in climate change talks in Copenhagen.
The approval of India’s technology transfer proposal to establish a global network of climate innovation centres for developing and deploying clean technologies at the ongoing climate change talks in Copenhagen should cheer businesses.
Irrespective of whether a Copenhagen declaration incorporates a legally binding climate change agreement or not, the event has proved to be a huge green branding exercise.
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation has reduced 4 lakh tonne of CO2 emissions annually over the past four years and ONGC is going for four Clean Development Mechanism projects to reduce 1.20 lakh tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions annually.