The challenge of climate change is climbing on top of the corporate agenda and companies are exploring ways and means of formulating sustainable and profitable solutions.
Environment
India is promising to become the world’s clean energy hot spot. Seven trends are catalysing the evolution of low-carbon economy in India.
The seriously rich are always followed. Now even the colour of their money is getting noticed as new trends emerge. High net worth individuals (HNWIs) are increasing their investment in green technologies, says the World Wealth Report 2008 brought out by wealth management company Merrill Lynch and IT and outsourcing consultancy Capgemini.
When Mitsubishi International Corporations president and CEO Ryoichi Ueda was asked to double as parent companys (Mitsubishi Corporation) chief sustainability officer for North America earlier this year, it brought into limelight the trend of appointing sustainability managers at senior levels. Today, more and more companies are appointing chief sustainability officers, who report directly to CEOs.
The Financial Express and Emergent Ventures India launch a survey to map the greening of businesses, highlight success stories and come up with recommendations for best practices.
Clean technology or cleantech is a happening business opportunity worldwide. Venture capitalists invested $2.2 billion in US cleantech companies in 2007.
The use of coal will continue the world over because of its abundant and cheap supply, but Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) can be a crucial technology to check its global-warming carbon dioxide emissions, says a new study by Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The CCS deployment will not only help check greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but also offer a commercial opportunity to businesses, adds the study
Geetie Singh set up London’s first organic pub, The Duke of Cambridge Organic Pub way back in 1988.
Arosa may not be the most famous tourist resort in the Alps, but it will be always remembered for leading tourism industry’s fight against climate change.
Cold water from Lake Geneva will cool offices and apartments in the UN region in Geneva to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gases emission, thereby coping with global warming.