CSR activities: Ramesh suggests partnership between his ministry and PSUs
‘We should have partnership between environment ministry and ONGC. If we get partnership with five PSUs like ONGC, we will get a part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) budget for spending on good afforestation activities, particularly in wetland and mangrove areas,’ said
Ethics Committee to discuss environment minister’s complaint about MPs
The Ethics Committee, headed by former Union Minister Manikrao Gavit, will meet Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh to discuss the letter that Ramesh wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari. Kumar and Ansari had referred the matter to
World Bank assessing ways to help sustainable development projects in India
World Bank officials are evaluating various infrastructure projects in Mumbai and also met several senior officials to thoroughly understand the ‘sustainable development’ initiatives of the state government. Inger Anderson, vice president for sustainable development at World Bank (WB), along with Hubert Nove-Josserand, operations
Provide more security to whistleblowers and extend RTI to private sector: NGOs
Attending a meeting with the Standing Committee on Law and Personnel, which is scrutinizing a bill to provide protection to those who help in unveiling corrupt practices, a group of NGOs demanded more security for whistleblowers and also asked for extension of the
Create value through sustainable business and win US$480,000, courtesy Nestlé
On February 11, 2011, Nestl̩ made a call for global nominations for the 2012 Nestl̩ prize in Creating Shared Value (CSV). Launched in 2009, the prize Рfinancial support of more than US$480,000 Рis awarded in alternate years to an innovation or
CSR in India: Government for mandatory spends, corporate India not sure
Leading dailies of the country on February 10 reported that the new Companies Bill would probably make it mandatory for companies to spend two per cent of their profits towards CSR. For corporate India, this is a surprise development from the office of
A sixfold path to sustainable and inclusive innovations
Talking-and-thinking points from the report ‘Sustainable and inclusive innovation – strategies for tomorrow’s world’ by CII-ITC CESD – part 2 So, what is the best strategy to go about doing ‘sustainable and inclusive innovations’, or SI2? There are six areas of strategic intervention,
Coca-Cola could not achieve ‘water replenishment’ goal
The Coca-Cola company’s seventh sustainability report says that the company could not achieve a goal of returning all water used in its manufacturing process to the environment by 2010. The company had aimed at treating the used water up to a level that
Regenerate forests while recognizing biotic pressures: Ramesh to forest officials
‘The challenge of the forest officials is to find a way to regenerate forests even while recognizing biotic pressures. Forest officials have never reconciled to the Forest Rights Act; they still consider it a threat,’ Jairam Ramesh said while inaugurating the Forest Ministers
Amid protests, environment ministry sanctions Girnar ropeway
Girnar wildlife sanctuary, famous for its lions, will soon have a ropeway to provide a convenient way of transporting pilgrims and it is also expected to minimize man-animal conflict. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has granted ‘in principle’ approval for a ropeway project, apparently