Endangered species’ list out; not all rank high on conservation totem pole
The ministry of environment and forests has called for conservation and protection of endangered species and issued a new list of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians who fall in the ‘endangered species’ category. According to a news report in The Times of India,
CSR 2.0: From defensive to systemic corporate sustainability and responsibility
I have found it useful to view the evolution of business responsibility in terms of five overlapping economic periods – the Ages of Greed, Philanthropy, Misrepresentation, Management and Responsibility – each of which typically manifests a different stage of CSR, namely: defensive, charitable,
Conservation and sustainable development plan for Kailash – India, China and Nepal join hands
The Kailash-Mansarovar landscape, also known as Kang Rinpoche and Kailasa Parvata, is about to see a positive change. India, China and Nepal, the countries across which the Kailash’s boundaries are spread, have chalked out comprehensive conservation and sustainable development plans for the mountain
CSR in India: Corporate affairs minister calls for ‘ethical, responsible and sustainable’ business
‘Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is not just charity. It is like an obligation and we owe it to the next generation,’ said Union Minister of State for Corporate Affairs and Ministry of Minority Affairs Salman Khurshid while inaugurating a seminar ‘Corporate sustainability: the
Finally, $100 billion to deal with global warming in developing countries
The participants at the UN climate conference in Cancun finally reached a ‘settlement’ and decided to set up a $100 billion Green Fund to fight global warming. The Green Fund is expected to mobilize $100 billion per year by 2020 and will be
CSR funds: Parliamentary panel wants 50% to go for afforestation
‘If the government makes it mandatory that 50 per cent of the money being spent towards corporate social responsibility (CSR) will be used for massive afforestation, then millions of hectares of land will be covered by forests. ‘At the same time the government
Low carbon: Where do we begin?
At the moment, there is something akin to a mix of the real and the mystical in general perceptions about the earth’s myriad sustainability and environment issues. There is glamour even, thanks to Kyoto, Copenhagen, Cancun, and the ‘will do, won’t do’ suspense
Evolutionary approach must to strengthen the global climate effort
Governments should affirm the goal of a new legally binding climate change agreement, but focus for now on incremental steps that can deliver stronger action, resources and transparency even in the absence of binding commitments, says a new report by the Pew Center
Human rights violations: Delhi and UP top the list; police the major violator
The data on cases registered for violation of human rights, gathered by National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), shows that Uttar Pradesh and Delhi account for 67 per cent of the total violations registered across the country between December 1, 2009, and October 31,
The immediacy of resource depletion and the murmur of global warming
The increased public and political focus on global warming has diverted discussion away from world resource depletion, particularly the depletion of fossil fuel energy with its potentially disastrous impact on world food production. According to its own internal whistleblowers, the International Energy Agency