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
PVR Nest ‘highly commended’ at green awards; MSS awarded by UK charity‎
PVR Nest, the CSR arm of PVR Ltd, was ‘highly commended’ under the Best Green Educational Project Category (Promoting Sustainable Development Issues)’ at Global Green Award 2010 in London. Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC – Let’s Grow (UK)bagged the award in the same category.
SUV owners should not avail of subsidized diesel: Ramesh
After starting a heated debate earlier this month with his remark on use of sports utility vehicles (SUVs) being criminal, environment minister Jairam Ramesh renewed his attack on the use of diesel for luxury cars and shrugged off protests by some manufacturers of