More plantations by Garware-Wall Ropes

Sep 1, 2015

Over 70 employees of Garware-Wall Ropes Limited (GWRL), one of India’s leading manufacturers of technical textiles, engaged in a massive plantation drive in Ghorwadi village, on the way to Talegaon on the old Pune”Mumbai road.   The tree-plantation drive is a part of

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Lamborghini says it is carbon-neutral. We are confused

Aug 20, 2015

If you hear of a car manufacturer striving to ‘save the environment’, you will most likely imagine that it is investing in green technology that saves fuel or is cutting down on its fleet of gas guzzlers in the market. Yet, if it is

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Pratt & Whitney introduces e-learning centres at 10 Bengaluru schools

Aug 20, 2015

Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (UTC), and its supplier partners inaugurated 10 e-learning centres at schools in Bengaluru. UTC, Pratt & Whitney and its supplier partners have contributed more than Rs 3,364,000 towards the set-up of the e-learning centres,

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Infosys Science Foundation begins teachers’ training in Mysuru

Aug 17, 2015

Infosys Science Foundation (ISF), in association with Agastya International Foundation (AIF) and the Government of Karnataka, began the second edition of their teachers’ training programme in Mysuru. Focused at a constructivist approach in hands-on training for teachers in government schools in Karnataka, the training

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Haldiram’s food unfit for consumption, says USFDA

Jun 16, 2015

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reportedly found pesticides in Haldiram’s products and categorically stated that their baked products were unfit for consumption, and also that these were adulterated and contained poisonous content. Among the rejected Haldiram’s products were some sugar

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Child labour still a threat for over 4 million Indian children

Jun 16, 2015

Kanna, a boy of 12 hailing from Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh, thought child labour was normal, as many of his close friends were working. After dropping out of school in Grade 7, he worked as a blacksmith and as an assistant for an

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ITC to scale up its Watershed Development initiative

Jun 16, 2015

ITC Limited has announced a rapid scale-up of its Integrated Watershed Development programme, which the company claims has already brought soil and moisture conservation to half a million acres in the country. The scaling-up target is to double this figure to one million acres by 2018. The

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Human activity behind climate change. Didn’t we know it, though?

Jun 16, 2015

A survey that claims to gauge the perception, awareness, opinion and behaviour of people towards the environment in Indian cities has concluded that over 80 per cent of Indians believe that ‘human activity’ is the cause of climate change. Titled Environmental Survey 2015

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Yes Bank the only bank with stringent environmental certification

Jun 16, 2015

Yes Bank has completed the ISO 14001 certification for 79 of its locations including all major branches and three corporate offices. In 2014, it became the first bank in India to qualify for ISO 14001:2004 certification, and with this recognition, remains the only

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Ricoh gets silver rating from EPEAT, an environment assessment tool

Jun 16, 2015

Ricoh India has received Silver ratings for 32 of its imaging equipment products marketed in India, including MFPs and printers, as qualified by the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) registry. Ricoh is the first Indian manufacturer to meet the environmental benchmarks established

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