Global warming: From diverse sources with differential economic effects
The reality of global warming has come under constant scrutiny by the lay public and news reporters in the last few months – largely because of some unfortunate and illegal access to private emails sent between scientists foremost in this field and some
Responsible supply chain management: To create risk-free zones
The report ‘Changing Course – A Study into Responsible Supply Chain Management’ introduces a new approach to supply chain management – Responsible Supply Chain Management 3.0 (RSCM 3.0). The vision is that it should be possible for international buyers to invest and purchase
A vision, two drivers and three approaches for sustainable innovations
Talking-and-thinking points from the report ‘Sustainable and inclusive innovation ” strategies for tomorrow’s world’ by CII-ITC CESD “ part 3 The five steps to ‘Sustainable and Inclusive Innovations’, or SI2, have been identified as important for a company that wants to explore sustainability
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,
Innovation rethought, redesigned, and reversed: To sustain and to include
Talking-and-thinking points from the report ‘Sustainable and inclusive innovation – strategies for tomorrow’s world’ by CII-ITC CESD – part 1 A hepatitis B vaccine that is 1/40th the cost of traditional vaccines but meets UNICEF’s quality requirements; cataract surgeries, performed on 300,000 patients
CSR 2010 in India: They talked about ‘responsibility’, ‘sustainable development’ and ‘business ethics’
Why have there been so many symposiums, write-ups and talks around corporate social responsibility (CSR), business ethics, cause initiatives, sustainability, conservation, green… in 2010? The optimistic mind says: ‘The business world and the policymakers are going through an ‘awakening’ phase and 2010 saw
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
Avoid-shift-improve: The transport sector is in for a spin
The Climate Instruments for the Transport Sector (CITS) study, commissioned by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), gives an assessment of the current state of affairs with regard to the impact on the transport sector in developing countries
Private sector”NGO partnerships: Finding the right strategy and approach
Imagine a profit-driven multinational corporation mapping its next investment target and an impassioned non-governmental organization (NGO) championing a bold environmental agenda in the same boardroom – a recipe for disaster, you might say. For all the talk about cooperation and partnership between the
Post-CWG cleanup: Government bank accounts made accessible to the common man; SMS alerts on withdrawals to keep check on corruption
Imagine: Every time money is withdrawn from the home ministry’s or the railway department’s bank account, you will get an alert on your mobile. You can even check the purpose of the withdrawal and have a right to object to that. All that