Views, Interviews and Analysis
Forging the future: COP18 and beyondBy : Anindita Chakraborty, Nov 30, 2012The year’s biggest climate conference has started in Doha, Qatar earlier this week. There is much at stake as the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol comes to an end this year with no clear... Read more.. |
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Shaping Sustainable Development to 2017By : Ratnakar Gedam, May 17, 2012Upcoming GOI plans for sustainable habitat have a significant emphasis on plans/initiatives related to mass transit. Transportation and mobility infrastructure that India requires in this next... Read more.. |
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Amidst investor demands, is a policy framework for Sustainability Reporting on the horizon?By : Shradha Kapur, May 14, 2012Among the many activities and initiatives gaining steam in the run up to the Rio+20 summit in June 2012, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Coalition is ramping up efforts to get UN member... Read more.. |
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Post-Durban Climate Summit: What should be India’s Strategy?By : Vijeta Rattani, May 11, 2012The article presents a synopsis of the discussions at the Durban COP, the potential implications for India’s position on climate change and stresses on the need for India to step up as a leader to... Read more.. Subject Tags: climate change, Climate Change, Durban climate summit, Environment, India, india, Policy Tracker, Policy Tracker, strategy |
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E-Waste Rules rolled out, but is the Indian Industry Prepared?By : Roselin Dey, May 2, 2012The E-waste Rules come into effect from May 2012, but the lack of binding targets and the unpreparedness of the Indian Industry paints a dismal picture for its meaningful adoption. ----In the past... Read more.. Subject Tags: Policy Tracker |
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Multiple sustainability standards make reporting an arduous task for India Inc.By : Roselin Dey, Mar 22, 2012This article is a reflection piece on the lack of a true business case for companies to take up an even strenuous exercise of reporting under product specific or domain specific standards in the... Read more.. Subject Tags: ghg protocol, green house gas, plc, Policy Tracker, scope 3, standard, value chain, wbcsd, wri |
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Indian Solar Sector – Shining or hiding behind the clouds?By : Aparna Khandelwal, Feb 3, 2012National Solar Mission’s second round of bidding for the remaining 350MW of Phase I that concluded in November’11 surprised industry veterans not only in India but across the globe with the price... Read more.. |
