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Nine Indian Business Leaders Among 116 Demand Speedy Climate Action

One hundred sixteen global business leaders have written a strong letter urging world leaders, ahead of COP 29, that “Every fraction of a degree...

GREEN LEADERS' CHATROOM

Clean Electric’s Faster Charging Technology Could Revolutionize Indian EV Sector

Excerpts of a conversation between Akash Gupta, CEO of Clean Electric with Benedict Paramanand, Editor, SustainabilityNext The reason I got excited about doing this interview,...

There’s a Big Need to Incentivise Package Recycling

Edited excerpts of the SN Dialogue Series between Benedict Paramanand, Editor, SustainabilityNext with Rahul Nene, Head of Sustainability at Huhtamaki India. Tell us a little...

How Savitri Switched to Natural Farming and Saved Her Family 

Highlights Natural farming turns Rs.25,000 income a year to Rs.2 lakh Son returns back to village Independent farming can bring peace of mind Farmers need hand holding at...

How About a Lighter Version of BRSR for Smaller Firms?

Highlights of Arjun’s chat with SustainabilityNext What is India's approach to ESG, and do you think there's a need for change? India's approach to ESG has...

18% GST on Plastic Waste Should Go

Sachin Sharma left lucrative jobs at Morgan Stanley, Rabo Bank and Edelweiss to work on plastic waste recycling in 2013. An engineer and an IIM...

GREEN ENTREPRENEUR STORIES / CASE STUDIES / GREEN PRODUCTS / INNOVATION

Greenply’s 50 Million Saplings Bet

The Indian plywood industry appears to be one of the most sustainable sectors in India. Most plywood makers have got themselves certified with Forest Stewardship...

India Urgently Needs a Water Vulnerability Index

Top Recommendations Water-efficient crop cultivation (especially irrigation) techniques today cover less than 20% of the total cultivable area under food grains in India. This low...

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SN BOOK REVIEW

Pulse to Planet

How Environment Shapes Our Health

There is clearly poor understanding of how the health of humans is closely connected to the well-being of everything else around them; that human...
Exprovement

Exprovement – Exponential Improvement through Converging Parallels

The case study method of teaching in most business schools is blamed for a lack of creativity, innovation, and a risk-averse mindset among most...

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Nine Indian Business Leaders Among 116 Demand Speedy Climate Action

One hundred sixteen global business leaders have written a strong letter urging world leaders, ahead of COP 29, that “Every fraction of a degree...

EU’s AI Act Disappoints Greens

The green software activists and enthusiasts are disappointed with the recent European Union’s AI Act. They say it focuses heavily on standards and goes soft on clear enforcement mechanisms. This approach disincentivizes innovation in creating sustainable AI solutions.

Amrita Researchers Develop Solar Cell from Living Algae

A research team at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham university in Coimbatore sandwiched macroalgae between a carbon-coated copper electrode and a titanium oxide-coated fluorine-doped tin oxide electrode. The 1 cm2 device exhibited a 1.25 mA photocurrent and 0.5 V photovoltage under UV light.

World Coconut Day – Save the Coconut Sector

On International Coconut Today (September 2), India needs to seriously reflect on the future of its coconut sector on which 12 million farmers and a few million workers depend.

Climate Taxonomy is Great But Also Focus on DISCOMS Reforms and Waste to Energy

While most large countries, including China, started climate taxonomy systems a few years back, India has woken up to its need only now. This...

 

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