January Specials
Indian Companies Excel in S&P’s 2024 Global Sustainability Ranking
Highlights
Three Indian companies in the top 1% ranking
A few Indian companies are global industry movers
Only one-fifth of financial institutions have identified specific business opportunities...
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
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Water-efficient crop cultivation (especially irrigation) techniques today cover less than 20% of the total cultivable area under food grains in India. This low...
SN BOOK SHELF
Heavy Metal Wins 2024 GLF Green Business Book of the Year...
For years, Ameer Shahul, a former investigative reporter and Greenpeace campaigner, closely tracked the Kodaikanal mercury poisoning case. The result is Heavy Metal –...
SN BOOK REVIEW
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 – 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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Indian Companies Excel in S&P’s 2024 Global Sustainability Ranking
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Say Cheers to Regeneration in 2025
The world is fed up with negative words such as climate action and climate mitigation. ‘Regeneration’ is the hot new favorite idea today. The regeneration movement is catching on globally in interesting ways.
High-yielding, Shorter Walnut Tree Gets Best Innovation Award
Suneel Singh from Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir, has bagged the 2024 Honey Bee Network Creativity and Inclusive Innovation Award. A former soldier and now...
Nine Indian Business Leaders Among 116 Demand Speedy Climate Action
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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.
