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From Veggies To Cars: Ethical Consumerism On The Rise In Asia
Climate change, water scarcity and dwindling natural resources are just a few of the serious, long-term environmental challenges facing many countries across Asia Pacific, causing consumers to seek out...
Our Last Chance And Only Choice: World Environment Day
Today, human beings have become relatively preoccupied in the drudgery of the daily grind. This leaves little time to connect with nature and in...
ARMMAN Wins Share Of Healthcare Innovation Award
ARMMAN has been awarded $115,000 (approximately Rs. 74 lakhs) to scale-up their customised free mobile voice call service, mMitra. The service provides tailored preventive...
“By Women, For Women”-Encourage Menstrual Hygiene In India
Sometime after observing World Menstrual Hygiene Day, a community development nonprofit, The Desai Foundation in collaboration with Shantaben Vidhyabhavan announced the expansion of its “by women, for women” Sanitary Napkins Program in Gujarat,...
India’s Online Education Industry Will Be $1.96 Billion By 2021: Google, KPMG
Paid user base to grow 6X from 1.6 million in 2016 to 9.6 million in 2021
Innovation Married To Sustainability. Are You There Yet?
Pick the odd one out: carbon fiber, steel, bamboo. The answer, of course, is none of them.
You’ve probably sat on it, built with it, and...
India Cancels Plans For Huge Coal Power Stations As Solar Energy Prices Hit Record Low
India has cancelled plans to build nearly 14 gigawatts of coal-fired power stations – about the same as the total amount in the UK...
CSR Leaders Discuss The Current Challenges And Table Solutions
Treeni Sustainability Solutions, a software product company established by sustainability practitioners and technology experts, hosted its third edition of the ‘Sustainability for Breakfast’ event...
Why India’s New Maternity Law Is Bad News For Women
The Maternity Bill has been in force since 1 April, bringing in a host of issues in its wake. There have been over the economic forces...
Business Environment In India Is Better But Not Good: Michael Porter
A handful of corporate titans, young entrepreneurs and researchers on Wednesday got an opportunity that even some students of Harvard Business School do not...
‘CSR By Global Brands Must Look Beyond Tier-1 Of Leather Supply Chain In India’
Employees sort different grades of tanned leather skins into piles at a tannery in Kolkata. The ICN report found a wide gap between the price of the end product and wages in three hubs. ICN report finds widespread labour, gender, caste discrimination in Agra, Kolkata and TN
Versova Beach Issue Resolved, But What Is Next?
Part of the city's coastal flora and fauna, the Versova beach in Mumbai's western suburbs, is one of the dirtiest beaches. Starting in October...