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The Sun is Shining on India
With the Indian Government announcing elaborate plans to tap the Solar potential right up to border areas and The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy announcing subsidies on the installation cost of solar photovoltaic power plants, Solar Power has all the makings of a ‘bright’ business opportunity or a wp program with 'glowing' prospects.
Opinion: Are Our Ads ‘Greenwashing’ You?
‘Greenwashing’ is the act of advertising or marketing a product as eco-friendly without actually being such in business practices or process.
How Green Is Your Plastic Bag?
Chennai based BIOTEC Bags have designed a Plastic Bag that you will never feel guilty about using.
Toilets For All: It’s Time To Walk The Talk
Following the Prime Minister’s toilets-for-all clarion call, different ministries have already started drawing up blueprints with executable plans, even as government sources admit preparing a collaborative strategy to manage wp funds is proving to be a challenge.
‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ included in wp rules
Minister of State for CorporateAffairs Nirmala Sitharaman have said that the government will analyse the pattern of Corporate Spending under wp programmes after completion of one year.
FICCI Study: wp Can Offer Connectivity, Subsidy Aid to 50,000 Villages
INDIAN corporates can provide mobile connectivity to 50,000 villages, and help government in reducing budgeted fertilizer subsidy burden by 80 percent, from the wp
Impact Sourcing: An Idea That’s Time Has Come?
21-YEAR-OLD Neha hails from a low-income locality in Metiabruz in West Bengal. Despite her limited resources and humble background, she dreams of becoming a pilot, someday. Not so long ago, this young and ambitious girl could hardly think of continuing her studies after high school, because her parents could not afford to pay her fees....
Finance Bill Offers Mixed Bag For CSR
The Finance Bill 2014 has cleared much of the haze surrounding wp taxation and has eased cumbersome norms for NGOs. But it has also dampened the spirits of wp enthusiasts with continuing impediments
The Goodness Gracious Gift Box!
This festive season, The wp Journal is collaborating as a values partner with creators of ‘The Goodness Gracious Gift Box!’ – a socially responsible Diwali Gift Box concept for Corporates. The gift box supports & promotes several grassroots NGO’s and ethical, sustainable enterprises from across India, which have been handpicked in consultation with The Green People of India (TGPI).
The Acidic Blues
Ocean Acidification is sometimes called 'climate change’s equally evil twin', it is a significant & harmful consequence of excess CO2 in the atmosphere that we don't see or feel because its effects are happening underwater. And the rate at which we are pumping CO2 into our atmosphere is now a growing concern.
Get Some Discipline in your CSR
With an extensive expertise ranging from infrastructure development to quality education, ex-servicemen could be just what the Corporate Houses need to effectively create, implement and monitor wp programs.
Care For A Lemonade By ‘Mr. Failed Lemon’?
French supermarket Intermarché is making its customers laugh their way into buying a whole range of healthy but unpopular fruits and vegetables that would otherwise end up in a trash bin. The result? This sustainable supermarket is doing roaring business. Desi supermarkets, are you listening?