Sustainability, Matt Damon, Leonardo, and whole lot of coffee chitter-chatter
Disclaimer: These are excerpts from our staff’s coffee-break time so if you expect to find the usual wised-up and all-sophisticated talk on environmental issues on this messenger window, don’t say…
Mahatma of Sustainability
— Shashwat DC “What is the message that you have for us?” implored the people attending his sabha. By then, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi had transformed into a Mahatma (pious great…
An alternate approach to CSR strategy
— Ananda Kumar Do businesses have to use CSR as a proxy for philanthropy or use CSR as a means of extending their branding or can they look at using…
‘There is more to fundraising than merely charity’
— Chandresh Dedhia There is no dearth of excuses for not being able to chip in the ‘good work’ happening out there. All of us are busy, most of us don’t…
100 smart cities: A giant opportunity for green economy
– Keshav Chaturvedi There are times in the life of a nation when a new opportunity knocks on the doors offering fundamental shift from the past while promising huge business…
Moving towards a sustainable supply chain management
— Meghna Tare Peter Senge, Senge, the founder of the Society for Organizational Learning, a faculty member at MIT Sloan School of Management, and the author of The Fifth Discipline…
Mike Barry: Sustainable growth needs to be built into the very heart of a biz model
Launched in 2007, Marks & Spencer’s (M&S) Plan A seemed like yet another one of those initiatives that are designed to generate more news and positive good feel, than actual…
The attack of a tiny-little momma ‘Jacana’!
— Haseeb Shaikh Nalsarovar is a Ramsar site frequented by visitors & dominated by birders, photographers and wildlife enthusiasts. This bird sanctuary is a wetland no less than utopia for…
The UN Global Compact Cities Program for sustainable cities
– Meghna Tare The UN Global Compact is a strategic policy initiative for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human…
SG Choudhary: Subtly weave sustainability messages into every communication
Among the very many companies in India (especially in the Tata Group), Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL) holds a special place. And the reason for it is not hard to fathom,…
Sustainable city: Age of ‘urban dinosaurs’ must end
— Keshav Chaturvedi The human race is moving on a one way path towards urbanisation. Cities around the world are growing rapidly. Researchers, sociologists and futurologists are all unanimous in…
Rohit Adya: Social media is emerging as a strong pillar for communication on CSR
Given their expertise and experience, external consultants do add value, but they need to be judiciously engaged. Rohit Adya, Director, External Affairs, Vodafone India starts with a tip of the…
The real story behind Brazil’s ‘greenest World Cup’
— Carol Adams This year’s World Cup was supposed to be the “greenest ever”, with FIFA taking measures to account for the event’s greenhouse gas emissions, including an estimated 2.7…
How green was the Union Budget 2014?
There were a lot of expectations. The government was poignantly desired to find new props to strategically support the growth of solar manufacturing, whip up more allocations to the MNRE…
Charting the course from Triple Bottom line to Tomorrow’s Bottom line
To describe the achievements of John Elkington in the sphere of sustainability is almost a task of impossibility. He was one of the early movers in the space, the sort…
Demystifying the CSR Act
— Shashwat DC If there is one topic or term that can be said to be a hot-potato across boardrooms in India, it surely is CSR or corporate social responsibility….
Taking the factory to the worker
— Keshav Chaturvedi Literature is full of stories where the factory worker during the first flush of industrial revolution yearned for his homeland -the idyllic rural surrounding and the proximity…
Measuring your water footprint
— Sabita Kaushal, Prarthana Rao “When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.” ― Benjamin Franklin India has about 16% of the world’s population but only 4% of…
No, we do not have any ‘strategy’: CLP India
Sustainability is not an independent vertical at this organization and when it comes down to being realistic, Jasraj Virdi, Head – Public Affairs, CLP India & Dipjay Sanchania, Head –…
Key reporting standard setters in dialogue
— Carol Adams Responding to calls for better alignment in corporate reporting, the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) introduced The Corporate Reporting Dialogue (CRD). The stated aim of the CRD is…