by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Corporate Sustainability, Oil, Transportation
When I say “Cut down travel to reduce your Carbon footprint” many people look at me askance. It is as if I were trampling on their most fundamental right. Sure, you love to travel. It’s fun. And depriving you of travel is depriving you of something precious. Life...
by admin | Jan 4, 2016 | Chennai, Corporate Sustainability, Waste Management, Water
After a successful Footprints – second edition, SICCI , Techbridge Ventures and Tata Capital this time is hosting the third edition of “Footprints“, to celebrate Climate Change Action in Manufacturing Industry on 6th January, 2016 at 6 PM. PROGRAMME AGENDA: Date:...
by admin | Jun 30, 2015 | Chennai, Corporate Sustainability, Energy Efficiency, Events, Green Buildings, Waste Management, Water
L to r: V Narasimhan (Brakes India), Palani Perisamy (SICCI), Bharat Joshi (British High Commission), Einsenhower (Saint Gobain), Bhoo Thirumalai (Aspiration Energy) Quick Facts Event Organized by the Southern India Chamber of Commerce & Industry 23rd June,...
by admin | Mar 7, 2014 | Chennai, Corporate Sustainability
This blog post is about what a software company with a conscience has managed to accomplish in the context of sustainability. Sustainability is not what comes to mind immediately when you think of software companies. The cynic that I (Narasimhan, not Raja who...
by admin | Jan 29, 2014 | Combined Heat and Power, Corporate Sustainability, Waste Heat Recovery
Most discussions and news when it comes to renewable energy is about renewable power – from solar, wind, biomass etc. Some of these, solar especially, could indeed reach a tipping point in terms of adoption worldwide. But there is an elephant in the room that...
by admin | Jan 29, 2014 | Corporate Sustainability, Pollution, Waste Management
I have been watching the bioplastics and biopolymers market with great interest last few years. And I am sure I am not alone. Plastics has been the favourite whipping-boy of every environmentalist and tree-hugger. But dig a bit deeper, and you will see that...