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In Impact Investment, You Think Of 3 Dimensions – Risk, Return And Impact: Sir Ronald Cohen, Chairman, GSG

In an exclusive interview with BW Businessworld, Sir Ronald Cohen, Chairman of GSG (Global Steering Group) and Amit Bhatia, CEO of GSG discuss impact investing and its benefits, along with the 2 funds created by GSG

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India’s Public Health Spending Is Less Than 1.2 Percent Of GDP: Ashok Alexander, Founder Director, Antara Foundation

In an exclusive interview with BW Businessworld, Ashok Alexander, Founder Director of the Antara Foundation discusses the healthcare delivery system in Rajasthan and what the foundation aims to achieve through its efforts towards improving maternal & child health outcomes

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5 Best Waste Management Practices And Innovations Across The Globe

Specific innovations in USA, Germany, Australia, Brazil and Columbia are gearing towards sustainable waste management. USA has an eco-friendly robotic machine in the Baltimore River, which is powered by the sun and river currents, and it cleans debris and waste from the river and deposits it in a dumpster barrage built into the machine

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By 2020, We Aim To Make 100 Percent Of Our Packaging Recyclable: David Croft, Global Sustainability Director, Diageo

"While various corporates have been contributing their bit towards SDGs, constructive, collaborative, and results-driven action across the industry is critically important to formulate, execute, and realize systemic change," says David Croft, Global Sustainability Director, Diageo

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Your Choice Matters: The Hidden Cost Of Plastic Straws

In an exclusive interview with BW Businessworld, Priyanka Kalra, Umang Manchanda & Mallika Arya, co-founders of No Straws Attached discuss the environmental impact and ecological footprint of plastic straws, and how there is a need to shift to environmentally conscious consumer choices with respect to plastic straws

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Reducing Impact On Environment Is A Cornerstone Of Our Commitments: TG Ganesh, Head Of Sustainability, Marks & Spencer India

In an exclusive interview with TG Ganesh, Head of Sustainability, Marks & Spencer India discusses the various sustainability issues of the organization

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Just Sustainabilities And Market Failure: Why Economic Theories Fail To Capture Environmental Issues

Even with recent policy shifts in India towards the achievement of the INDC targets of the 2015 Paris Agreements terms like ‘carbon intensity of production’ become integral statistical tools for policy-makers and executors to assess the progress of their policy achievements

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Unfettered Consumerism To Environmental Degradation: The Dilemma Of Ecological Economics

The relationship between environmental quality and income cannot be confidently made until there is a proper understanding of the minor variables which constitute environmental quality

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Investing In Worker Welfare Increases Productivity And Firm Profits: Good Business Lab

There are positive returns in terms of productivity and profits if the firm invests in the welfare of its workers

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The Economics Of Sustainable Development: Hits And Misses

Herman Daly, a prominent advocate of the required shift in economic thinking required for sustainable development has critiqued growth-centric models of economics and defined biophysical limits to growth in his book, ‘Beyond Growth: The Economics of Sustainable Development’

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