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The author is correspondent at BW Businessworld, he has a keen interest in sustainability and environmental economics
“We’re a country of 1.2 billion, and there are 103 million elderly, and my organization is trying to work with the bulk of the elderly in the country,"Mathew Cherian, CEO, HelpAge India
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"The challenging thing is how we get to further action and scale. It’s about competitiveness, how businesses can compete with respect to social problems," Justin Bakule
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Research done by energy tariff comparison service shows that the amount of energy expended mining bitcoin globally has already exceeded the amount used on average by Ireland and most African nations and is more than the annual usage of almost 160 countries
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It’s not just about banning sale, uses, production, everything should be banned. We are not an environmentally conscious society believes Nila Madhab Panda
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With a huge section of the population still with no access to proper sanitation, it's integral that the social sector steps up and finds innovative solutions to the country’s sanitation problems. In an exclusive interview with BW Businessworld, Dr. Siddeek Ahmed, Chairman & MD of Eram Scientific Solutions, discusses one of these social innovations, which is an award-winning, eco-friendly, e-toilet
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Flinders University, a leading university in Australia has signed an MOU with BW Businessworld for a scholarship grant of AUD 65,000 for post-graduate business students. Flinders University Vice President and Pro Vice-Chancellor (International), Sebastian Raneskold talks of the varsity’s record for excellence and innovation in teaching
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The long-term health costs and expenditure borne by the citizens will be much more than the revenue to the healthcare sector as a result of this air-pollution
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In the fight against climate change, financial institutions have a big role to play to fill the funding gap required to effectively tackle environmental issues. 2016 was also the best year ever for green finance. Simply put, green finance covers the financing of investments that generate environmental benefits as part of the broader strategy to achieve inclusive, resilient and sustainable development. In 2016, G20 heads of state for the first time recognized the need to ‘scale up green finance’. In an exclusive interview with BW Businessworld, Namita Vikas, Group President & Global Head, Climate Strategy and Responsible Banking, YES Bank, discusses the various elements of green finance
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The word sustainability has been made into an elite kind of a subject, and the social part of sustainability is very important. There are umpteen examples of how businesses have not been able to protect and preserve the rights of the child. There are possibilities and opportunities of how businesses and stakeholders deal with children’s issue, our aim is to identify them, “ said Rijit Sengupta, Chief Operating Officer, Centre for Responsible Business
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Some of the causes of loss in biodiversity in India include habitat fragmentation, overexploitation, ignorance, loss of traditional knowledge, unplanned development, pollution, climate change, some agricultural, industrial and forestry practices, unsustainable natural resource consumption, inequities and global trade
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