Draft Ecomark Certification Rules, 2023
The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEFCC) on October 11, 2023, published the Draft Eco mark Certification Rules, 2023. These rules aim to promote environmentally friendly products
Green Products
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Green banking in India
Sustainable development can best be achieved by allowing markets to work within an appropriate framework of cost efficient regulations and economic instruments. One of the major economic agents influencing overall industrial activity and economic growth is the financial institutions such as banking sector.
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The current attention-grab
As the passion for recycling remains on a high, Micha Kuechenhoff turns towards garbage for jewellery. The Berlin-born, California based designer takes old, unwanted things like locks, keys, brooches and broken pieces of glass, and creates bright, stylish jewellery out of them. High end boutiques then sell them for upto US $300. The idea, Micha Kuechenhoff said, is to make people aware of
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TN paper unit woos Maharashtra for Banana stem waste
Shiral (Solapur) : Two months ago, Kailash Thate, a young man with 10 acres of farmland close to the Ujjani dam, set up an agro-processing unit to extract fibres from banana stems that is used to manufacture paper.
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Europe's carmakers seek 40bn loan for cleaner, greener vehicles
European carmakers yesterday became the latest industry grouping to ask for support when they said they would approach the European Commission about a
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Worlds first green coal power plant
There is good news for coal power plants. A Swedish company has developed the world
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Eco-Buyer Beware: Green Can Be Deceiving
Scot case was not happy. Vice president of the environmental marketing firm TerraChoice, Case last year sent his researchers into a big-box retail store to evaluate the green advertising claims of some of the products on its shelves. The results were startling: of the 1,018 products TerraChoice surveyed, all but one failed to live up fully to their green boasts.
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The Green Workforce
Green collar jobs involve different management and operational functions in environment-friendly products and services. So, green collar jobs, by definition, include blue- and white-collar jobs. Specifically, they include the design, manufacture, financing, installation, operation and maintenance of green technology and services.
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South Korea Launches First Carbon Trading Company
South Korea said on Wednesday it would launch its first carbon trading firm to fund clean energy projects and encourage investment in emission trading, joining the global push to tap the US$64 billio
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Nokia tops in Greenpeace ranking
DH News Service, Bangalore: In the latest Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics, Nokia bounced back to the first position in the ninth international edition as well as topped the fourth Indian edition amongst the MNCs here. Which are the brands close to going green? Do they have in place a take back practice? Do they support the legislation on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment or RoHS? Do they manufacture clean or toxic free products?
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Eco-friendly colours for Durga
JAYANTA BASU The Salt Lake puja that drew crowds last year by building a replica of Harry Potter