Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Expressing displeasure over the recent tightening of norms for grant of environment clearance to industrial projects, commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma has urged the environment and forest ministry to issue correctives. In a letter to minister Jayanthi Natarajan, he asked her to “personally intervene” to “allay the misapprehension of …
NEAMA to take care of Environmental Assessment and Monitoring while Enviroment Ministry will retain the power of approval India’s road to “a complete change” in the environmental regulatory system could begin as soon as Cabinet approves the proposal to set up the National Environment Assessment and Monitoring Authority, or NEAMA. …
The Himachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board will hold a public hearing in regard to the 750 MW-Luhri hydro power project — coming up on the Satluj river — in Mandi district’s Parlog on August 9. Earlier, the Board did not hold a public hearing scheduled for May 5 due to …
Coastal Gujarat Power Limited (CGPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Tata Power Company Limited will build, own and operate an ultra mega power plant at Mundra in Gujarat. The project includes five supercritical units of 800 MW each, with total capacity of 4000 MW. The plant will use 12 …
The environmental impact assessment reports comprising of the terrestrial component b M/s Enkay Enviro Services Pvt. Ltd and the marine component by Indomer Coastal Hydraulics (P) Ltd., Chennai, under the overall coordination of BMT Consultants India Pvt. Limited. The purpose of this report is to establish the environmental feasibility of …
Vodafone-Essar through their first-ever sustainability report 'Footprint 2010-11' has disclosed their carbon emissions.In the absence of any statutory guideline, the disclosure hopefully raises the standard for the telecom sector in India, on acceptable norms of corporate responsibility on sustainability of their business.
About one third (31) of the top 100 companies in India report on corporate responsibility (CR) performance and 52 percent of these reporters provide reference to their sustainability strategy, KPMG has found in a survey. The survey included the top 100 listed companies in India by revenue. KPMG examined information …
This recent CAG report on Corporate Social Responsibility of Coal India Ltd reveals that 239 mines which have been in operation since before 1994, do not have prior environment clearance. A report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) on the performance audit of the activities of Corporate …
A report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) on the performance audit of the activities of Corporate Social Responsibility by Coal India Ltd (CIL) during April 2004 to March 2010 in areas like environmental protection, safety requirement, occupational health of the workers and community development shows low …
A report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) on the performance audit of the activities of Corporate Social Responsibility by Coal India Ltd (CIL) during April 2004 to March 2010 in areas like environmental protection, safety requirement, occupational health of the workers and community development shows low …
Kohima: The Nagaland Government has suspended new Coal Prospecting License (CPL) in virgin areas and has asked all CPL holders to obtain Coal Mining Lease (CML) before the start of the next mining season. Nagaland Geology and Mining Commissioner and Secretary Sentiyanger Imchen has notified the suspension of new CPL …
Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) is situated in the Southeast of Bangladesh covering about 10 per cent of the total land. It is the native hoe of 13 tribal communities and these communities have their own traditional knowledge for natural resource managements. This paper provides 8 traditional knowledge namely, folk classification …
This report highlights deficiencies in the Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) undertaken by Vedanta Resources Plc for its proposed bauxite mine in Niyamgiri, Orissa, its alumina refinery in Lanjigarh, Orissa, and the proposed expansion of this refinery. Vedanta Resources Plc is a UK-registered mining company with strong Indian connections. It owns …
How can investors be encouraged to consider more than purely commercial and short-term gains? Various sets of investment principles have emerged in recent years. These principles aim to incorporate social, environmental and governance criteria into investment decisions in order to enhance the benefits and reduce the damaging effects of investment …
A study exploring the business case and carbon emissions reduction potential of using cloud computing as part of the business IT estate. https://www.cdproject.net/en-US/WhatWeDo/Pages/Cloud-Computing.aspx
CDP puts relevant climate information at the heart of business, policy and investment decisions. As GHG emissions become increasingly material to a number of sectors, climate data collected by CDP is of growing importance for decision making. Data quality is therefore paramount for data users such as investors, business customers …
The Environmental Paper Network (EPN) publishes the State of the Industry Report as a resource for policy-makers, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the paper industry, large volume paper purchasers and other stakeholders to monitor key indicators of environmental sustainability in the North American pulp and paper industry. This 2011 installment highlights some …
Universal Crescent Power Private Limited (UCPPL) proposes to set up a Coal Based Saurashtra Super Thermal Power Project (STPP) of 4000 MW (6 x 660 MW) nominal capacity, comprising of three stages of 2 x 660 MW units at Bharvadia village of Kalyanpur taluk in Jamnagar district, Gujarat. The project …
The State Board has issued detailed guidelines from time to time to facilitate the process of grant of consent to establish/ consent to operate and to suitably guide/ advise the industries for taking appropriate measures for abatement of pollution. The purpose of developing sector specific guidance manual for Mining projects …
