The Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, Mr. P Bhattacharya, has emphasized the need for caution in the development of 'Smart Cities' lest the provision of a safe city environment leads to creation of class divisions between perceived smart citizens and other citizens debarred from availing of the facilities and opportunities of a 'Smart City'.
OIA Global, a provider of worldwide logistics, packaging, and materials sourcing and Ditto Sustainable Brand Solutions, a green product design company, have announced a joint marketing agreement creating an innovative program for shipping and retailing called Garments on Ditto.
Many small steps add up to large ones. That's a simple way to sum up Iggesund Paperboard's environmental work. It is easy to give examples of Iggesund's multi-million euro investments and their importance. But the company also makes many smaller investment decisions which have important environmental aspects. One of these is the wooden bridge that links the mill at Iggesund with the wastewater purification facility on the adjacent island of Skälön.
IBT launches to aid property owners and managers using re-commissioning, application engineering and HVAC system retrofits, maximizing their buildings potential Leader in the green building space, The BP Group, has announced the Integrated Building Technologies division to serve real estate owners and managers in their mission to increase sustainability, and asset optimization.
Multi Packaging Solutions ("MPS"), a global leader in value-added print and packaging solutions for the branded consumer, healthcare, and multi media markets, has strengthened and aligned its approach to Corporate Social Responsibility.
Report Highlights Company's Heritage of Safety, Ethics, Conservation and Community Service
The plastic bag ordinance comes into effect in less than 48 hours in the City of Chicago with the goal to push consumers to reduce disposable bag consumption and shift to reusable bags. The legislation and the retailers' plans are critical steps to achieve this goal but will not change consumer behavior on their own – what's missing is a way to encourage, incent, and reward this behavior change – this is the MY ECO program.
Due to Vietnam's industrialization and integration, the growth in electricity demand has been increasing at an enormous rate. With a population of over 90 million people and an average annual GDP growth rate of 6.9%, in order to ensure sustainable growth, Vietnam has increased its energy demand by 10% during the past 10 years, and is expecting to continue to do so by another 400% over the next 20 years. Electricity consumption accounts for the majority of the energy demand and is expected to increase at an even faster rate, by 600%, over the next 20 years.
When the world is busy in conserving every drop of water through various ways fearing scarcity of the natural resource in future, a Bengaluru-based scientist has invented a technology which can produce drinking water from clouds and can extract clean water even from water available in the air around.
Arkema and Hydro-Québec, through its subsidiary SCE France, have announced the signature of a partnership for the creation of a joint laboratory for research and development in the energy storage sector. More specifically, this laboratory will focus its work on the development of a new generation of materials for the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries, in particular new electrolytes (solvents, lithium salts, etc.) and conduction agents (carbon nanotubes, conductive polymers, etc.).
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Professor Eduardo Zambrano also awarded Distinguished Teacher of the Year honor
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