Green foundations
April 2013 | Cynthia Rodrigues
Tata Housing has shown that it is possible for the real estate
business, one of the most resource-guzzling industries, to turn over a
new leaf
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'Sustainability is the right thing to do for business'
January 2013 | Sangeeta Menon
Adam Werbach, the chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi S and the chief sustainability officer of Saatchi & Saatchi, has worked with several of the world’s largest companies, and helped them design and implement their sustainability strategy
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'Every CEO and CFO must look at how they can improve sustainability'
January 2013 | Sangeeta Menon
Pavan Sukhdev is founder-CEO of GIST Advisory, a specialist consulting firm which helps governments and corporations discover, measure, value and manage their impact on natural and human capital. He talks about the need to move towards a green economy and the role of corporations in a sustainable economy of tomorrow
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Realty check goes green
December 2012 | Suchita Vemuri
Developed by Tata Realty and Infrastructure, Ramanujan IT City in Chennai, India, is based on an open-space concept, energy-efficient design and has environmentally sustainable features
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Creating a climate for change
October 2010 | Philip Chacko
Tata companies have been working to minimise their carbon footprint by devising strategies that balance the necessity of growth with care for the environment
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Fuelling a movement
June 2010
The Tata Power Energy Club is driving a huge initiative to sensitise people and school children about the need for energy conservation
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Reaping the whirlwind
June 2010
Tata Chemicals develops a way to revive barren land covered by solid wastes from soda ash manufacturing; the result: green plants and fresh vegetables
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The ‘lake district’ of Maharashtra
June 2010
Tata Motors has converted its arid and rocky plant site land into sylvan surroundings where birds and trees abound and the butterflies come to play
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Green strategies
May 2010 | Cynthia Rodrigues
Tata Metaliks has given a green slant to all of its business and plant operations in a bid to reduce its carbon footprint and mitigate its environmental impact
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The green way to business
April 2010 | tata.com
Carbon mitigation strategies become easier to implement with the help of ready-to-use green solutions and services
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The freshness of a ‘green’ Sunday
February 2010 | Arushi Agrawal
The Tata group partners with India Cyclothon-Mumbai 2010 and Tour de Mumbai in its endeavour to promote the cause of good health and clean environment
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Making clean steel
October 2008 | Gayatri Kamath
Paul Brooks, director, environment and climate change, Corus, speaks about the company's five strand strategy on climate change
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Going green
February 2008
Concern over the degradation of the urban green cover leads NDPL to start its own environmental movement — planting 2,500 bamboo saplings in its locations
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The power of green
May 2007 | Candida Moraes
Using a green technology and recyclable lead as raw material to produce green batteries, Tata AutoComp GY Batteries is helping create an environment-friendly world. An interview with Tata AutoComp GY Batteries CEO Yogesh Dhawan
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Reduce, reuse and recycle
May 2006 | Candida Moraes
The Tata Group recognised the need to protect and conserve the world's natural resources long before it became a mantra of modern business. See how Tata companies are recycling and utilising their waste in innovative ways
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Seaside splendour
December 2004
Tata Chemicals' endeavours on the environment front are helping a 'forbidden land' on the Gujarat coast preserve the bounty that nature has bestowed
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Saving gentle jaws
December 2004 | Sujata Agrawal
Tata Chemicals has played a part in making the annual visit of the magnificent whale shark to the waters off the Gujarat coast a less bloody affair
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The green machine
December 2004 | Sherna Gandhy
The Tata Motors facility near Pune is dotted with woods and lakes, but this is no gift of nature. Rather, it has taken years of determined effort and dedication to transform what was 800 acres of wasteland into a naturalist's delight
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A tale of two ideas
December 2004 | Saloni Meghani
Tata Steel has blended two disparate ideas to crystallise the Jamshedpur ideal of an industrial township that's wedded to environmental consciousness
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Tiger, tiger swimming strong
December 2004 | Shifra Menezes
This is a fishy tale with a sweet denouement. After teetering on the edge of extinction, the golden mahseer is now making a comeback in numbers thanks to the pioneering efforts of Tata Power
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