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Debashish Mukherjee


The impact of oysters on North Carolinaโ€™s economy

In order to spur interest in the oyster economy, researchers have created four models which attach economic values to improved oyster habitat.
Published on March 31, 2015
By Debashish Mukherjee

UN: Employment for the masses is a key need

UN officials agree to the fact that nations need to have a strategy in place so as to promote sustainable employment for the masses.
Published on March 31, 2015
By Debashish Mukherjee

CSR โ€“ a central strategic component for European Automakers

The European Automotive Working Group on Supply Chain Sustainability has placed a very big and important role for CSR in the basic working of the European automotive supply chain industry.
Published on March 30, 2015
By Debashish Mukherjee

Why are US Oil companies afraid of transparency?

There is a growing trend by Governments and NGOs that CSR consist of concrete substantial steps and not just an exercise in window dressing. A consortium of US based organizationsโ€ฆ
Published on March 30, 2015
By Debashish Mukherjee

Unilever dramatically reduces its environmental footprint by adopting the 4R approach

Unileverโ€™s adoption of the 4R approach has paid handsome dividends in the form of 100% zero waste to landfills. This is not just for one particular factory, or location, butโ€ฆ
Published on March 30, 2015
By Debashish Mukherjee

Republic Servicesโ€™ Sand Valley Project named Project of the Year

Republic Serviceโ€™s sustained efforts towards renewable energy gets EPA recognition in the form of the title Project of the Yearโ€™. The impact of its projects have had and will continueโ€ฆ
Published on March 30, 2015
By Debashish Mukherjee

Hilton Worldwide demonstrates its commitment to sustainability with adherence to Earth Hour Projects

Hiton Worldwide along with portfolio of brands and partners all over the Globe commits to Earth Hour 2015
Published on March 30, 2015
By Debashish Mukherjee

The need to fully implement Sustainable Development Goals so that our children have a future.

Given the dire state of affairs of our natural resources which are being used without any plan or consideration for future generations, the United Nations has proposed certain SDGs whichโ€ฆ
Published on March 23, 2015
By Debashish Mukherjee

The SDG Fund โ€“ A catalyst for sustainable growth post 2015

With the creation of the SDG Fund, the United Nations has chalked out a plan to bring about sustainable economic development and growth to needy nations such as Africa, Latinโ€ฆ
Published on March 23, 2015
By Debashish Mukherjee

Taking care of our farmers in Africa

With almost 80% of the worldโ€™s farmers still following, essentially, the same method as our forefathers some 10,000 ago. It is important to address their key vulnerabilities so as toโ€ฆ
Published on March 21, 2015
By Debashish Mukherjee

Commercial logic holds the key to sustenance of our Natural Capital – biodiversity

The depletion of our natural capital is detrimental to our survival as a species. In order to stem further degradation and depletion of it, it is vital that CEOs closelyโ€ฆ
Published on March 21, 2015
By Debashish Mukherjee

Green bonds can rid the world of its dependency on polluting industries

The market for renewable energy projects have a financing method in the form of green bonds. With the green bonds market coming of age, its growing usage, as a methodโ€ฆ
Published on March 20, 2015
By Debashish Mukherjee

Water and Sustainable Development – The Jetblue Story

Careful analyses has led JetBlue to better manage its water requirements and thus increase its conservational efforts as well as its profitability. By monetizing the value of clean beaches andโ€ฆ
Published on March 20, 2015
By Debashish Mukherjee

Smaller companies are showing the way on how to be more environmental friendly.

Small to medium sized companies are increasingly playing a larger role in the green economy towards and are leading the pack towards environmental compliances.
Published on March 20, 2015
By Debashish Mukherjee

A marriage between economic sustainability and Spirituality

Our current path of exploiting Natureโ€™s bounty will only ensure the end of our species on this planet. The only way to survive, as a specie is to synthesize andโ€ฆ
Published on March 20, 2015
By Debashish Mukherjee

Global Impact and REF join hands to tackle the problems of eco-system restoration

Global Impact partners with REF to help it restore North-Americaโ€™s Amazon to its pristine beauty
Published on March 19, 2015
By Debashish Mukherjee

Call for action as 90-150 Million tons of CO2 emissions are released into the atmosphere

A study conducted by T&E, BirdLife and EEB, shows the economic and fiscal impact of carbon emissions and the need for further tweaking the ETS system as well as theโ€ฆ
Published on March 19, 2015
By Debashish Mukherjee

North Face announces the opening of its Explore Fund Grants 2015

Through its Explore Fund, The North Face wants to be the catalyst for the next gen outdoor athletes.
Published on March 18, 2015
By Debashish Mukherjee

EO100 Emerges as the New Standard for Shale oil and gas Production

Equitable Origin (EO) announced that although the oil and natural gas industry did not have an independent environmental and social standards for review, today it is no more. Today the
Published on March 18, 2015
By Debashish Mukherjee

Will fortified flour stop malnutrition in Ethiopia?

USAID in partnership with TechnoServe and the African Alliance for Food Processing, hope to bring the era of malnutrition to an end in Ethiopia.
Published on March 18, 2015
By Debashish Mukherjee

Your old mobiles can save rainforests

Topher White, CEO of Rainforest Connection, has come up with a brilliant solution which uses old cellphones, which ordinarily would be been trashed, to save entire rainforests.
Published on March 18, 2015
By Debashish Mukherjee