International business

Which countries are taking the lead in the low carbon economy ?

Monday, April 26, 2010 / Sustainable development / 1 Comment

AccountAbility in association with the UNEP released their Climate Competitiveness Index 2010. This report analyses the progress of 95 countries accounting for similar shares of greenhouse gases emissions. To the CCI : ” (i)n spite of uncertainty surrounding international climate negotiations (…) One third of countries show promising gains in low carbon economic growth since …

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Big Business steps into climate change mitigation

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 / Sustainable development / 3 Comments

In the last few days I came across three different news on how large companies are beginning to act on global warming and  demand climate change mitigation action from global governments. The most important is the Copenhagen communiqué a message from 600 large companies – including Nike, General Electric, Hewlett-Packard, Tesco and SC Johnson – …

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Investors demand strong climate change action

Friday, September 18, 2009 / Business / 1 Comment

While many governments are slow to action, nearly 200 investors from around the world – led by Sir Nicholas Stern – are demanding strong climate change action as they see warming temperatures as a threat to the global economy. As the United Nations Environment Program notes : ” The world’s largest global investors issued a …

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Imagining India, by Nandan Nilekani

Tuesday, August 25, 2009 / Culture and Art / Leave a Comment

My main trades and areas of interest before climate change mitigation and sustainable development are international business and management. This brought me to focus early on India. So when I discovered today’s book via The Daily Show with Jon Stewart I knew I had to read what promised to be a fantastic book on India’s …

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