“The facts speak for themselves. In the last 50 years, world GDP multiplied 60 times to reach a level of more than $60 trillion. Yet, two-thirds of the world lives in poverty, with more than a billion people in acute deprivation and hunger. It is obvious that something has gone terribly wrong in the way [...]

I have been wanting to understand the journey many organizations have taken towards implementing sustainability initiatives. I happened to listen to Vijay Sethi, CIO, Hero Honda at a Green IT conference and thus began an interesting journey into the initiatives that he and Hero Honda have taken. These are my notes. There is a buzz about Green IT [...]

The global information and communications technology industry accounts for approximately two percent of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, a figure equivalent to that for aviation, according to information technology research company Gartner, Inc. In addition, the use-and-throw nature of most gadgets, PCs and other technology products is leading to the generation of mountains of e-waste in [...]

In India, mobile phones have changed lives. They have empowered people and provided livelihoods. Almost every self-employed professional in rural India has one , or is saving up to buy one. In the rural heartland where there is no electricity, many will walk for an hour to reach a place where they can recharge their phones by paying five [...]

Across the world, change and sustainability are leading to large-scale urbanization and mass migration to urban hubs. The situation in India too is not very different. The absence of jobs in the rural heartland and an inability to eke out a decent living from farming is leading to mass migration to urban hubs. There is a [...]