Sustainable Development

GE Generates $25 Billion in Revenues from Sustainability Investments

Last year, General Electric invested nearly $2 billion in research and development for sustainability innovation and generated some $25 billion in revenue, according to the co...

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UN teams with ‘Revolution’ TV show to highlight real challenges of a world without power

The fictional concept at the heart of the television series ‘Revolution’ – which picks up 15 years after the start of a worldwide blackout – is the day...

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A Dynamic Dialogue for Sustainable Development Goals

Major Groups and other stakeholders will have an intersessional meeting with members of the Open Working Group on sustainable development goals on 22 November, just before the...

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3 Indian enterprises win UN award for sustainable development

Three Indian enterprises are among 34 awarded by the United Nations for their contribution in promoting sustainable development. ‘Tambul Leaf Plates’, ‘...

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SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS CRITICAL ‘WATCHDOG’ ROLE OF SUPREME AUDIT INSTITUTIONS IN NEW SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the twenty-first International Congress of Supreme Audit Institutions, delivered by Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary...

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UN Economic and Social Council set to tackle new sustainable development agenda

The United Nations Economic and Social Council has embarked on a timely slate of far-reaching reforms that will make it a stronger, more issues-oriented body, as Secretary-Gen...

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Global Waste on Pace to Triple by 2100

The amount of garbage humans throw away is rising fast and won’t peak this century without transformational changes in how we use and reuse materials, write former World...

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7 ridiculous restrictions on women’s rights around the world

With Saudi Arabian women behind the wheel since Saturday to protest their country’s refusal to grant driver’s licenses to women, they’re challenging not only...

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Justice must be integral to future sustainable development agenda – UN expert

28 October 2013 – Justice, security and development cannot be promoted one at the expense of the other, either through reductionism or strict sequencing, a United Nation...

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Sex and Equality: How women fare around the world

For eight years the World Economic Forum has released a ranking of how women are narrowing the gap compared to men in the terms of political participation, economic opportunit...

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THOUGHT FACTORY: SILENCE IN THE FACE OF OPPRESSION

In an era of unprecedented division, the gap between mainstream and alternative opinions...

June 8 2024

TRENDING: A NEW DAWN OF INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP

From Rahul Gandhi's padyatras to Engineer Rashid's Baramulla victory, India's electoral ...

June 7 2024

KALEIDOSCOPE: CINE-INTERIORS BY DEVDUTT TRIVEDI

Devdutt Trivedi, a film scholar, reassesses Mani Kaul's cinema in his book "Cine-Interio...

June 6 2024