Jungles of the Amazon

The jungles of the Amazon, on the other hand are governed by laws of its own. Criminal factions doubling as land grabbers coupled with government corruption and backed by large corporations (mostly American), see a great potential in bringing down forests and using the land thus obtained, to serve their purposes. Those reporting abuse of the forest to government agencies oft en face violent harassment for taking on the land mafia, backed by the large corporations. The forest is a giver. Besides providing us with vital elements necessary for life, it provided shelter to millions who do not speak like us and are clueless of happenings outside the mighty greens. Save the forests, save lives.

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An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative

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Jungles of the Amazon

The jungles of the Amazon, on the other hand are governed by laws of its own. Criminal factions doubling as land grabbers coupled with government corruption and backed by large corporations (mostly American), see a great potential in bringing down forests and using the land thus obtained, to serve their purposes. Those reporting abuse of the forest to government agencies oft en face violent harassment for taking on the land mafia, backed by the large corporations. The forest is a giver. Besides providing us with vital elements necessary for life, it provided shelter to millions who do not speak like us and are clueless of happenings outside the mighty greens. Save the forests, save lives.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative

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Microsoft makes a Quantitative move!
9/24/2007
In one of its biggest acquisition ever, Microsoft has acquired a Quantive, the online marketing biggie at a whopping price…

KINETIC MOTORS
9/3/2007
Kinetic gatecrashes into the party! Though having failed to make a mark in our survey last year, Kinetic Motors makes…

VIDEOCON
8/31/2007
Everyone talks about its umpteen foreign acquisitions, but listen to its India strategy too – it’s incredible! When you talk…

GOOGLE
8/21/2007
Brand Google is soaring globally, but its India strategy clearly needs more punch Every one loves the $144.6 billion giant…

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Europa lands one in economic mud

The only big spender in the United States sits in Washington: President George Bush needs another $800 billion for the mess in Iraq which will assure that the USA will be saddled with public debt in excess of $10 trillion once he leaves office in 2008 (The US Congress approved a multi-billion dollar Iraq war budget on May 24, after bowing to US President George W. Bush’s demands). Big government keeps growing bigger and at last count in April a quarter of all new jobs came from the government, leaving taxpayers with higher bills in the future. A jump across the big pond to Europa lands one in economic mud these days. The official GDP growth rate in the European Union declined from 3.5% to an annual rate of 3.1% in early 2007, with quarterly figures confirming a continuing downtrend and an unchanged unemployment rate.

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Lower emissions

On the other hand, “Most companies in sectors with lower emissions, such as healthcare, retailers, and banks, have been largely unresponsive to the financial risks they face from climate change,” Ceres spokespersons bemoaned to B&E. In a benchmark fashion, by picking up the impact of hurricanes in 2005 as an example, while nearly half of S&P 100 companies reported definitely measurable impacts from these hurricanes, the losses related to ‘Katrina’ and ‘Rita’ in the third quarter of 2005 were estimated to be nearly $4.5 billion. Compellingly, top of the line companies like Bell South recorded a loss of $102 million for asset impairment and $136 million in other expenses.

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Kyoto Protocol and G-8 summit

But isn’t that what they call a stalemate? With the world’s largest economy and the two most formidable developing economies refusing to budge, the cause of reversing the damage looks doomed from the very outset. The Kyoto Protocol is going to expire in 2012, and world leaders are groping for an effective post-quota regime, which could gain consensus, in particular, for these countries. In the upcoming G-8 summit starting June 6 in the Baltic resort of Heiligendamm, global warming is going to be one of the flashpoints, as other industrialised nations would try to make the US blink. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who will host the meet, has been quite reticent publicly about the prospects, “I don’t know if we will succeed in that at Heiligendamm. But for me, it is clear that the big developed nations must take the lead on this issue if we are to have a chance...” A recently released Oxfam report projects that developing countries would require around $50 billion every year to combat global warming.

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Business Park

Olympia, Central Avenue at the Hiranandani Business Park – the sacred space of the master builder Surendra Hiranandani, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Hiranandani Group of Companies provided the stage for our interaction, where we were warmly greeted by the leading architect himself. We started with a friendly chat, discussing the company’s journey during the last 27 years. Surendra gets candid with us: “The real growth started only after the year 1991 when the reforms began and Indian economy opened up. But it was only after 2003 that we grew exponentially. Needless to say that after over 25 years in this business, I have seen more years of recession than boom.”

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An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative

Alternate fuel deployment

Today, India finds itself at the forefront of alternate fuel deployment movement spearheaded by companies like OSRAM, Wipro, Suzlon, Tata group, Maini Auto (of Reva electric car fame) et al, which are working towards moving away from conventional pollutants and becoming ‘green companies’. With carbon credits getting lucrative, it is beginning to make business sense as well. For now, emission norms will make the bigger difference since fossil fuels won’t go away in a hurry. As explained to B&E by Virender Singh Saini, Scientist ‘F’ & Head, Technical Directorate, IIP, “In Euro norms, these (fuel) specifications are tightened to reduce pollution. In India we call them Bharat Stage. For example as per Bharat II, the maximum permissible limit of sulphur in diesel is 500 ppm while in Bharat III; this has been reduced to 350 ppm!” Sure enough, great oration we thought... but how far would this Bharat Stage go in saving Bharat?

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An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative

Holding even bigger promises

A magnify cent view, holding even bigger promises, the photovoltic installation by global oil giant Chevron reportedly produces 403 kilowatts of electricity that could serve as a source of power to 200 ‘big’ homes sans pollution! So what do you think was the best part about the whole set-up? Sans pollution, of course! Let’s go twenty tiresome years back – in the wake of the 1970s ‘oil-shock’, Texasbased oil-giant Exxon (now Exxon Mobil) had invested a mountain-load of free cash totalling $500 million for development of ‘alternative fuel’ technology. The only returns they received were in the form of unbelievably high costs and poor forecasted returns. The mission was abandoned within a couple of years of its initiation and the whole world sniggered, pointing their fingers at Exxon’s fanaticism (or so they thought) to harness solar energy and develop it as a viable alternative to fossil-fuels. Cut to the present – the very same ‘resounding laughter’ has turned into a ‘global war-cry’ – a war by, for and of the oil world, against the devil called ‘pollution’!

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An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative

Unquenched thirst

The all important quest was and has always been the unquenched thirst or, for that matter, unflinching greed driven by the profit-seeking multinational companies. And at the receiving end then, has been the environment. Bush hates environment, but he has practical reasons for that, which are camouflaged in the unending control that multinationals have over the decision-making process of his administration. For example, Bush’s solution for controlling the rising energy bills of the Americans is to drill more oil from Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in north- east Alaska (which is an environmental nightmare!). Bush’s reasoning for enhanced supply is to help the consumers. But his dubious association with the US oil lobby suggests that the glib talk about not controlling the demand for energy is aimed at promoting the interests of his election fund raisers. And nothing proves this better than Exxon Mobil’s penchant to fund those who oppose climate change issues. Incidentally, the US is the maximum polluter in the world, accounting for around 34% of global emissions.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative

Do we ever care at all?

A policy which looks at all angles in order to clean up garbage, is the need of the hour
The Indian bureaucracy is well known for designing lopsided development models. There is hardlya semblance of sanity in the thought processes, which plans India’s future. In their zeal to build flyovers, they conveniently forget that pedestrians too have to be provided for. Highways are inaugurated with great fanfare, paying scant regard to the fact that shops and residences along the highway can be traffic hazards. They spend millions on advertising Goa as the ultimate tourist destination in India, but hardly bother about the cows, which squat right at the entrance of the Airport to greet the incoming tourists.

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An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative

Dragon tourist project

long dragon tourist project (coming up in Xinzheng, Henan Province) as illegal and environmentally damaging. The structure is now slated to be dismantled.“China offers the greatest conundrum of our times. China’s rapid modernization over the last 3 decades has brought millions out of poverty, but has left China with 16 of the world’s 20 most polluted cities (357 out of 696 cities experienced acid rain) in 2005. China should be an example to all economies, to focus solely on economic growth to the exclusion of sustainable practices only gives the illusion of economic prosperity,” said Anna Clark – President, Earth People, LLC, a Dallas based consulting firm – in a chat with B&E. The Chinese authorities are not dismissing this as another western onslaught aimed at disrupting their economic growth.

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An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative

Whose waste is it?

eWaste disposal needs to be tackled
Did you like your new DVD? What about the old ones that had got scratched? What about the old computer mouse that stopped working, and look at that 17 inch monitor you got… and then threw away the earlier one which you didn’t need? If this junk hardware went into the garbage bin or was given away to the local scrap dealer, then dear reader, you have made your contribution in destroying the world. Yes, this is electronic waste a.k.a eWaste. Most electronic items are irresponsibly thrown away by consumers and companies. These items, when not recycled or disposed off properly become toxic, due to the metals present in them, and ultimately cause irreparable harm to the planet and all life on it. “We are the largest collectors of WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) in India (550 million-tonnes-peryear).

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative

The i-Pod falls flat...

... on the green front! Defamed by Greenpeace, Apple makes amends
2.7 out of 10! Well, these are not the marks of any of the backbencher in a high school grade but represent the score of Apple in the latest Green Electronic Guide Rankings released by Greenpeace. In simpler words (for all the die-hard Apple fans), Apple has been ranked as the worst electronic firm in the world in terms of its policies and practices of eliminating harmful chemicals from its products. “Apple knows more about “clean” design than anybody, right? So why do Macs, iPods, iBooks and the rest of their product range contains hazardous substances?” reads the latest Greenpeace campaign. However, Steve Jobs still thinks that Apple is a green company and he also manifests that it is greener than its competitors like HP and Dell. “It is generally not Apple’s policy to trumpet our plans for the future. Unfortunately, this policy has left our customers and the industry in the dark about Apple’s desires and plans to become greener”.


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An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative

Experiments of the green kind!

ITC is a rare example of an Indian company that’s making green initiatives & green bucks as well!
Pratapgarh, an otherwise non-descript small town in Chittorgarh district is in the midst of rapid transformation. Owing to some landmark initiatives by ITC in rainwater drainage and harvesting, the desert fields of Pratapgarh are producing wheat for the first time. This is just one of the many ways in which ITC has transformed from being a mere tobacco company to a lucrative conglomerate, thanks to Chairman Y.C. Deveshwar’s vision for the rural economy and environmentally sustainable growth. And unlike Ambanis, Mittals and several other blue eyed boys of Indian Inc. who have limited their rural strategies only to milk super-colossal profits from agri-initiative; Deveshwar has gone beyond that. Yes, he is in a spree to preserve natural resources of rural India and uplift the social status of villagers and create a booming market as well.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative

Shanghai Noon...or daymare?

The brand is Chinese & the American spirit of IBM endures. Will Lenovo be able to go the distance to the crown?

Strategic Insight
One is a Chinese company, which, by nationality itself, carries a legacy (or burden) of cheap products. The other is an iconic American brand, which was known as the inventor of the PC, a haven for hard nosed scientists churning out ‘ground-breaking technologies’ and charging, often unreasonable premiums. Unsurprisingly, the acquisition of IBM’s PC division by Lenovo in 2005 sent shock waves across the corporate world. One wondered, what would the new company stand for? Cheap products? Technological excellence? Both? Or, as doomsday prophets would fear - eventually neither?

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative

Ganda Jal!

How could we miss out on this?
Pollution is a vexing problem in India, and when it is about rivers and water bodies, the problem gets deeply intensify ed. On an average, 90% to 95% of domestic sewage and around 70% of all industrial waste are discharged into waters, and the same later gets mixed with the water table and ends up entering major rivers fl owing across the country. Not only industrial units, but agriculture also is a contributor to river pollution. Fertilisers, pesticides and chemicals have contaminated surface water and water sources heavily. All of India’s 14 major rivers are shoddily polluted. Almost 50 million cubic metres of untreated sewage and 20 million litres of industrial waste get deposited at the coastal lines of India annually. Astonishingly, Yamuna is fed with 200 million litres of raw sewage and 20 millions litres of industrial waste daily, while the distributaries from river Cauvery, which serve millions of southern Indian homes, have already taken a blackish hue. Worshipping and desecration of rivers clearly go hand in hand in India. While millions of Indians might religiously want to take their last breath by the banks of sacred Ganga, one wonders how many would be ready to take a bath in it every day!

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative