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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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

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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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

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