The Value of Green

While interacting with like minded people, we often tend to discuss environmental issues. We express our concern over the present situation regarding changing dynamics in our environment. And very regularly, we read about eco friendly issues in newspapers, magazines and other available media platforms. More commonly, businesses are closely linked with eco-friendly, environment friendly, green practices, hence entrepreneurs are usually seek information about, what is ‘green’?

Today, the term "going green" is used to describe steps that a business and its employees can take to lessen the company's impact on the environment. Typically these steps involve lessening the "carbon footprint," which means the amount of Carbon Dioxide generated by the business practices and processes of the company. For some, the practices are common-sense and practical steps to take to use less energy and thus save money and lessen the world's dependency on oil.

Generate Energy, Become Greener

A massive thrust by private sector is needed to generate electricity from agro-industrial waste which is essential to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and combat environment pollution. This was emphasized by Mr Farooq Abdullah, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy. He further highlighted the existing potential to recover 1,300 megawatt of power from industrial wastes which is projected to increase to 2,000 megawatt by 2017. Projects of over 135 megawatt have been installed so far in distilleries, pulp and paper mills, food processing and starch industries. “The focus of modern biomass programme is on co-generation, especially in the sugar industry. A co-generation potential of 17,000 megawatt is identified with 6,000 megawatt from sugar industry,” Abdullah Said.