Greenpeace India has called for mandatory labelling of genetically modified foods that are used by various food brands. The green organisation, which released a report ranking 16 leading brands, said Nestle, Cadbury, Kellogg, Britannia and Safal were among the

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Corporates pledge to reduce carbon emissions
Vibha Sharma
The research organisation, International Data Corporation

K. Venkateshwarlu

HYDERABAD: The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) is planning to extend its popular

Just 2 percent of the growing number of self-proclaimed green products on store shelves make completely legitimate claims on their labels, a report by consulting firm TerraChoice Environmental Marketing said Wednesday.

9 Jan, 2009, 0304 hrs IST,Ratna Bhushan, ET Bureau

NEW DELHI: Reckitt Benckiser, maker of Dettol and Harpic, is kicking off an exercise to re-label all its products with a

Indigenous and traditional peoples in Ecuador are demanding that
shrimp aquaculture companies be penalized for seizing mangrove areas.

Ecolabelling may well be a short-term solution to maintain the status quo of industrial fisheries and international trade in high-value species.

Energy bureau to give star ratings to cars as per fuel efficiency, five stars for over 25.6 km per litre

New Delhi, July 18: Your new set of wheels is going to get its stars.

In a first of its kind venture, the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) is embarking on a fuel efficiency labelling programme, in which cars will be assigned star-rating according to fuel efficiency.

A voluntary start will be made this year. A similar programme of star-ratings is currently on for marking energy saving efficiency in electrical goods like refrigerators.

Sushmi Dey NEW DELHI CHARITY begins at home for the bureau of energy efficiency (BEE), as demonstrated by its plans to make government institutions and buildings completely energy efficient.

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