In its initiative to create Sustainable environments and be Eco Friendly, Tata International, the first Green Leather producer of the country is all set to launch India’s first Green Retailing stores across India. Designed on LEED certification of USGBC, the stores will set bench mark on Green Design for Retailing in India.

Next time when you go for shopping, please check how much Green the store is?..Tata International is set to foray in Indian market its first set of Green stores, designed and planned on LEED pricipals and certification from USGBC. Designed by JGA, a Detroit based leading Retail design firm along with FRDC (Future Research Design Company), Bangalore, the stores will consume 40% less energy and will generate 15-20% power from Solar energy. All materials used in the store are made of high content of Recyclable material and everything will be procured from within 500 Km of radius of the store.

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Darvesh Fire and Safety Industries, a division of Darvesh Group today launched an ultra portable flame inhibitor — FireKiller. The extinguisher is a revolutionary aerosol dispenser that helps in subduing and extinguishing fires.

An internationally patented product of Space Age Technology, FireKiller is a non toxic, non-pressurised, green product that comes with a life time guarantee and requires no maintenance.

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Deloitte has developed a green strategic sourcing process for enterprises to consider in their efforts to pursue green sourcing opportunities to achieve their margin improvement goals. Green sourcing can easily leverage existing sourcing techniques to capitalize on an expanded set of opportunities, outlined in their six-step approach:

* Step 1: Assess Opportunity
* Step 2: Assess Internal Supply Chain
* Step 3: Assess Supply Market
* Step 4: Develop Sourcing Strategy
* Step 5: Implement Strategy
* Step 6: Institutionalize Strategy

Download the attached document to walk through each step and explore in more detail the long-term benefits of such an approach.

Authors:
John Christensen, Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Chris Park, Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Earl Sun, Manager, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Max Goralnick, Manager, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Jayanth Iyengar, Business Analyst, Deloitte Consulting LLP

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Read a brief but interesting article on how India’s environment friendly clothing market is expected to grow from a 1% market share currently to 5% market share by 2015.

Very encouraging.

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