One of the biggest challenges that the world faces today is Climate Change. The industrial sector and businesses especially face a lot of flak by environmentalists as being insensitive to the need of a sustainable environment. The production processes and the rise in consumption levels kick off a lot of environment-unfriendly activities such as exploitation of natural resources, burning of fossil fuels that release the greenhouse gasses, shipping etc. Now that consumers have become aware and are environment conscious, they too want to do their bit to make the planet greener and are hence checking the green credentials of the companies and products before finally buying anything. The industrial sector, therefore, does not only help the planet by adopting green technology,  [...]

A Green Tax, also called an Ecological Tax or EcoTax, is a tax levied on items that adversely affect the environment around us. As per the government, this is done so that the prices of these items go up and consumers are deterred from using them. Such a tax is functional in many developed countries and is being considered in developing worlds as well. In fact, there is a beeline of countries vying to levy green taxes on environmentally not-so-conducive goods and services. After a survey that revealed the high carbon footprint in China recently, the government has been planning to levy the Green Tax on polluters. President Mohammed Nasheed of Maldives has announced its plans to tax the tourists $3 a day as a green tax, in compliance to set aside fixed revenue every year  [...]

With increasing awareness about environment and concerns on issues like global warming, people are questioning their way of life and checking their carbon footprint. Alert, they want to do their bit to conserve and protect the environment the live in. This has given birth to a concept that in the market is known as green consumerism. Green consumerism is the demand for green products or products that are a creation of green or environment-friendly practices and technologies and practices, by the consumers. For suppliers and businessmen, green consumerism is about a good business sense. By following some simple steps like minimal packaging, producing energy-efficient products and other environment-friendly products, they get a back-up of a large number of people who are very  [...]

A sensible and eco-friendly way of consuming answers many issues concerning environment. With increase in awareness about the adverse effects of consumerism and globalization on environment, people are keen to go green. Green and environment-friendly way of consuming is just one way of contributing to promote sustainable environment. This is where the concept of green consumer comes in. Here are few ways to go green while consuming Ban plastic Your government may or may not have banned the use of plastic but whether to use it or not is really in your hands. Make sure you carry your cloth bags when you go out for shopping. Even if you do not intend on buying anything, it wouldn’t be a  [...]