Coca Cola:

After making a big contribution to the coffers of the World Wildlife Fund, Coca Cola has been pledging to the world that it is going "water neutral" Coke uses 300bn litres a year .The company has been using the phrase “Water neutral” widely in the 18 months since its hook-up with WWF – notably during the Olympic Games in Beijing, the water-stressed city where Coca Cola was a major event sponsors.The company "pledged to replace every drop of water we use in our beverages and their production: to achieve balance in communities and in nature."

First, the stats. The company is using water more efficiently in many of its operations. It says the amount of water used to make a typical liter of its drinks fell 20% to 2.47 litres, between 2002 and 2007. But if anything, these efforts are faltering. The improvement from 2006 to 2007 was just 2%, the smallest to date.And because Coca Cola is manufacturing more product every year, its actual overall water use has been rising since 2005 and is now almost back at the 2002 level.

But definitions are critical. The company admits it won't stop using water. But it promises to carry on using water more efficiently, to ensure that all its wastewater is returned to the environment "at a level that supports aquatic life and agriculture" and, finally and most problematically, to "replenish the water we use".

HP :

HP thermal logic - It combines energy efficient design with accurate meas -urement and control without sacrificing performance. Thermal Logic will help save money by optimizing power and cooling for blades. The end result is significant power and cooling savings by reducing total energy, reclaiming trapped power and cooling capacity, and extending the life of the datacenter.
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Sustainable computing - As part of this program, they are upgrading the core sites in a phased approach, with new technology and more efficient use of space. Through this and other energy efficiency initiatives, they reduced absolute energy use from operations by 1% in 2006. That equals savings of approximately 35 million kWh and reduction of the carbon footprint by 18,000 tons of greenhouse gases. HP has set a goal to reduce the combined energy consumption of HP operations and products 20% below 2005 levels by 2010.

www.hp.com/country/in/en/

INFOSYS:

BEYOND BUSINESS: The Health, Safety and Environmental Management System (HSEMS) at Infosys is called the 'Ozone Initiative'. It is the Infosys' endeavor to have and operate a HSEMS at various locations that will conform to the ISO 14001 standards and OHSAS 18001 requirements.They seek to change attitudes and influence actions toward the environment at the grassroots level. The 'Project Ozone' campaign spreads environmental awareness and implements eco-friendly practices across development centers worldwide. Further, this vision is supported by voluntary groups of employees organized into eco-clubs.

Infosys' vision is to become "carbon and water neutral". They have undertaken several initiatives to neutralize our environmental impact:

1. Water Management - Potable water is a depleting resource. They harvest rainwater and consistently reduce the use of fresh water. In addition they recycle waste water to be reused for primary and secondary purposes.
2. Energy Conservation - Infosys uses energy responsibly. They measure the utilization of energy through energy audits. The data collected is used to achieve increasing levels of energy conservation.
3. Waste Management - Waste is recycled scientifically.They reduce waste, segregate it at the source and dispose it at dedicated waste segregation and processing plants at each development center.

http://www.infosys.com/beyond-business/environment.asp

DR. REDDY’S LABORATORY LIMITED:


ECO-FRIENDLY MANUFACTURING PROCESS: Pharma major Dr. Reddy’s Laboratory Limited will focus on “green chemistry” to make the process of drug design and manufacture more environmental friendly. They will focus more on this front and initiate internal measuring of green chemistry. The step is aimed at integrating eco-friendly measures into the process of drug production. This can be defined as making a given molecule with maximum atomic efficiency, i.e., using least number of atoms.

The company is also taking other measures such as sending some of the by-products to other sectors in which they can be used effectively. Sodium sulphate, for instance, is being sent to the construction industry where it can be used in producing other materials.The company is also in the process of making its building “green” .

http://www.drreddys.com/coverview/sd_environment.htm

WIPRO

WIPRO GREEN COMPUTING: Wipro InfoTech, the India, Middle East and Asia Pacific IT business unit of Wipro Ltd, announced that it is the first Indian company to launch environment-friendly range of desktops. This new range of products named Wipro GreenWare which includes desktops and laptops are compliant with RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous substances) directive, thereby reducing substantial e-waste to the environment. Wipro has set up its e waste management process called Wipro Green Computing, which spans across its product lifecycle - from designing, manufacturing, right up to the final disposal.

Wipro is now launching a range of eco-friendly hardware products and promises to make its entire product range of laptops and desktops compliant with RoHS directive. Eventually, the plan is to ensure that all desktops and laptops from Wipro Personal Computing would be free of hazardous materials such as Brominated Flame Retardants (BFR), PVCs and heavy metals like lead, cadmium and mercury that have been regularly used in computer manufacture so far.

http://www.wipro.com/greenit_new/index.htm

Sony Ericsson :


Sony Ericsson announced a new global recycling scheme for mobile phones and a commitment to make sure every single phone is responsibly recycled. This is a key ask we've been making to all the biggest electronic companies in our Guide to Greener Electronics and will help bring Sony Ericsson's score closer to the current leader, Nokia, in the next edition. Sony Ericsson also talked up a green concept phone – all sounds nice, just like Nokia's Remade phone, but both remain just concepts right now. With mobile sales continuing to skyrocket there's an urgent need to reduce their environmental impact now. It entails bio-plastic, recycled plastic, HTML docs instead of printed ones, and a zero charger with 3.5mW of standby power. It ain't too sexy, sure, but this puppy decomposes with the best of them.

IES
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The Indian Environmental Society (IES) – a dynamic and flexible organization with a global vision and local focus- was set up in 1972 to increase the consciousness and knowledge about the environment and the major environmental problems facing the Earth today. Indian Environmental Society has been providing leadership role in the field of environment and resource management since its inception. IES has been engaged in environmental development activities with a philosophy of self-help and community participation.
http://www.iesglobal.org/

Ecological society

The Society’s activities include maintaining field research stations at Panshet (District Pune) & Phaltan(District Satara) for imparting practical training in resource management to students; running environmental educational programmes for village children at Panshet & Kamshet and organizing lectures & workshops on topics of environmental / ecological interest. The Society also publishes annually a scientific Journal.
http://www.ecological-society.org/