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Introduction: Sustainable Operations in India

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Sustainable Operations in India

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This introductory chapter will serve the purpose of providing a brief history of sustainable operations in general and sustainable operations in India in particular. We also discuss about the various modules and chapters which are a part of this book.

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    http://www.un-documents.net/our-common-future.pdf.

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    https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/sustainability-and-resource-productivity/our-insights/the-business-of-sustainability-mckinsey-global-survey-results.

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    https://www.epa.gov/history.

  4. 4.

    In 2014, in the wake of the impending threat of climate change, this ministry’s name was changed to Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

  5. 5.

    Bhopal Gas tragedy, considered as one of the world’s largest and deadliest industrial disasters, took the lives of thousands of people as a result of a gas leak in Union Carbide India Limited plant in Bhopal.

  6. 6.

    This rule is limited to firms which have a turnover of Rs. 1000 crore, or net profit of 5 crore or a net worth of 500 crore during any financial year.

  7. 7.

    http://www.dupont.co.in/corporate-functions/our-approach/global-challenges/shunya/articles/eco-scour-solutions-india.html.

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    http://www.boschindia.com/en/in/sustainability_innovation_5/csr/projects/bosch_india_csr_bridge_1.html.

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    http://www.hindalco.com/sustainability/sustainable-operations.

  10. 10.

    http://www.tiss.edu/view/11/projects/tanda/.

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  1. Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India

    Sirish Kumar Gouda, Ayon Chakraborty & M. S. Gajanand

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  1. Operations Management and Quantitative Techniques, Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India

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    Sirish Kumar Gouda

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    M. S. Gajanand

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Gouda, S.K., Chakraborty, A., Gajanand, M.S. (2018). Introduction: Sustainable Operations in India. In: Chakraborty, A., Kumar Gouda, S., Gajanand, M. (eds) Sustainable Operations in India. Managing the Asian Century. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8010-4_1

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