Tamanna Mohapatra

As events chair for my local netimpact chapter, I thought it would be a great idea to have annual panels on the state of sustainability in our part of the world. Last year we sponsored one with Rutgers University and had local but well known of companies such as Campbell soups, Church & Dwight and Dupont speak. This year we decided to target pharmaceutical companies in and around NJ since we have so many leading pharma companies right here. It was a huge success with over 100

I know I  haven’t posted in a while but it’s not because of lack of topics or writing skills..more like lack of mood and time..So here’s something to makeup.. I was attending a green talk the other day and the host had listed a few important conferences held through out the year on this topic..I thought it might be a good idea to research and blog on it. Below is the fruits of my two hours of deep (?) research.. Net Impact National Conference: This one I have attended and can

I bought this book amongst the numerous books displayed at the 2009 Netimpact conference. Probably the word ‘strategy’ and the fact that it was written by a former Sierra Club President is what made me pick this particular book. I must say, it was a very interesting reading and I finished in a record 5 days. Of course, the fact that 2 of those 5 days were spent flying transatlantic and another 3 days recovering from a neck injury may have helped! But never the less, I would r

In December, I worked with our local netimpact chapter (netimpact.org) to organize a sustainability panel at the Rutger’s University Camden campus. One of the panelists was from Dupont; the chemical/engineering company. I didn’t know much on companie’s sustainability efforts and therefore decided to take Dupont as an example and study their sustainability efforts. So here are some interesting things I found out: 1. They have fixed goals to be achieved by 2015. So both measura