Rentoys is one of the earliest companies in India with a pioneering effort towards enabling an efficiently managed operation of renting out quality toys. It is encouraging to see many Toy Rental start ups today, which certainly unburdens the environment effectively leveraging the principle of "Reduce, Reuse and Recycle". Where Rentoys stand-out though, is in how through an unflinching customer mind-set, keen eye on quality and hygiene and an eco-friendly positioning  they have really been effective in managing the hesitation of parents in renting toys for their toddlers and establish it as a concept. Certainly founder Neeta Verma being a mother of a 2 year toddler has helped. Other co-founders, Shilpa Prasad and Manoj Kumar, have brought their expertise in ensuring an operation where top quality creative and eco-friendly toys are made available at your door-step.

Savitha Rao had a successful career in textile marketing working with companies across the world, when she decided to venture into something enabling her to make a difference to the society by her action. She is passionate about business and the role business can play in creating a better world. An avid reader , with keen interest in exploring new places and ideas, she has modelled her entreprenuerial venture with her socially-conscious yet liberal world-view. Clean Planet's range of affordable bags embodying the post-modern eco-friendly chic is winning hearts in the emerging environmentally coscious mature consumer mind-set and the fashion-conscious youth alike. We caught up with her for a small conversation:

Catching up with Prashant Lingam, founder of Bamboo House India was as arduous and exciting as the mission that he has undertaken with his social start-up "Bamboo House India". BHI has a mission to generate 5 million green livelihoods by re-inventing Bamboo through a keen focus on operational excellence, that can position Bamboo as a practical and aspirational substitute for wood and other forms of furniture. We wanted to raise a toast to this man with a vision, as the environmental benefits of Bamboo are many compared to other available alternatives. He has been going across the country and working very closely with the tribal communities and artisans across rural India from Tirupati to Tripura, in harnessing the tacit latent knowledge and establishing the foundations of a strong supply chain. An excerpt:

 Cork has been used ever since it was discovered by the Greeks and the Romans more than 1,000 years ago.  It comes from a unique oak tree growing naturally throughout the Mediterranean region--and has properties that man still can't reproduce.  When it comes to cork, most people think wine stoppers and memo boards. But thousands more uses exist. This is the first feature we at Olive Earth have received from Marco Maggiore, Marketing Manager, Corkologie. He says: Cork is Cool, that’s why we created the Corkologie Line